Giants @ Cubs
May 15, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 8 14 1
Cubs 3 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 8 14 1
Cubs 3 11 0

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .197
OBP .500 .337
At Bats 3 76
Hits 1 15
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 14

Ken Trinkle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 1
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Wrigley Field - May 15, 1947
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Out
Ken Trinkle
Walker Cooper
Johnny Mize
Buddy Blattner
Bill Rigney
Buddy Kerr
Sid Gordon
Bobby Thomson
Willard Marshall
Bill Nicholson
Andy Pafko

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 8 14 1 14
Chicago Cubs 3 11 0 12
Winning Pitcher Clint Hartung
Losing Pitcher Bob Chipman
Save Ken Trinkle
Game Winning RBI Bobby Thomson
Attendance 15,784
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nicholson hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scheffing hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 9 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards second. Blattner picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Blattner. Pafko moves to second.
Top 9 Mize hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Rigney hits a popup for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Paul Erickson now pitching. Blattner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Ken Trinkle now pitching. Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merullo moves to third. Dallessandro moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Hank Borowy. Dallessandro takes first base on ball four. Merullo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Merullo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Voiselle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to home to get Marshall. Gordon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marshall moves to third.
Top 8 Gordon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second.
Top 8 Marshall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mize scores.
Top 8 Cooper bunts towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. Mize moves to second.
Top 8 Mize hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cavarretta for the out.
Top 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rigney strikes out.
Top 7 Blattner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hank Borowy now pitching. Voiselle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a line drive into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bill Voiselle now pitching. Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. Nicholson scores. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Marv Rickert pinch hits for Russ Meyer. Rickert takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Merullo hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Nicholson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Marshall strikes out.
Top 6 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pafko moves to third.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon throws the ball in to Kerr who tags Waitkus trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mize hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomson is hit by the pitch. Kerr moves to third. Blattner moves to second.
Top 5 Rigney strikes out.
Top 5 Blattner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kerr moves to second.
Top 5 Hartung hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kerr bunts for a single.
Bottom 4 Meyer hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gordon hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to third.
Top 4 Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Cooper reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Mize strikes out.
Bottom 3 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blattner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Blattner reaches second base with a double. Hartung scores.
Top 3 Hartung hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Hartung reaches second base with a double. Kerr goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Russ Meyer now pitching. Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Lonny Frey pinch hits for Bill Lee. Frey hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rigney scores. Thomson scores. Mize moves to third.
Top 2 Mize takes first base on ball four. Rigney moves to third. Thomson moves to second.
Top 2 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Rigney. The throw from Scheffing and he is safe. Rigney steals second.
Top 2 Rigney takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Blattner strikes out.
Top 2 Hartung hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Scheffing moves to second.
Bottom 1 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gordon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third.
Top 1 Bill Lee now pitching. Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Cooper takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mize hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Rigney takes first base on ball four. Blattner moves to second.
Top 1 Blattner takes first base on ball four.