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Milwaukee Braves @ New York Giants

1953-06-08 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7998 · sunny · 3:00

Milwaukee Braves defeated New York Giants 12–8. Milwaukee Braves put up 4 in the 6th. Max Surkont earned the win and Lew Burdette picked up the save. Eddie Mathews went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4	0	12	13
NY1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	8	12

W: Max Surkont L: Sal Maglie SV: Lew Burdette

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Hal Dixon · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	5	2	2	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	5	3	2	1	1	0
Eddie Mathews	4	2	3	5	1	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	1	1	1	1
Andy Pafko	5	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Adcock	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Dittmer	5	1	2	0	0	0
Ebba St. Claire	5	0	1	0	0	0
Max Surkont	3	2	1	1	1	1
Lew Burdette	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Williams	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al Dark	5	2	4	1	0	0
Hank Thompson	3	2	1	0	2	1
Monte Irvin	5	1	2	1	0	0
Whitey Lockman	5	1	2	1	0	0
Don Mueller	5	1	1	2	0	0
Bobby Thomson	5	0	0	1	0	2
Wes Westrum	2	1	1	0	2	0
Sal Maglie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dusty Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tookie Gilbert	1	0	1	1	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Surkont	7.2	11	3	3
Lew Burdette	1.1	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sal Maglie	7.0	6	4	3
Al Corwin	1.0	5	0	0
Monty Kennedy	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Bruton: 8
Johnny Logan: W
Eddie Mathews: S9.1-3
Sid Gordon: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Davey Williams: 8
Al Dark: 13
Hank Thompson: 2/FL

Top 2

Andy Pafko: 6/P
Joe Adcock: 9
Jack Dittmer: 31

Bot 2

Monte Irvin: S9
Whitey Lockman: 8
Don Mueller: 7
Bobby Thomson: K

Top 3

Ebba St. Claire: 43
Max Surkont: K
Bill Bruton: 7

Bot 3

Wes Westrum: W
Sal Maglie: 36(1)4/BG/GDP
Davey Williams: 8

Top 4

Johnny Logan: 63
Eddie Mathews: 8
Sid Gordon: 3/FL

Bot 4

Al Dark: S7/L
Hank Thompson: W.1-2
Monte Irvin: S9.2-H;1-3
Whitey Lockman: 5/P
Don Mueller: FC3.3XH(352);1-2;B-1
Bobby Thomson: 63

Top 5

Andy Pafko: HR/7L
Joe Adcock: 4/P
Jack Dittmer: 6/P
Ebba St. Claire: 8

Bot 5

Wes Westrum: W
Sal Maglie: 24/SH.1-2
Davey Williams: 7/F7D
Al Dark: D9.2-H
Hank Thompson: K

Top 6

Max Surkont: 8
Bill Bruton: D9
Johnny Logan: E7/F.2-3;B-2
Eddie Mathews: IW
Sid Gordon: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Andy Pafko: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Joe Adcock: K
Jack Dittmer: E4.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Ebba St. Claire: 9

Bot 6

Monte Irvin: 8/F8D
Whitey Lockman: S4
Don Mueller: 8/F8D
Bobby Thomson: K23

Top 7

Max Surkont: W
Bill Bruton: S9.1-2
Johnny Logan: S5.2-3;1-2
Eddie Mathews: D9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Sid Gordon: K
Andy Pafko: 63
Joe Adcock: 6/P

Bot 7

Wes Westrum: 8/F8D
Dusty Rhodes: 63
Davey Williams: 8

Top 8

Jack Dittmer: S8
Ebba St. Claire: 343.1-2
Max Surkont: T7.2-H
Bill Bruton: 13
Johnny Logan: S9.3-H
Eddie Mathews: HR/9.1-H
Sid Gordon: S7
Andy Pafko: 31

Bot 8

Al Dark: S4
Hank Thompson: S8.1-3
Monte Irvin: 4/P
Whitey Lockman: S4.3-H;1-2
Don Mueller: S9.2-H;1-3
Bobby Thomson: 8.3-H
Wes Westrum: S5.1-2
Tookie Gilbert: S9.2-H;1-2
Davey Williams: 7

Top 9

Joe Adcock: 7
Jack Dittmer: S9
Ebba St. Claire: D7.1-3
Lew Burdette: 43
Bill Bruton: HP
Johnny Logan: 7/L

Bot 9

Al Dark: D7
Hank Thompson: WP.2-3
Hank Thompson: W
Monte Irvin: FC5.3XH(525);1-2;B-1
Whitey Lockman: E4.2-H(UR)(NR);1-3;B-1
Don Mueller: 13.3-H(UR);1-2
Bobby Thomson: 6/L

Notes & reviews

off LF pole
Al Dark and Giants Manager Leo Durocher ejected by HP umpire Frank Dascoli for arguing that catcher had interfered with Dark during rundown

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