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Giants 16 @ Cubs 6
Wrigley Field
May 20, 1953

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, played on May 20, 1953 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 16 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1953 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 16 H: 21 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 16
Hits: 21
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherLarry Jansen  
Losing PitcherBob Rush  
SaveHoyt Wilhelm  
Game Winning RBIMonte Irvin 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1953 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherLarry Jansen  
Home Starting PitcherBob Rush  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance8,170 
Time of Game2 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lon Warneke
1B: Augie Donatelli
2B: Tom Gorman
3B: Jocko Conlan

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  Right Fielder 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Tookie Gilbert  First Baseman 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Larry Jansen  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frank Baumholtz  Right Fielder 
Eddie Miksis  Second Baseman 
Dee Fondy  First Baseman 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Preston Ward  Center Fielder 
Randy Jackson  Third Baseman 
Carl Sawatski  Catcher 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Bob Rush  Pitcher 
Phil Cavarretta  Manager 

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Giants 16 @ Cubs 6
Wrigley Field
May 20, 1953

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         Game of 5/20/1953 -- New York at Chicago (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Williams D, 2b        6  3  3  3   Baumholtz F, rf       5  3  3  0   
Dark A, ss            5  2  2  3   Miksis E, 2b          3  1  0  0   
Thompson H, 3b        5  1  2  1   Fondy D, 1b           4  1  1  2   
Irvin M, rf           4  2  3  2   Sauer H, lf           5  0  1  2   
Lockman W, lf         5  2  4  2   Ward P, cf            5  0  1  0   
Gilbert T, 1b         5  2  2  0   Jackson R, 3b         3  0  1  0   
Thomson B, cf         6  1  3  2   Sawatski C, c         4  0  1  0   
Westrum W, c          4  0  1  1   Smalley R, ss         4  1  1  1   
Calderone S, c        2  1  1  1   Rush B, p             1  0  0  0   
Jansen L, p           3  1  0  0   Lown T, p             1  0  0  0   
Wilhelm H, p          1  1  0  0   Jones S, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Addis B, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Leonard D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Kelly B, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Baczewski F, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Brown T, ph           1  0  1  0   
                                   Simpson D, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46 16 21 15                        37  6 10  5

New York         014 100 280 -- 16
Chicago          100 002 300 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jansen L (W)          6.1  8  6  5  2  6
Wilhelm H (S)         2.2  2  0  0  2  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rush B (L)            2.2  9  5  5  1  1
Lown T                4.0  4  3  3  5  2
Jones S               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Leonard D             0.2  4  5  5  1  0
Kelly B*              0.0  3  3  3  1  0
Baczewski F           0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Simpson D             1.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 8th

E -- Dark A
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- New York 11, Chicago 8
2B -- Gilbert T, Ward P, Irvin M, Dark A, Brown T
3B -- Thomson B, Thompson H, Lockman W
HR -- Irvin M, Dark A, Fondy D, Williams D, Smalley R
WP -- Wilhelm H
Balk -- Leonard D
T -- 2:54
A -- 8170

    

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