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September 9, 1954

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 0
Giants 6 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 0
Giants 7 12 2

Hank Thompson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .266
OBP .250 .386
At Bats 4 399
Hits 1 106
• Singles 0 63
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 25
Walks 0 76
RBI’s 2 78

Jim Davis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 4 1
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Polo Grounds - September 9, 1954
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Single
Jim Davis
Walker Cooper
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Randy Jackson
Ernie Banks
Hank Sauer
Bob Talbot
Hal Rice
Hank Thompson
Davey Williams
Billy Gardner
Don Mueller

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 10 0 10
New York Giants 7 12 2 6
Winning Pitcher Marv Grissom
Losing Pitcher Jim Davis
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Thompson
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Thompson bunts towards the mound. Davis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller scores. Gardner moves to third. Williams moves to second.

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Bottom 9 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 9 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Billy Gardner pinch runs for Ray Katt. Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Lockman bunts towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to third. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 9 Katt is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Mueller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rice. Mueller reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rice for the out.
Top 9 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Davis now pitching. Hofman strikes out.
Bottom 8 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fondy 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 Ray Katt now catching. Marv Grissom now pitching. Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Foster Castleman pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Castleman hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ray Katt pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Talbot hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 7 Minner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Jackson moves to third. Cooper moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Cooper takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to third. Jackson moves to second.
Top 7 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fondy tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson. Fondy moves to third. Sauer moves to second.
Top 7 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baker tags and scores.
Top 7 Sauer is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Fondy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Fondy reaches second base with a double. Baker moves to third.
Top 7 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Irvin hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Talbot. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Williams applying the tag.
Top 6 Talbot takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Minner 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 6 Cooper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Rice hits a line drive to right field. The ball gets by Mueller. Mays fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mays. Rice moves to second.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Westrum hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer throws the ball in to Banks who tags Mueller trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Hofman hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Talbot hits a popup towards the mound. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Minner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rice hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Talbot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Dark hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Banks hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hofman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin scores.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Irvin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Mays strikes out.
Top 2 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 George Spencer now pitching. Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to home to get Cooper. Minner moves to third. Talbot moves to second.
Top 2 Talbot hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice scores. Cooper moves to third. Minner moves to second.
Top 2 Minner takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Top 2 Cooper is hit by the pitch. Rice moves to second.
Top 2 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Talbot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sauer hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Talbot moves to second.
Top 1 Talbot hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.