Pirates @ Cardinals
July 8, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 6 10 1
Cardinals 4 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 6 10 1
Cardinals 4 12 2

Don Lang Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .318
OBP .500 .414
At Bats 3 110
Hits 1 35
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 11

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 4
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Sportsman's Park - July 8, 1948
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Strikeout
Kirby Higbe
Ed Fitz Gerald
Ed Stevens
Danny Murtaugh
Frankie Gustine
Stan Rojek
Ralph Kiner
Johnny Hopp
Wally Westlake
Don Lang
Al Brazle

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 10 1 4
St. Louis Cardinals 4 12 2 9
Winning Pitcher Fritz Ostermueller
Losing Pitcher Gerry Staley
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Ed Stevens
Attendance 15,035
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Al Brazle pinch runs for Stan Musial. Lang is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Marion strikes out.
Bottom 9 Ron Northey pinch hits for Ralph LaPointe. Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Higbe strikes out.
Top 9 Fitz Gerald is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 9 Del Rice now catching. Jim Hearn now pitching. Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Howie Pollet pinch runs for Bill Baker. Ed Fitz Gerald now catching. Kirby Higbe now pitching. Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Murry Dickson. Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Baker reaches second base with a double. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Moore hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Stevens hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Murry Dickson now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Lang hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wally Westlake now playing right field. Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marion hits a line drive into left field. Kiner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kiner. Baker scores. Dusak scores. Marion moves to second.
Bottom 7 LaPointe bunts for an out with unknown description. Baker moves to third. Dusak moves to second.
Bottom 7 Erv Dusak pinch hits for Red Munger. Dusak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Hopp moves to second.
Top 7 Munger spins and fires to second, and Rojek is picked off.
Top 7 Hopp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojek moves to second.
Top 7 Rojek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Lang hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Stevens hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Marion hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 LaPointe hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Kiner strikes out.
Top 5 Gustine is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 5 Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Munger hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Hopp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Ostermueller strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a popup for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lang moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lang takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Marion hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 3 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 3 Murtaugh strikes out.
Top 3 Stevens is thrown out, attempting to steal, by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 3 Red Munger now pitching. Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. LaPointe misplays the ball. That's an error on LaPointe.
Bottom 2 LaPointe hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Joe Medwick pinch hits for Ted Wilks. Medwick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to home for the out. Jones moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lang scores. Moore moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 2 Moore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lang moves to third.
Bottom 2 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Lang hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Lang reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Kiner hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Kiner reaches third base with a triple. Hopp goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Gustine hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Hopp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 1 Marion hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 1 LaPointe hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Ostermueller hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ted Wilks now pitching. Kluttz hits a fly ball towards left. Slaughter settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Slaughter. Murtaugh scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Walker scores. Stevens scores. Murtaugh moves to second.
Top 1 Stevens hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moore. Stevens reaches second base with a double. Gustine scores. Kiner scores. Walker moves to third.
Top 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones fields the ball and throws to Staley covering. Safe. Gustine moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Gustine moves to second.
Top 1 Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hopp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.