The Chicago Cubs win a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds, by scores of 7 – 6 and 7 – 2. In the first game, Cubs first baseman Dee Fondy hits one of his team’s four homers and then scores the game-winning run with a two-out, two-strike steal of home in the 9th inning. Fondy’s teammates Ransom Jackson, Ralph Kiner and Hank Sauer also homer, Kiner and Sauer back-to-back.

On September 6, 1953 — The Chicago Cubs win a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds, by scores of 7 – 6 and 7 – 2. In the first game, Cubs first baseman Dee Fondy hits one of his team’s four homers and then scores the game-winning run with a two-out, two-strike steal of home in the 9th inning. Fondy’s teammates Ransom Jackson, Ralph Kiner and Hank Sauer also homer, Kiner and Sauer back-to-back.


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Sources:
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