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September 18, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 9 0
Giants 4 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 9 0
Giants 4 8 1

Mickey Witek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .256
OBP .333 .276
At Bats 3 180
Hits 1 46
• Singles 1 42
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 10

Larry French Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 2
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Polo Grounds - September 18, 1940
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Out
Larry French
Clyde McCullough
Rip Russell
Rabbit Warstler
Stan Hack
Bobby Mattick
Jim Gleeson
Hank Leiber
Bill Nicholson
Mickey Witek
Johnny Rucker

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 9 0 10
New York Giants 4 8 1 4
Winning Pitcher Larry French
Losing Pitcher Hal Schumacher
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Stan Hack
Attendance 1,588
Time of Game 2 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnny Rucker pinch runs for Glen Stewart. Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Stewart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Danning strikes out.
Top 9 McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 The ball gets by Danning for a passed ball. Leiber moves to third. Gleeson moves to second.
Top 9 Gleeson is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Leiber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Demaree. Leiber reaches second base with a double. Warstler scores.
Top 9 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out. Warstler moves to second.
Top 9 Warstler takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hack hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Demaree is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 French hits a fly ball into center field. Maynard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mattick hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCullough is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Maynard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. French fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gleeson hits a fly ball into left field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Leiber takes first base on ball four. Warstler moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 7 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Warstler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mattick scores. Warstler moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Hack hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 French bunts towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Whitehead covering, for the out. Mattick moves to second.
Top 7 Mattick hits a fly ball towards center. Maynard settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Maynard.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Danning hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Russell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Bottom 6 Demaree hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Russell strikes out.
Top 6 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leiber moves to third.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Leiber moves to second.
Top 6 Leiber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Whitehead strikes out.
Bottom 5 Maynard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. French fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 5 Warstler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCullough scores. Hack moves to second.
Top 5 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCullough moves to third.
Top 5 French strikes out.
Top 5 Mattick hits a fly ball into left field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCullough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stewart fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Gleeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Leiber hits a fly ball into left field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Danning hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Demaree is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Warstler strikes out.
Top 3 Hack hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 French strikes out.
Top 3 Mattick hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. French fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Maynard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schumacher takes first base on ball four. Witek moves to second.
Bottom 2 Witek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and tags Ott for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Ott reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Danning hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Demaree scores.
Bottom 1 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Whitehead scores. Demaree moves to third.
Bottom 1 Demaree hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Demaree reaches second base with a double. Whitehead moves to third.
Bottom 1 Whitehead hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Maynard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stewart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hack scores.
Top 1 Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Warstler for the out. Hack moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Hack. The throw from Danning and he is safe. Hack steals second.
Top 1 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.