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June 5, 1946

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 5 9 1
Pirates 3 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 5 9 1
Pirates 3 6 1

Frankie Gustine Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .361
OBP .667 .410
At Bats 3 97
Hits 2 35
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 12

Rube Melton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Forbes Field - June 5, 1946
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Out
Rube Melton
Ferrell Anderson
Ed Stevens
Eddie Stanky
Billy Herman
Pee Wee Reese
Augie Galan
Dick Whitman
Dixie Walker
Frankie Gustine
Elbie Fletcher

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 5 9 1 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 6 1 11
Winning Pitcher Kirby Higbe
Losing Pitcher Preacher Roe
Save Rube Melton
Game Winning RBI Augie Galan
Attendance 26,206
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gustine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Walker 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 9 Herman takes first base on ball four. Stanky moves to second.
Top 9 Reese is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Burgess Whitehead now playing third base. Frankie Zak now playing shortstop. Bill Baker now catching. Ken Gables now pitching. Melton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Al Gionfriddo pinch hits for Lee Handley. Gionfriddo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Barrett pinch hits for Nick Strincevich. Frankie Zak pinch runs for Bill Salkeld. Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gustine scores. Kiner moves to third.
Bottom 8 Salkeld takes first base on ball four. Gustine moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 8 Frank Colman pinch hits for Billy Cox. Colman strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Gustine moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dick Whitman now playing center field. Ed Stevens now playing first base. Gustine hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Galan takes first base on ball four. Stevens moves to second.
Top 8 Stevens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ed Stevens pinch hits for Howie Schultz. There goes Reiser. The throw from Salkeld and he is out, Cox applying the tag.
Top 8 Nick Strincevich now pitching. Pete Reiser pinch hits for Carl Furillo. Reiser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out. Herman scores.
Top 8 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Herman moves to third.
Top 8 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese moves to third.
Top 8 Lefty Wilkie now pitching. Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rube Melton now pitching. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Handley bunts towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jimmy Brown pinch hits for Preacher Roe. Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 There goes Stanky. The throw from Salkeld and he is out, Gustine applying the tag.
Top 7 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Higbe hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Anderson hits a line drive into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Salkeld hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Kiner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gustine scores.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Gustine reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schultz scoops it up and throws to first, with Higbe covering, for the out.
Top 6 Galan strikes out.
Top 6 Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley juggles the ball. That's an error on Handley.
Top 6 Furillo 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 6 Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Salkeld settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Russell strikes out. The ball gets by Anderson. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 5 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Anderson for a passed ball. Roe moves to second.
Bottom 5 Roe takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Herman 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 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Anderson scores. Stanky moves to second.
Top 5 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out. Anderson moves to third.
Top 5 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to home to get Galan. Anderson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Galan moves to third.
Top 5 Galan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Salkeld is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Cox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roe fires to first and has Furillo trapped. There's the throw to Gustine who tags Furillo for the out.
Top 4 Schultz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Walker 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 3 Gustine hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Roe scores. Handley moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Handley takes first base on ball four. Roe moves to second.
Bottom 3 Roe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Salkeld hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Herman strikes out.
Top 3 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanky scores.
Top 3 Stanky hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kiner, who is chasing the ball. Stanky reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Higbe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first, with Higbe covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 2 Gustine bunts towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 2 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Galan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Galan reaches second base with a double. Schultz goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Schultz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walker 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 1 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 1 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stanky takes first base on ball four.