A Day in the Season - 1953 NL

July 18, 1953

Cincinnati (Baczewski) at Philadelphia (Simmons)
The Phils were down to their last out when Del Ennis blasted a 3 run homer to beat the Reds.

          R    H   E
Reds      5   11   3
Phillies  7    7   0

WP - Konstanty
LP - Nuxhall

Cubs (Warren Hacker) at Giants (Al Worthington)
The Giants jump all over Hacker with a homer by Whitey Lockman and two by Hank Thompson. Trailing 7-1 in the eighth, the Cubs make a furious comeback with 3 runs in the eighth. They add 2 more in the ninth before Al Corwin ended the game by striking out Joe Garagiola with the tying run on the third.

         R    H   E
Cubs     6   13   0
Giants   7    9   0


WP - Worthington
LP - Hacker
Sv - Corwin

Cardinals (Vinegar Bend Mizzell) at Dodgers (Billy Loes)
Gil Hodges pretty much won this game all by himself with a first inning grand slam and a third inning solo shot that accounted for all the Dodger runs.

            R   H  E
Cardinals   4  12  1
Dodgers     5   7  1

WP - Loes
LP - Mizzell
Sv - Labine

Braves (Max Sukront) at Pirates (Murry Dickson)
Max Sukront allowed just 4 hits and Andy Paflko drove in 4 runs as the Braves thump the Pirates.

          R   H   E
Braves    7  10   1
Pirates   0   4   1

WP - Sukront
LP - Dickson