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May 6, 1953

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 5 8 0
Giants 7 14 0
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Cubs 5 8 0
Giants 8 14 0

Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .246
OBP .500 .297
At Bats 4 69
Hits 2 17
• Singles 2 7
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 7

Jim Willis Season Stats

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Polo Grounds - May 6, 1953
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Out
Jim Willis
Carl Sawatski
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Bill Serena
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
Preston Ward
Gene Hermanski
Al Dark
Davey Williams
Al Corwin
Wes Westrum
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dark hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Westrum scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Jim Willis now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to home to get Mueller. Westrum moves to third. Corwin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Corwin bunts towards the mound. Schultz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to third. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 7 Westrum takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bob Schultz now pitching. Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hermanski hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple. Smalley goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Miksis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Duke Simpson. Cavarretta hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 6 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Serena strikes out.
Top 6 Sawatski strikes out.
Top 6 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Wes Westrum now catching. Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Duke Simpson now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simpson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Sal Yvars. Corwin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Gomez moves to third.
Bottom 5 Yvars hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fred Baczewski now pitching. Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Spencer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Lockman moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomson scores.
Bottom 5 Bob Kelly now pitching. Irvin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. Dark scores. Thomson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hermanski hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Al Corwin now pitching. Miksis strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Sal Maglie. Hofman hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yvars takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Minner bunts towards the mound. Maglie fields it, tags Minner, and over to first to get Smalley for the double play.
Top 4 Smalley hits a line drive beyond third. Spencer can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Sawatski scores.
Top 4 Serena strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Sawatski moves to third.
Top 4 Sawatski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Sawatski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a line drive into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ward for the out.
Top 3 Sauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hermanski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maglie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yvars hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Miksis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Minner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Serena scores.
Top 2 Serena hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin who is chasing the ball. Serena reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Sawatski hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Thomson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 1 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hermanski. Thomson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sauer hits a popup towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.