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May 20, 1953

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Giants 16 21 1
Cubs 6 10 0
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Giants 16 21 1
Cubs 6 10 0

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .224
OBP .250 .366
At Bats 4 58
Hits 1 13
• Singles 1 9
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 2 7

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 6
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Wrigley Field - May 20, 1953
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Out
Hoyt Wilhelm
Sam Calderone
Tookie Gilbert
Davey Williams
Hank Thompson
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Thomson
Monte Irvin
Hank Sauer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, off Simpson's glove, towards Miksis, who fields it, throws to second, with Smalley covering, for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Calderone hits a fly ball into center field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Duke Simpson now pitching. Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tommy Brown pinch hits for Fred Baczewski. Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fred Baczewski now pitching. Gilbert hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lockman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz who is chasing the ball. Lockman reaches third base with a triple. Thompson scores. Irvin goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple. Dark scores.
Top 8 Bob Kelly now pitching. Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Dark reaches second base with a double. Wilhelm scores. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Calderone scores. Wilhelm moves to second.
Top 8 Wilhelm takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Leonard Thomson scores. Calderone moves to third.
Top 8 Calderone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Thomson moves to third. Calderone moves to second.
Top 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to home to get Irvin. Lockman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Gilbert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Irvin moves to third.
Top 8 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Irvin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Irvin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert fields it and throws to second for the out. Fondy moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baumholtz scores. Miksis scores. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fondy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Baumholtz moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Miksis takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bob Addis pinch hits for Sheldon Jones. Addis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Sam Calderone now catching. Smalley hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Smalley fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Jansen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thomson 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 6 Sawatski hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ward moves to third.
Bottom 6 Ward hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Irvin. Ward reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fondy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gilbert hits a line drive towards first. Fondy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second.
Top 6 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sawatski hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams strikes out.
Top 5 Jansen hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ward hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer strikes out.
Top 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gilbert takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lown, and towards Smalley, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to third. Irvin moves to second.
Top 4 Irvin hits a popup beyond third. Jackson can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Top 4 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fondy strikes out.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Turk Lown now pitching. Jansen strikes out.
Top 3 Westrum hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilbert scores. Thomson moves to third.
Top 3 Thomson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Gilbert moves to third.
Top 3 Gilbert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third.
Top 3 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rush strikes out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sawatski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jackson strikes out.
Top 2 Jansen strikes out.
Top 2 Westrum hits a popup in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz who is chasing the ball. Thomson reaches third base with a triple. Gilbert scores.
Top 2 Gilbert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Gilbert reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sauer throws the ball in to Miksis who tags Lockman, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ward for the out.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a fly ball for an out. Baumholtz scores. Miksis moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Miksis takes first base on ball four. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz bunts towards the mound. Jansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.