Cubs @ Giants
August 20, 1945

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 8 0
Giants 9 14 2
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 8 0
Giants 9 14 2

Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .228
OBP .000 .279
At Bats 3 241
Hits 0 55
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 24

Van Mungo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 5 0
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Polo Grounds - August 20, 1945
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Out
Van Mungo
Clyde Kluttz
Mike Schemer
George Hausmann
Nap Reyes
Buddy Kerr
Danny Gardella
Johnny Rucker
Mel Ott
Lennie Merullo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 8 0 5
New York Giants 9 14 2 6
Winning Pitcher Van Mungo
Losing Pitcher Hank Wyse
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mel Ott
Attendance 20,641
Time of Game 0 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merullo hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gillespie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Becker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hausmann for the out.
Bottom 8 Paul Erickson now pitching. Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Becker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hack moves to third.
Top 8 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kluttz fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kluttz. Hughes scores. Hack moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer juggles the ball. That's an error on Schemer. Hughes moves to second.
Top 8 Roy Hughes pinch hits for Hank Wyse. Hughes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mungo hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reyes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Kerr reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Schemer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Kluttz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gardella moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gardella is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wyse fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Hausmann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rucker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Mungo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gillespie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gardella scores. Schemer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Schemer hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Gardella moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kluttz strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gardella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Lowrey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Schemer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clyde Kluttz now catching. Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hack moves to third.
Top 6 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Becker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rucker for the out.
Top 5 Wyse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Merullo hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gillespie strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mungo hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pafko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Becker moves to second.
Top 4 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Hack is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Schemer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lombardi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Gardella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 3 Ott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Ott reaches second base with a double. Hausmann goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Hausmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wyse strikes out.
Top 3 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops it up and throws to first, with Mungo covering, for the out.
Top 3 Gillespie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gillespie for the out.
Bottom 2 Mungo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wyse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Schemer hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nicholson hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Becker hits a line drive towards short. Kerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Hausmann trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gardella hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott takes first base on ball four. Hausmann moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Rucker hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schemer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hack for the out.