Pirates @ Braves
August 17, 1943

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Pirates	5	3	0
Braves	0	1	1

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Pirates	5	3	0
Braves	0	1	1

Butch Nieman Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.269
OBP	.000	.335
At Bats	0	182
Hits	0	49
• Singles	0	32
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	0	18
RBI’s	0	23

Hank Gornicki Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	9	1

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Braves Field - August 17, 1943

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Strikeout

Hank Gornicki

Al Lopez

Elbie Fletcher

Al Rubeling

Bob Elliott

Pete Coscarart

Jim Russell

Vince DiMaggio

Maurice Van Robays

Butch Nieman

Tommy Holmes

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Nieman strikes out. Lopez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nieman out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Workman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Gornicki covering, for the out. Holmes moves to third.

Bottom 1 Holmes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Holmes reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Ryan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andrews fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 DiMaggio bunts towards the mound. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Fletcher hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 1 Elliott takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Van Robays hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Workman who is chasing the ball. Van Robays reaches third base with a triple. Russell scores. Rubeling goes all the way around to score.

Top 1 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan misplays the ball. That's an error on Ryan. Russell moves to second.

Top 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Farrell scoops it up and throws to first, with Andrews covering, for the out.

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