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September 2, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 9 2
Pirates 1 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 9 2
Pirates 1 8 2

Maurice Van Robays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .281
OBP .000 .334
At Bats 4 274
Hits 0 77
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 48

Vern Olsen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 7 0
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Forbes Field - September 2, 1940
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Vern Olsen
Bob Collins
Zeke Bonura
Billy Herman
Stan Hack
Bobby Mattick
Jim Gleeson
Hank Leiber
Bill Nicholson
Maurice Van Robays
Arky Vaughan
Debs Garms

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 7 9 2 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 8 2 13
Winning Pitcher Vern Olsen
Losing Pitcher Joe Bowman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 26,120
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Van Robays hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Garms moves to third. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Vaughan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Waner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Elliott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Garms hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Garms reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Bonura hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Herman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack scores.
Top 9 There goes Hack. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Hack steals second.
Top 9 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Olsen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Danny MacFayden now pitching. Paul Waner now playing first base. Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Spud Davis pinch hits for Joe Bowman. Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack. DiMaggio moves to third.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Van Robays hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gleeson hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms juggles the ball. That's an error on Garms. Olsen scores. Hack scores. Herman moves to second.
Top 8 Bonura hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Herman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 8 Hack bunts towards third. Garms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Olsen moves to second.
Top 8 Olsen bunts towards short. Vaughan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops it up and throws to first, with Olsen covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Leiber. Fletcher reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Garms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garms for the out.
Top 7 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Lopez. The throw from Collins and he is safe. Lopez steals second.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gustine moves to third.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura fields the ball and throws to Olsen covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Leiber hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops it up and throws to first, with Olsen covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Herman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Hack. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Gustine applying the tag.
Top 5 Herman hits a line drive into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Olsen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Garms hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bowman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Lopez. The throw from Collins and he is safe. Lopez steals second.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mattick.
Bottom 4 Gustine bunts towards the mound. Olsen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 4 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Collins hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gleeson hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Van Robays strikes out.
Bottom 3 Vaughan takes first base on ball four. Garms scores. Elliott moves to third. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura fields it and throws to home to get Bowman. Garms moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bowman moves to third. Garms moves to second.
Bottom 3 Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bowman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bowman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Leiber hits a popup towards short. Vaughan catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Vaughan. Herman scores. Bonura moves to second.
Top 3 Bonura hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herman moves to third.
Top 3 Herman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gustine 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 2 DiMaggio hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Olsen hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gleeson moves to third. Collins moves to second.
Top 2 Collins takes first base on ball four. Gleeson moves to second.
Top 2 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Garms 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 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Vaughan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Herman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.