Dodgers @ Cubs
August 31, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 9 3
Cubs 7 7 1
Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 9 3
Cubs 7 7 1

Eddie Miksis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .219
OBP .000 .277
At Bats 0 187
Hits 0 41
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 13

Doyle Lade Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - August 31, 1948
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Strikeout
Doyle Lade
Bob Scheffing
Eddie Waitkus
Emil Verban
Andy Pafko
Roy Smalley
Clarence Maddern
Peanuts Lowrey
Bill Nicholson
Eddie Miksis
Pete Reiser

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 2 9 3 9
Chicago Cubs 7 7 1 8
Winning Pitcher Doyle Lade
Losing Pitcher Ralph Branca
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Emil Verban
Attendance 47,171
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Miksis strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Arky Vaughan pinch hits for Paul Minner. Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Lade covering, for the out. Reiser moves to second.
Top 9 Pete Reiser pinch hits for Roy Campanella. Reiser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lowrey hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Waitkus. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Waitkus steals second.
Bottom 8 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Verban hits a line drive towards the mound. Minner catches it and throws to first to double up Lade.
Bottom 8 Lade hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cox hits a line drive towards the mound. Lade reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Snider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hermanski bunts towards the mound. Lade settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Eddie Miksis now playing second base. Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Minner moves to second.
Top 7 Minner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Eddie Waitkus now playing first base. Clarence Maddern now playing left field. Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta bunts towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hermanski scores. Snider moves to second.
Top 6 Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 6 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Reese strikes out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Verban hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lade strikes out.
Top 5 Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Minner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Minner. Pafko scores. Cavarretta moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Paul Minner now pitching. Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Verban scores. Lowrey moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Lowrey is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Verban hits a fly ball towards left. Shuba settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Shuba. Verban moves to second.
Top 4 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hermanski hits a popup in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lade hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson scores. Scheffing moves to second.
Bottom 3 Scheffing is hit by the pitch. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley.
Top 3 Shuba hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hank Behrman now pitching. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson misplays the ball. That's an error on Robinson. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 2 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Verban hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Verban reaches second base with a double. Nicholson scores. Smalley scores. Lade goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Lade takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to third. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snider scores. Cox moves to second.
Top 2 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to second.
Top 2 Hodges strikes out.
Top 2 Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Shuba bunts towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out.