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August 12, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 8 10 2
Pirates 4 12 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 8 10 2
Pirates 4 12 4

Danny O'Connell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .311
OBP .250 .385
At Bats 4 325
Hits 1 101
• Singles 1 72
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 33

Robin Roberts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
19 8 0
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Forbes Field - August 12, 1953
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Robin Roberts
Smoky Burgess
Earl Torgeson
Granny Hamner
Willie Jones
Ted Kazanski
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Johnny Wyrostek
Danny O'Connell
Paul Smith
Eddie O'Brien

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 8 10 2 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 12 4 8
Winning Pitcher Robin Roberts
Losing Pitcher Johnny Lindell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Robin Roberts
Attendance 6,505
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 9 Abrams hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lindell strikes out.
Bottom 9 O'Brien hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Eddie Pellagrini now playing second base. Toby Atwell now catching. Burgess hits a popup towards short. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Toby Atwell pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien. Atwell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Preston Ward pinch hits for Mike Sandlock. Ward strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. O'Connell scores. Rice moves to third.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. O'Connell moves to third.
Bottom 8 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hamner hits a popup towards first. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Torgeson bunts towards the mound. Lindell fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 8 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field. Rice picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rice. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Abrams strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Brien strikes out.
Top 7 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lindell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Roberts hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Thomas chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards O'Brien. O'Brien fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on O'Brien. Burgess scores. Jones goes all the way around to score. Roberts moves all the way to home.
Top 7 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Wyrostek strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Burgess moves to second.
Top 7 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Sandlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts juggles the ball. That's an error on Roberts.
Top 6 Ennis hits a popup towards short. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kazanski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sandlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Connell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Abrams hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Abrams reaches second base with a double. Lindell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Lindell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lindell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hamner scores. Wyrostek moves to second.
Top 5 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out. Hamner moves to third.
Top 5 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Hamner moves to second.
Top 5 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lindell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sandlock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice strikes out.
Top 4 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 The ball gets by Sandlock for a passed ball. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 4 The ball gets by Sandlock for a passed ball. Kazanski scores. Ashburn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Kazanski moves to third.
Top 4 Kazanski takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out. Burgess scores. Jones moves to second.
Top 4 Jones bunts towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out. Burgess moves to third.
Top 4 Wyrostek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burgess moves to second.
Top 4 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kazanski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ennis strikes out.
Top 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 3 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kazanski hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien 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 2 O'Brien strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sandlock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards short. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Roberts strikes out.
Top 2 Jones strikes out.
Top 2 Wyrostek strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Burgess. The throw from Sandlock and he is safe. Burgess steals second.
Top 2 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson throws to second for one, and Kazanski throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Abrams strikes out.
Top 1 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to home to get Kazanski. Ashburn moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Sandlock and he is safe. Ashburn steals second.
Top 1 Ashburn bunts towards the mound. Lindell juggles the ball. That's an error on Lindell. Kazanski moves to third.
Top 1 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on O'Brien. Kazanski moves to second.