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August 4, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 7 2
Cubs 5 8 2
Top 9 R H E
Giants 3 7 2
Cubs 5 8 2

Bill Rigney Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .250
At Bats 0 12
Hits 0 3
• Singles 0 3
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 1

Bob Rush Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 8 0
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Wrigley Field - August 4, 1953
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Out
Bob Rush
Clyde McCullough
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Tommy Brown
Ralph Kiner
Hal Jeffcoat
Frank Baumholtz
Bill Rigney
Sam Calderone
Davey Williams

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 3 7 2 6
Chicago Cubs 5 8 2 7
Winning Pitcher Bob Rush
Losing Pitcher Sal Maglie
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Clyde McCullough
Attendance 8,889
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bill Rigney pinch hits for Dave Koslo. Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Calderone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Williams moves to second.
Top 9 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Mueller moves to second.
Top 9 Thomson hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to second for the out. Thompson moves to third.
Top 9 Irvin hits a popup beyond short. Brown can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Top 9 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Rush strikes out.
Bottom 8 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sam Calderone now catching. Dave Koslo now pitching. Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Tookie Gilbert. Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Rhodes strikes out.
Top 8 Tookie Gilbert pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Gilbert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Miksis. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Miksis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Irvin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Fondy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a popup beyond short. Dark can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Rush moves to second.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rush hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Jeffcoat scores.
Bottom 6 McCullough bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. Miksis moves to third. Jeffcoat moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat bunts in front of the plate. Westrum juggles the ball. That's an error on Westrum. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thompson strikes out.
Top 6 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rush scores. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out. Rush moves to third.
Bottom 5 Baumholtz takes first base on ball four. Rush moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rush takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Corwin strikes out.
Top 5 Westrum strikes out.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Corwin fields it and throws to home to get Kiner. Jackson moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Al Corwin now pitching. Miksis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Fondy scores. Kiner moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown. Dark moves to third.
Top 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lockman. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rush strikes out.
Bottom 3 McCullough hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Maglie strikes out.
Top 3 Westrum hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mueller hits a fly ball towards right. Baumholtz catches it and throws to first to double up Irvin.
Top 2 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown misplays the ball. That's an error on Brown.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lockman strikes out.