Pirates @ Cubs
June 18, 1953

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Pirates 2 6 1
Cubs 8 9 1
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Pirates 2 6 1
Cubs 8 9 1

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .277
OBP .667 .382
At Bats 3 159
Hits 2 44
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 1 22

Bob Friend Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 7 0
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Wrigley Field - June 18, 1953
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Out
Bob Friend
Toby Atwell
Paul Smith
Dick Cole
Danny O'Connell
Eddie O'Brien
Gene Hermanski
Carlos Bernier
Cal Abrams
Hank Sauer
George Metkovich
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dick Cole now playing second base. Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Metkovich takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Frank Baumholtz. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Bob Friend now pitching. Baumholtz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Abrams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bernier scores. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 7 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Frank Thomas pinch hits for Bob Schultz. Thomas hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bernier moves to second.
Top 7 Bernier takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rush hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Rush covering, for the out.
Top 6 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 George Metkovich now playing left field. Hermanski hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Rush Abrams moves to second.
Top 5 Abrams takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Schultz hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Rush hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Miksis scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Miksis. The throw from Atwell and he is safe. Miksis steals third.
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground into center field. Bernier picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bernier. Jackson scores. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bob Schultz now pitching. Garagiola strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hermanski who is chasing the ball. Jackson reaches third base with a triple. Sauer scores. Fondy scores.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bernier. Fondy reaches second base with a double. Sauer moves to third.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Bernier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 4 Atwell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Hermanski strikes out.
Top 4 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kiner strikes out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith fields the ball and throws to Hall covering. Safe. Rush moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rush takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien strikes out.
Top 2 Bernier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to third.
Top 2 Atwell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garagiola settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field. Sauer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sauer. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Bernier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hermanski is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and has O'Brien trapped. There's the throw to Miksis and over to Jackson, who tags O'Brien for the out. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 O'Brien hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer. O'Brien reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Abrams hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.