Pirates @ Braves
September 15, 1953

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Pirates 3 6 2
Braves 4 7 0
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Pirates 4 7 2
Braves 4 7 0

Preston Ward Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .227
OBP .500 .343
At Bats 2 255
Hits 1 58
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 20

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 4 9
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County Stadium - September 15, 1953
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Home Run
Lew Burdette
Del Crandall
Joe Adcock
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Jim Pendleton
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Preston Ward
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Ward hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Top 6 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Abrams strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abrams who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple. Logan scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith throws to second for one, and Pellagrini throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burdette bunts towards the mound. Friend fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Friend. Dittmer scores.
Bottom 5 Dittmer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Davis. Dittmer reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Friend strikes out. There goes Smith. The throw from Crandall to Logan, and Smith is out.
Top 5 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Naton hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Adcock strikes out.
Bottom 4 Crandall strikes out.
Bottom 4 Pendleton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abrams who is chasing the ball. Pendleton reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Abrams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pellagrini hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Abrams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dittmer hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Friend strikes out.
Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Naton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Naton for the out.
Bottom 1 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pendleton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abrams. Pendleton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan scores.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abrams who is chasing the ball. Logan reaches third base with a triple. Bruton scores.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thomas. Bruton reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Pellagrini is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to third.
Top 1 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Abrams scores.
Top 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out. Abrams moves to third.
Top 1 Abrams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Pendleton. Abrams reaches second base with a double.