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May 23, 1953

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Braves 5 13 0
Cubs 3 11 1
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Braves 5 13 0
Cubs 3 11 1

Andy Pafko Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .253
OBP .250 .292
At Bats 4 91
Hits 1 23
• Singles 1 13
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 9

Duke Simpson Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - May 23, 1953
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Out
Duke Simpson
Carl Sawatski
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Randy Jackson
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
Preston Ward
Frank Baumholtz
Andy Pafko
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Pendleton hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Preston Ward now playing center field. Carl Sawatski now catching. Duke Simpson now pitching. Mathews 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 8 Gene Hermanski pinch hits for Turk Lown. Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards second. Dittmer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Clyde McCullough. Sawatski takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Preston Ward pinch hits for Hal Jeffcoat. Ward is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Fondy takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Adcock scores.
Top 8 Turk Lown now pitching. Burdette strikes out.
Top 8 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adcock moves to third. Dittmer moves to second.
Top 8 Dittmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adcock moves to second.
Top 8 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lew Burdette now pitching. Smalley bunts towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to third for the out. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Pendleton now playing left field. Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Pafko 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 7 Gordon bunts towards the mound. Jones catches it and throws to first to double up Mathews.
Top 7 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tommy Brown pinch hits for Paul Minner. Brown hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jackson scores. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Smalley. Crandall scores. Spahn moves to third. Bruton moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Spahn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crandall moves to second.
Top 6 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Minner covering, for the out.
Top 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Miksis bunts towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gordon strikes out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Logan bunts towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Top 5 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Minner strikes out. Crandall drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Minner out.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Spahn hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Crandall strikes out.
Top 4 Dittmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko scores. Adcock moves to second.
Top 4 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko moves to second.
Top 4 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gordon 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 3 Fondy strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Sauer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton bunts towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Minner hits a line drive into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 2 Spahn hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crandall is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Dittmer reaches second base with a double. Gordon moves to third.
Top 2 Adcock hits a popup towards the mound. Minner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton throws the ball in to Logan who relays the ball to Dittmer who tags Jackson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Miksis scores. Smalley moves to third.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Minner covering, for the out.
Top 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.