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June 7, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 10 15 2
Giants 5 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 10 15 2
Giants 5 11 0

Don Mueller Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .296
OBP .250 .333
At Bats 4 108
Hits 1 32
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 10

Dutch Leonard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 1
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Polo Grounds - June 7, 1953
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Out
Dutch Leonard
Joe Garagiola
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Roy Smalley
Ralph Kiner
Hal Jeffcoat
Hank Sauer
Don Mueller

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 10 15 2 6
New York Giants 5 11 0 10
Winning Pitcher Warren Hacker
Losing Pitcher Larry Jansen
Save Dutch Leonard
Game Winning RBI Eddie Miksis
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Irvin strikes out.
Top 9 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. Fondy scores. Sauer moves to third.
Top 9 Bill Connelly now pitching. Kiner takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to second.
Top 9 Sauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Fondy moves to third.
Top 9 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miksis moves to third.
Top 9 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Monty Kennedy now pitching. Sam Calderone now catching. Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Hearn pinch runs for Sal Yvars. Bill Rigney pinch hits for Frank Hiller. Rigney strikes out.
Bottom 8 Yvars takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Leonard strikes out.
Top 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Hiller Jackson moves to second.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Garagiola takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Smalley. Dark moves to second.
Top 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miksis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Frank Hiller now pitching. Sal Yvars now catching. Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a popup into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Ray Noble. Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Al Corwin. Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out. Gomez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Noble takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Smalley strikes out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Lockman reaches second base with a double. Irvin moves to third.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garagiola hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Al Corwin now pitching. Fondy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Thomson is chasing the ball. Fondy rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run.
Top 5 Miksis hits a line drive beyond third. Thompson can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hacker scores. Baumholtz moves to third.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a line drive off the glove of Lockman, and into shallow right field. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double. Hacker moves to third.
Top 5 Hacker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jansen takes first base on ball four. Noble moves to second.
Bottom 4 Noble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third.
Bottom 4 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Garagiola hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive off the glove of Jackson, and into shallow left field. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sauer hits a line drive towards third. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores.
Top 3 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Baumholtz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jansen strikes out.
Bottom 2 Noble hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson strikes out.
Top 2 Garagiola hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sauer moves to third.
Top 2 Kiner strikes out.
Top 2 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. Thompson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis misplays the ball. That's an error on Miksis. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Miksis strikes out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.