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May 4, 1953

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Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .250 .457
At Bats 3 28
Hits 0 9
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 0 4

Jim Konstanty Season Stats

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Connie Mack Stadium - May 4, 1953
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Double
Jim Konstanty
Smoky Burgess
Earl Torgeson
Connie Ryan
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Johnny Wyrostek
Hank Sauer
Gene Hermanski
Eddie Miksis
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Sauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Sauer reaches second base with a double. Miksis scores. Hermanski moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hermanski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Cavarretta trying to get to home. Wyrostek throws the ball in to Burgess who tags Cavarretta who's trying to score from second, for the out. Miksis moves to second.
Top 9 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Miksis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to second.
Top 9 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Sheldon Jones. Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Konstanty hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones scores.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Serena hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan misplays the ball. That's an error on Ryan. Hermanski scores. Sauer scores. Atwell goes all the way around to score. Serena moves to second. Three runs are unearned.
Top 8 Atwell takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to third. Sauer moves to second.
Top 8 Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sauer takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 8 Hermanski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Bottom 7 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ennis hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Hermanski chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Atwell fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Atwell. Ryan scores. Ashburn scores. Wyrostek goes all the way around to score. Ennis moves to third.
Bottom 7 Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to home to get Burgess. Ryan moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Ryan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burgess moves to third. Ryan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Konstanty hits a popup towards short. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a line drive into right 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 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Klippstein hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Klippstein reaches second base with a double. Serena moves to third.
Top 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Serena hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Atwell hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a line drive into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ward for the out.
Top 6 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Konstanty fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Klippstein fires to first and has Ashburn trapped. There's the throw to Serena who tags Ashburn for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Ryan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Konstanty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Serena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Ryan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Klippstein hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Randy Jackson now playing third base. Bill Serena now playing second base. Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Serena hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Konstanty fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ward hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ryan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ramazzotti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Ryan scores. Ashburn moves to third. Wyrostek moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Wyrostek is hit by the pitch. Burgess scores. Ryan moves to third. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burgess moves to third. Ryan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ryan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Konstanty strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Burgess. The throw from Atwell and he is safe. Burgess steals second.
Bottom 3 Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Sauer hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Fondy 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. Miksis moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Top 3 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Klippstein hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ramazzotti is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a line drive into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miksis fields it and has Torgeson trapped. There's the throw to Ramazzotti who throws over to Serena who tags Torgeson for the out. Hamner moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hermanski. Torgeson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ramazzotti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Serena hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 1 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ramazzotti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Ashburn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Ryan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sauer hits a popup in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fondy moves to second.
Top 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner.