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July 6, 1947

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 8 0
Pirates 6 11 2
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 8 0
Pirates 6 11 2

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .193
OBP .250 .315
At Bats 4 202
Hits 1 39
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 1 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 1 32

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 2
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Forbes Field - July 6, 1947
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Howell
Elbie Fletcher
Jimmy Bloodworth
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Wally Westlake
Bill Nicholson
Stan Hack

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 2 8 0 10
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 11 2 8
Winning Pitcher Tiny Bonham
Losing Pitcher Paul Erickson
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Jimmy Bloodworth
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nicholson hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lowrey hits a popup towards second base. Bloodworth makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Bloodworth. Hack moves to third.
Top 9 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Elbie Fletcher now playing first base. Bob Scheffing pinch hits for Hank Borowy. Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Russell 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 Cox hits a popup towards first. Rickert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Elbie Fletcher pinch hits for Tiny Bonham. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Howell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Howell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bloodworth strikes out.
Top 8 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out. McCullough moves to third.
Top 8 Rickert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCullough moves to second.
Top 8 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rickert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Russell for the out.
Bottom 7 Hank Borowy now pitching. Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hack takes first base on ball four. Merullo moves to third. Dallessandro moves to second.
Top 7 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Emil Kush. Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merullo moves to second.
Top 7 Merullo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Rickert hits a popup in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Emil Kush now pitching. Bonham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kush fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Howell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Bloodworth hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Westlake bunts between the mound and first base. Erickson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Westlake for the out. Greenberg moves to third.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. Kiner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 McCullough hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a popup in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cox hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bonham hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hack hits a fly ball towards left. Kiner settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Kiner.
Top 5 Erickson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 4 Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rickert scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Cox reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bonham hits a popup towards first. Rickert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to home to get Lowrey. Nicholson moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Nicholson reaches second base with a double. Hack scores. Lowrey moves to third.
Top 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hack moves to second.
Top 3 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 2 Westlake hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Erickson hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merullo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCullough moves to second.
Top 2 Rickert hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCullough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Russell 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 1 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Bonham covering, for the out. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 1 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.