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June 5, 1954

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Dodgers 8 11 1
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Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .345
OBP .667 .452
At Bats 3 119
Hits 2 41
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 13
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 2 33

Russ Meyer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 0
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Wrigley Field - June 5, 1954
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Home Run
Russ Meyer
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Don Thompson
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Hank Sauer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thompson strikes out.
Top 9 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Jim Davis now pitching. Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks misplays the ball. That's an error on Banks.
Bottom 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Steve Bilko pinch hits for Jim Willis. Bilko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilliam for the out.
Top 8 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Cox reaches second base with a double. Campanella moves to third.
Top 8 Furillo hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jackson scores.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thompson. Banks reaches second base with a double. Sauer scores. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thompson. Sauer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hodges hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Garagiola fields it and tags Reese for the out.
Top 7 Jim Willis now pitching. Thompson is hit by the pitch. Gilliam scores. Reese moves to third. Snider moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Snider takes first base on ball four. Cox scores. Gilliam moves to third. Reese moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Reese takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to third. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 7 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Meyer bunts in front of the plate. Garagiola fields it and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to second.
Top 7 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks misplays the ball. That's an error on Banks.
Top 7 Turk Lown now pitching. Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Don Thompson now playing left field. Bob Talbot pinch hits for Jim Brosnan. Talbot strikes out.
Top 6 Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out. Snider moves to third.
Top 6 Robinson is hit by the pitch. Snider moves to second.
Top 6 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Banks strikes out.
Top 5 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Meyer strikes out.
Top 5 Cox hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a fly ball towards right. Furillo settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Furillo. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Hodges moves to second.
Top 4 Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. Reese scores. Snider moves to third.
Top 4 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Snider is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Reese hits a line drive into center field. Baumholtz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Baumholtz. Cox scores. Gilliam moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Furillo scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Klippstein Furillo moves to third. Cox moves to second.
Top 4 Meyer strikes out.
Top 4 Cox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Furillo moves to second.
Top 4 Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Klippstein hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garagiola hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Snider moves to third.
Top 3 Robinson strikes out.
Top 3 Snider takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Top 3 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Banks. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Reese applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Meyer strikes out.
Top 2 Cox is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Campanella moves to second.
Top 2 Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy bunts towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer who is chasing the ball. Snider reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Reese hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Miksis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.