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May 23, 1949

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 12 0
Cubs 4 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 12 0
Cubs 4 10 1

Hal Jeffcoat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .172
OBP .500 .172
At Bats 2 29
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 1

Vern Bickford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 0
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Wrigley Field - May 23, 1949
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Vern Bickford
Bill Salkeld
Elbie Fletcher
Eddie Stanky
Bob Elliott
Al Dark
Pete Reiser
Jim Russell
Marv Rickert
Hal Jeffcoat
Hank Edwards
Peanuts Lowrey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 11 12 0 9
Chicago Cubs 4 10 1 9
Winning Pitcher Vern Bickford
Losing Pitcher Monk Dubiel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Russell
Attendance 5,379
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into right field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Dewey Adkins. Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dark is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bickford moves to second.
Top 9 Bickford bunts towards first. Reich fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Salkeld takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Mauch hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Russell. Gustine reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Novotney hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Reich hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rickert hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Jeffcoat. Rickert reaches second base with a double. Russell goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reiser scores.
Top 8 Elliott strikes out.
Top 8 Reiser hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Edwards. Reiser reaches second base with a double. Stanky scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Stanky moves to third.
Top 8 Dark bunts towards the mound. Adkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Stanky moves to second.
Top 8 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lowrey bunts towards the mound. Bickford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Salkeld takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Fletcher 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 7 Dewey Adkins now pitching. Rickert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Verban hits a line drive towards third. Elliott reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Harry Walker pinch hits for Emil Kush. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Russell is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Frankie Gustine now playing third base. Reiser strikes out.
Bottom 5 Novotney strikes out.
Bottom 5 Reich hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stanky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rickert scores. Bickford moves to second.
Top 5 Bickford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rickert moves to second.
Top 5 Salkeld hits a fly ball into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Emil Kush now pitching. Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Russell scores.
Top 5 Rickert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Russell moves to third.
Top 5 The ball gets by Novotney for a passed ball. Elliott moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 5 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott moves to second.
Top 5 Dutch Leonard now pitching. Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Verban moves to second.
Bottom 4 Verban hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McLish scores.
Bottom 4 Cal McLish pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. The umpire calls a balk on Bickford McLish moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Doyle Lade. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Mauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ramazzotti strikes out.
Top 4 Doyle Lade now pitching. Reiser strikes out.
Top 4 Dark takes first base on ball four. Salkeld moves to third. Bickford moves to second.
Top 4 Stanky hits a popup towards third. Ramazzotti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bickford takes first base on ball four. Salkeld moves to second.
Top 4 Salkeld takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hal Jeffcoat now playing center field. Fletcher hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Novotney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Andy Pafko. Reich hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jeffcoat moves to third.
Bottom 3 Pafko is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dubiel hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Salkeld fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rickert strikes out.
Top 3 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ramazzotti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Novotney hits a fly ball into right field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Reiser strikes out.
Top 2 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bickford scores. Stanky moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Stanky hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Bickford moves to third.
Top 2 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramazzotti juggles the ball. That's an error on Ramazzotti.
Top 2 Salkeld is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Reich hits a fly ball into left field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Edwards takes first base on ball four. Verban moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Verban hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fletcher 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 Rickert hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark scores.
Top 1 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Reiser moves to second.
Top 1 Reiser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dubiel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Stanky hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.