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August 9, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 4 2
Pirates 6 9 1
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Cubs 2 4 2
Pirates 6 9 1

Jim Gleeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .292
OBP .333 .354
At Bats 3 178
Hits 1 52
• Singles 0 32
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 22

Rip Sewell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 0
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Forbes Field - August 9, 1940
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Out
Rip Sewell
Al Lopez
Elbie Fletcher
Frankie Gustine
Lee Handley
Arky Vaughan
Maurice Van Robays
Vince DiMaggio
Bob Elliott
Jim Gleeson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 2 4 2 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 9 1 9
Winning Pitcher Rip Sewell
Losing Pitcher Ken Raffensberger
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Vince DiMaggio
Attendance 29,978
Time of Game 2 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gleeson hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Herman hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Handley. The throw from Hartnett and he is safe. Handley steals second.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Handley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Lopez scores.
Bottom 8 Sewell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a line drive to left field. Dallessandro throws towards Herman. Herman fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Herman. DiMaggio moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gabby Hartnett now catching. Vance Page now pitching. DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Zeke Bonura pinch hits for Charlie Root. Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Warstler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gabby Hartnett pinch hits for Al Todd. Hartnett strikes out.
Bottom 7 Van Robays hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to third. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Vaughan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Elliott hits a fly ball towards left. Dallessandro settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Dallessandro. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Gleeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott who is chasing the ball. Gleeson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Herman hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Charlie Root now pitching. Sewell hits a popup in front of the plate. Todd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Van Robays scores. DiMaggio moves to third.
Bottom 6 DiMaggio is hit by the pitch. Van Robays moves to second.
Bottom 6 Van Robays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gustine scores.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. Gustine reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Sewell covering, for the out.
Top 6 Raffensberger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Warstler hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Handley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sewell strikes out.
Top 5 Todd hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dallessandro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Leiber hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 4 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Van Robays moves to second.
Bottom 4 Van Robays takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leiber scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out.
Bottom 4 Vaughan strikes out.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gleeson strikes out.
Top 4 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a popup towards short. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Raffensberger strikes out.
Top 3 Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Van Robays hits a fly ball into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. Fletcher reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Todd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Dallessandro moves to third.
Top 2 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Sewell drops the ball.
Top 2 Leiber strikes out. There goes Nicholson. The throw from Lopez to Vaughan, and Nicholson is out.
Top 2 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Todd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gustine takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gleeson hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Herman strikes out.
Top 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.