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JULY 3, 1953 . . . Hacker gave up a run to start the first inning, but got out of there with only two hits and no further damage. Cavarretta got our first hit of the game in the bottom of the fourth, making it to second on a deep fly to center, and Mays hit a double to follow him but Cavarretta tried for home when he should have stayed at third, bringing Ernie Banks up with two outs and a man in scoring position. He was quickly walked, bringing up Sauer, who ... struck out. What a wasted scoring opportunity in such a dueling pitchers game like this one. But Hacker struck out the side in the top of the fifth, and in the bottom of the inning Warren Hacker made everyone think he was going to bunt, only to slam a line drive to center, driving in the tying run via Randy Jackson, who scored from second! Fondy struck out, but Cavarretta walked to load the bases, but Willie Mays was robbed of an extra-bases hit by an incredible diving catch. Still, knotted 1-1 in a game like this is a better place to be than trailing by the run.
OOC: Knotted at 1-1 heading into the seventh, the game was abruptly called for rain ... and frustratingly the game doesn’t actually let you look at your box score when this happens, they just kick you out with a pop-up that says ‘check league schedule for rescheduled date’ and I can’t find any information about this -- it’s like the game never happened. If any of you guys know what the hell, please feel free to chime in. I feel like at the least an email should be involved ... it left me with a case of base-blue-balls. Onward, meanwhile, to the double-header on the fourth of July, with the streak still alive (?)
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