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August 5, 1951

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Top 2	R	H	E
Braves	2	5	1
Cubs	0	0	0

Top 2	R	H	E
Braves	5	6	1
Cubs	0	0	0

Sam Jethroe Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.260
OBP	.000	.341
At Bats	1	358
Hits	0	93
• Singles	0	60
• Doubles	0	14
• Triples	0	7
• Home Runs	0	12
Walks	0	35
RBI’s	0	40

Frank Hiller Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
6	8	1

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Wrigley Field - August 5, 1951

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Home Run

Frank Hiller

Smoky Burgess

Chuck Connors

Eddie Miksis

Randy Jackson

Roy Smalley

Hank Sauer

Frank Baumholtz

Hal Jeffcoat

Sam Jethroe

Warren Spahn

Ebba St. Claire

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 2 Outs

Jethroe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Hartsfield strikes out.

Top 2 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Connors fields the ball and throws to Hiller covering. Safe. Logan scores. St. Claire moves to second.

Top 2 St. Claire hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Addis scores. Logan moves to third.

Top 2 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Addis moves to second.

Top 2 Addis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Gordon strikes out.

Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Jeffcoat strikes out.

Bottom 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hartsfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Miksis hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. St. Claire settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on St. Claire.

Top 1 Elliott strikes out.

Top 1 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat who is chasing the ball. Torgeson reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Jethroe hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Hartsfield hits a fly ball into right field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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