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April 24, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 1
Pirates 5 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 1
Pirates 5 10 1

Wally Westlake Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .321
OBP .500 .367
At Bats 4 28
Hits 2 9
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 1 6

Emil Kush Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Forbes Field - April 24, 1947
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Strikeout
Emil Kush
Bob Scheffing
Phil Cavarretta
Don Johnson
Stan Hack
Lennie Merullo
Peanuts Lowrey
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson
Wally Westlake
Elmer Singleton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 10 1 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 10 1 10
Winning Pitcher Hank Borowy
Losing Pitcher Preacher Roe
Save Emil Kush
Game Winning RBI Andy Pafko
Attendance 6,889
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Westlake is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Elmer Singleton pinch runs for Hank Greenberg. Kiner hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo misplays the ball. That's an error on Merullo.
Bottom 9 Russell strikes out.
Top 9 Lowrey hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Tiny Bonham now pitching. Kush hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ed Bahr pinch runs for Bill Salkeld. Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. Jarvis scores.
Bottom 8 Bill Salkeld pinch hits for Lou Tost. Salkeld hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jarvis moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Emil Kush now pitching. Jarvis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Westlake hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Merullo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Jarvis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scheffing scores. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields the ball and throws to Tost covering. Safe. Scheffing moves to third.
Top 8 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Cavarretta bunts towards the mound. Tost fields it and throws to first for the out. Pafko moves to second.
Top 8 Jimmy Bloodworth now playing second base. Lou Tost now pitching. Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kiner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Russell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Gustine reaches third base with a triple. Rikard scores. Cox goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rikard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Culley Rikard pinch hits for Jim Bagby. Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Eddie Basinski. Sullivan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Borowy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jarvis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Westlake hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Merullo hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Greenberg is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jim Bagby now pitching. Scheffing hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cavarretta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell who is chasing the ball. Pafko reaches third base with a triple. Borowy scores. Hack goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Borowy moves to second.
Top 5 Borowy takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Merullo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Basinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Roe strikes out.
Bottom 4 Basinski hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jarvis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Westlake moves to third.
Bottom 4 Westlake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kiner strikes out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scheffing hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gustine hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Gustine reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cavarretta hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pafko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Borowy scores.
Top 3 Lowrey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hack bunts towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out. Borowy moves to second.
Top 3 Borowy bunts towards third. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Roe strikes out.
Bottom 2 Basinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jarvis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kiner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cox scores. Russell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Russell takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gustine hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roe picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Roe. Pafko moves to second.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roe fields it and throws to first for the out.