Cubs @ Giants
June 24, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 6 0
Giants 3 5 2
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 6 0
Giants 3 5 2

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .312
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 4 192
Hits 2 60
• Singles 2 44
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 18

Sheldon Jones Season Stats

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5 3 1
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Polo Grounds - June 24, 1948
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Strikeout
Sheldon Jones
Walker Cooper
Johnny Mize
Bill Rigney
Sid Gordon
Buddy Kerr
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Thomson
Willard Marshall
Eddie Waitkus
Gene Mauch

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 2 6 0 9
New York Giants 3 5 2 7
Winning Pitcher Larry Jansen
Losing Pitcher Johnny Schmitz
Save Sheldon Jones
Game Winning RBI Walker Cooper
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sheldon Jones now pitching. Waitkus strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mauch takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Hank Schenz pinch hits for Emil Kush. Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Clarence Maddern pinch hits for Roy Smalley. Maddern hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gordon.
Top 9 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mize moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cooper bunts towards the mound. Kush fields it and throws to first for the out. Mize moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out.
Top 8 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Waitkus hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.
Bottom 7 Roy Smalley now playing shortstop. Emil Kush now pitching. Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mauch strikes out.
Top 7 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Johnny Schmitz. Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out.
Top 7 Rube Walker pinch hits for Dick Culler. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jansen hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rigney takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lowrey hits a line drive into right field. Marshall picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Marshall. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey who is chasing the ball. Kerr reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Jansen strikes out. There goes Rigney. The throw from Scheffing to second, and Rigney is out.
Bottom 4 Rigney takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Mize takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Jansen covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lockman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mauch hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schmitz is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Culler takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to third. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 2 Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 2 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jansen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Rigney is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Gordon reaches second base with a double. Mize scores. Cooper scores. Marshall moves to third.
Bottom 1 Marshall takes first base on ball four. Mize moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Mize moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mize takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kerr hits a popup in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pafko is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Jansen, and towards Kerr, who fields it and throws to first for the out.