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September 7, 1946

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Bottom 11 R H E
Reds 9 13 1
Cubs 5 10 4
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Reds 9 13 1
Cubs 5 10 4

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .304
OBP .400 .331
At Bats 4 319
Hits 1 97
• Singles 0 73
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 12
RBI’s 0 40

Harry Gumbert Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 4
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Wrigley Field - September 7, 1946
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Out
Harry Gumbert
Ray Mueller
Bert Haas
Lonny Frey
Benny Zientara
Claude Corbitt
Bob Usher
Dain Clay
Al Libke
Eddie Waitkus
Bill Nicholson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 9 13 1 10
Chicago Cubs 5 10 4 10
Winning Pitcher Harry Gumbert
Losing Pitcher Paul Erickson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Benny Zientara
Attendance 13,431
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Lennie Merullo pinch runs for Dom Dallessandro. Bill Nicholson pinch hits for Bobby Sturgeon. Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 11 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Johnny Ostrowski. Dallessandro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Cecil Garriott pinch hits for Bob Chipman. Garriott is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Usher strikes out.
Top 11 Libke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gumbert scores. Mueller moves to second.
Top 11 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gumbert moves to second.
Top 11 Bob Chipman now pitching. Haas strikes out.
Top 11 Gumbert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zientara scores.
Top 11 Zientara hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rickert. Zientara reaches second base with a double. Frey scores. Clay goes all the way around to score.
Top 11 Clay takes first base on ball four. Frey moves to second.
Top 11 Frey takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Corbitt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Stringer hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cavarretta scores.
Bottom 10 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cavarretta moves to third.
Bottom 10 Lowrey bunts towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bob Usher now playing left field. Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Lukon hits a fly ball towards center. Lowrey catches it and throws to first to double up Libke.
Top 10 Libke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Haas scores.
Top 10 Mueller bunts towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Stringer covering, for the out. Haas moves to second.
Top 10 Haas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ostrowski is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Gumbert strikes out.
Top 9 Zientara hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Clay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Frey hits a fly ball into left field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Erickson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Stringer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Scheffing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Lukon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Libke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lukon. Waitkus reaches second base with a double. Sturgeon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ostrowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zientara fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lonny Frey now playing second base. Harry Gumbert now pitching. Claude Corbitt now playing shortstop. Erickson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Haas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Adams bunts towards third. Ostrowski juggles the ball. That's an error on Ostrowski. Clay moves to second.
Top 7 Zientara hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Frey scores.
Top 7 Clay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Frey moves to third.
Top 7 Lonny Frey pinch hits for Clayton Lambert. Frey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Scheffing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Rickert strikes out. There goes Lowrey. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 6 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Miller.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lukon takes first base on ball four. Libke moves to second.
Top 6 Libke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to third.
Top 6 Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rickert. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Zientara scores. Adams scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Haas hits a line drive into center field. Lowrey catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Lowrey. Clay scores. Zientara moves to third. Adams moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski juggles the ball. That's an error on Ostrowski. Clay moves to third. Zientara moves to second.
Top 6 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sturgeon. Clay moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Clay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lambert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ostrowski strikes out.
Top 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lukon strikes out. Scheffing drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Lukon out.
Top 5 Libke hits a fly ball into left field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Erickson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Stringer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Adams strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a popup towards first. Haas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a popup towards first. Haas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zientara hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to second for the out. Lukon moves to third.
Top 3 Lambert hits a popup towards the mound. Erickson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Miller is hit by the pitch. Lukon moves to second.
Top 3 Lukon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields the ball and throws to Erickson covering. Safe.
Bottom 2 Waitkus hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ostrowski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Erickson strikes out.
Top 2 Libke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Haas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Scheffing hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Clay. Scheffing reaches second base with a double. Lowrey scores. Rickert moves to third.
Bottom 1 Rickert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sturgeon scores. Waitkus scores. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Sturgeon moves to third. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zientara fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Ostrowski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zientara hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clay hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.