Pirates @ Giants
May 9, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 4 11 0
Giants 6 13 1
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 4 11 0
Giants 6 13 1

Joe Garagiola Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .250
OBP .500 .400
At Bats 4 28
Hits 2 7
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 2 6

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 4
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Polo Grounds - May 9, 1953
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Out
Hoyt Wilhelm
Wes Westrum
Whitey Lockman
Davey Williams
Daryl Spencer
Al Dark
Monte Irvin
Bobby Thomson
Don Mueller
Joe Garagiola

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 11 0 12
New York Giants 6 13 1 9
Winning Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm
Losing Pitcher Paul Pettit
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Thomson
Attendance 9,889
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Pellagrini strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cole fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Wilhelm moves to third.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive beyond third. Castiglione can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Westrum scores. Wilhelm moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wilhelm bunts towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Westrum moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Mueller hits a popup towards first. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bernier strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Hall now pitching. Eddie Pellagrini now playing second base. Irvin strikes out.
Top 7 George Metkovich pinch hits for Roy Face. Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garagiola moves to third.
Top 7 There goes Pellagrini. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Spencer applying the tag.
Top 7 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pellagrini moves to second.
Top 7 Eddie Pellagrini pinch runs for Danny O'Connell. Castiglione hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wilhelm strikes out.
Bottom 6 Roy Face now pitching. Westrum hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wilhelm fires over to first and Lockman drops the ball. That's an error on Lockman. Bernier moves to second.
Top 6 Bernier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hetki hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Spencer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Garagiola hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Castiglione hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas throws the ball in to O'Connell who tags Thomson trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilhelm moves to second.
Bottom 4 Frank Thomas now playing right field. Wilhelm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kiner strikes out.
Top 4 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. Bernier scores.
Top 4 Dave Koslo now pitching. Frank Thomas pinch hits for Cal Abrams. Thomas takes first base on ball four. Bernier moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hetki scores. Bernier moves to second.
Top 4 Bernier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hetki moves to second.
Top 4 Hetki hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cole hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garagiola hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Castiglione hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. O'Connell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Westrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a line drive towards first. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Abrams strikes out.
Top 3 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bernier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Connelly fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hetki fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hetki hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garagiola strikes out.
Bottom 1 Connelly strikes out.
Bottom 1 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lockman moves to third. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnny Hetki now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomson scores.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thomson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Abrams moves to second.
Top 1 Abrams takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Bernier. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Top 1 Bernier takes first base on ball four.