Reds @ Cubs
September 6, 1953

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 6 8 1
Cubs 6 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 6 8 1
Cubs 7 10 1

Roy Smalley Season Stats

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• Singles
• Doubles
• Triples
• Home Runs
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Bob Kelly Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - September 6, 1953
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Stolen Base
Bob Kelly
Hobie Landrith
Ted Kluszewski
Rocky Bridges
Bobby Adams
Roy McMillan
Jim Greengrass
Gus Bell
Willard Marshall
Roy Smalley
Joe Garagiola
Dee Fondy

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 6 8 1 5
Chicago Cubs 7 10 1 10
Winning Pitcher Turk Lown
Losing Pitcher Bob Kelly
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 28 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

There goes Fondy, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Fondy steals home.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joe Garagiola pinch hits for Clyde McCullough. Garagiola hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Garagiola reaches second base with a double. Jeffcoat scores. Fondy moves to third.
Bottom 9 Fondy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Hank Sauer. There's a wild pitch. Jeffcoat moves to second.
Bottom 9 George Metkovich pinch runs for Ralph Kiner. Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Rocky Bridges now playing second base. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hatton is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Turk Lown now pitching. Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 8 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baumholtz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein. Sawatski hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McMillan hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Landrith hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Greengrass hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Marshall hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into left field. Greengrass picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Greengrass. McCullough moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner strikes out.
Top 7 Kluszewski 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 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Klippstein strikes out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy takes first base on ball four. Miksis moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bob Kelly now pitching. Sauer hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz scores. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a popup in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Greengrass strikes out.
Top 5 Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Hatton moves to second.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Klippstein strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 4 McCullough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perkowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Adams 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 4 Perkowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a line drive into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Landrith hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnny Klippstein now pitching. There goes Greengrass. The throw from McCullough and he is out, Smalley applying the tag.
Top 3 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marshall scores.
Top 3 Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Marshall reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Kluszewski 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 2 Rush hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCullough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fondy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hatton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Landrith scores.
Top 2 Perkowski hits a fly ball into center field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McMillan strikes out.
Top 2 Landrith hits a ball on the ground into left field. Kiner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kiner. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Greengrass is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hatton scores. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hatton moves to second.
Top 1 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.