Cubs @ Phillies
August 28, 1953

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 0 4 1
Phillies 5 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 0 4 1
Phillies 5 12 1

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .000 .359
At Bats 3 251
Hits 0 65
• Singles 0 40
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 37

Curt Simmons Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 11 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 28, 1953
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Strikeout
Curt Simmons
Stan Lopata
Earl Torgeson
Granny Hamner
Willie Jones
Ted Kazanski
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Johnny Wyrostek
Hank Sauer
Ralph Kiner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 0 4 0 5
Philadelphia Phillies 5 12 1 8
Winning Pitcher Curt Simmons
Losing Pitcher Howie Pollet
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Richie Ashburn
Attendance 5,956
Time of Game 2 hours 12 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sauer is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kiner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jackson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hamner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Jones reaches second base with a double. Wyrostek scores.
Bottom 8 Wyrostek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Wyrostek reaches second base with a double. Lopata goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bubba Church now pitching. Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Baumholtz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tommy Brown pinch hits for Howie Pollet. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Ennis hits a popup, foul, towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons scores.
Bottom 7 Kazanski bunts towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Serena covering, for the out. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 7 Simmons hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Serena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopata strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Pollet covering, for the out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fondy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 5 Simmons strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by McCullough, who chases it to the backstop. Simmons reaches first on the wild pitch.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baumholtz is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Pollet takes first base on ball four. McCullough moves to third. Smalley moves to second.
Top 5 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McCullough hits a line drive into right field. Wyrostek picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wyrostek. McCullough moves to second.
Top 5 Serena is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopata hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fondy strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kazanski scores. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Kazanski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pollet is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hamner moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lopata is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Serena hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kazanski hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jackson strikes out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.