Braves @ Giants
April 30, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 0 6 1
Giants 0 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 0 6 1
Giants 1 5 0

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .000 .295
At Bats 3 58
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 13
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 8

Vern Bickford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Polo Grounds - April 30, 1953
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Home Run
Vern Bickford
Del Crandall
George Crowe
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Sid Gordon
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 0 6 1 9
New York Giants 1 5 0 6
Winning Pitcher Sal Maglie
Losing Pitcher Vern Bickford
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Thomson
Attendance 4,109
Time of Game 2 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

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

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Bottom 9 Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bickford is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dittmer for the out.
Bottom 8 Irvin hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 George Crowe now playing first base. Maglie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 George Crowe pinch hits for Joe Adcock. Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowe for the out.
Top 8 Pafko strikes out.
Top 8 Gordon hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Yvars fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bruton moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Top 8 Mathews is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Logan bunts towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Top 8 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Bickford covering, for the out.
Top 7 Bickford hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crandall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Adcock hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yvars settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gordon is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bruton moves to second.
Top 6 Bruton bunts towards the mound. Maglie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer catches it and throws to first to double up Maglie.
Bottom 5 Maglie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bickford strikes out. Yvars drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bickford out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sal Yvars now catching. Dittmer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sal Yvars pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Yvars hits a line driveYvars is thrown out after the base hit.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews moves to third.
Top 4 Gordon hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Thompson. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bickford, and towards Dittmer, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bickford strikes out.
Top 3 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Maglie bunts towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to third. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dittmer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton strikes out.