Pirates @ Dodgers
August 17, 1953

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Bottom 11 R H E
Pirates 2 9 0
Dodgers 2 6 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Pirates 2 9 0
Dodgers 5 7 1

Gil Hodges Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .294
OBP .250 .382
At Bats 3 408
Hits 0 120
• Singles 0 72
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 25
Walks 1 56
RBI’s 0 98

Johnny Lindell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 11 0
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Ebbets Field - August 17, 1953
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Home Run
Johnny Lindell
Mike Sandlock
Preston Ward
Eddie Pellagrini
Danny O'Connell
Dick Cole
Hal Rice
Frank Thomas
Gene Hermanski
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Duke Snider

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 9 0 7
Brooklyn Dodgers 5 7 1 6
Winning Pitcher Clem Labine
Losing Pitcher Johnny Lindell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gil Hodges
Attendance 9,943
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 11 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Pellagrini is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Gilliam trying to get to third. Thomas throws the ball in to O'Connell, who tags Gilliam for the out.
Bottom 10 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 10 Gene Hermanski now playing right field. Labine takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Connell for the out.
Top 10 Billy Cox now playing shortstop. Clem Labine now pitching. Gene Hermanski pinch hits for Carlos Bernier. Hermanski hits a line drive towards short. Cox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Billy Cox pinch runs for Bobby Morgan. Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lindell is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Sandlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 There goes Ward. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Robinson applying the tag. Cole moves to second.
Top 9 Cole takes first base on ball four. Ward moves to second.
Top 9 Roy Campanella now catching. Bob Milliken now pitching. Dick Williams now playing left field. Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lindell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Roy Campanella pinch hits for Johnny Podres. Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Pee Wee Reese pinch hits for Rube Walker. Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Don Thompson. Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Lindell covering, for the out.
Top 8 Pellagrini hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomas is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam has Bernier trapped. There's the throw to Walker and over to Robinson, who tags Bernier for the out. O'Connell moves to third. Rice moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lindell scores. Bernier moves to third.
Top 8 Bernier takes first base on ball four. Lindell moves to second.
Top 8 Lindell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Sandlock strikes out. Walker drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Sandlock out.
Bottom 7 Furillo hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cole for the out.
Top 7 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Pellagrini hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Snider strikes out. Sandlock drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Snider out.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gilliam hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bernier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Podres hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Sandlock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Snider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 4 Pellagrini hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Podres moves to second.
Bottom 3 Podres is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sandlock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rice is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There goes Bernier. The throw from Walker and he is out, Morgan applying the tag.
Top 3 O'Connell strikes out.
Top 3 Bernier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lindell moves to third.
Top 3 Lindell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a line drive towards short. Cole reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hodges strikes out.
Top 2 Sandlock strikes out.
Top 2 Cole hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Cole reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pellagrini hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bernier. Snider reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pellagrini scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Podres fires to first and has Rice trapped. There's the throw to Gilliam who tags Rice for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bernier scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bernier moves to third.
Top 1 Bernier hits a line drive to right field. Furillo throws towards Gilliam. Gilliam fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gilliam. Bernier moves to second.