Pirates @ Cubs
September 25, 1946

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Elbie Fletcher Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .260
OBP .571 .391
At Bats 6 430
Hits 3 112
• Singles 2 83
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 92
RBI’s 0 49

Ray Prim Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 1
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Wrigley Field - September 25, 1946
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Walk
Ray Prim
Clyde McCullough
Eddie Waitkus
Bobby Sturgeon
Stan Hack
Lennie Merullo
Dom Dallessandro
Marv Rickert
Phil Cavarretta
Elbie Fletcher
Billy Cox
Ken Gables
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Gables moves to third. Cox moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 16 Chuck Workman pinch hits for Burgess Whitehead. Ray Prim now pitching. Billy Cox pinch hits for Chuck Workman. Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Handley scores. Gables moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 16 Gables hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Handley moves to third.
Top 16 Camelli hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 16 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sturgeon.
Top 16 Gustine hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Hack hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Lade hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 15 Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 15 Kiner strikes out.
Top 15 Elliott strikes out.
Top 15 Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 15 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Rickert hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hack moves to third. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 14 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 14 Sturgeon bunts towards the mound. Gables fields it and throws to first for the out. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 14 Hack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 14 Whitehead hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Gables strikes out.
Top 14 Camelli hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Lade strikes out.
Bottom 13 Merullo strikes out.
Bottom 13 McCullough takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 13 Rickert hits a line drive into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Gustine strikes out.
Top 13 Dom Dallessandro now playing left field. Marv Rickert now playing center field. Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Lowrey hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cavarretta for the out. Hack moves to third. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 12 Waitkus hits a popup towards the mound. Gables settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Sturgeon bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Hack moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 12 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Elliott strikes out.
Top 12 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Lade strikes out.
Bottom 11 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 McCullough strikes out.
Top 11 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Gables hits a line drive into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Camelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Camelli moves to second.
Top 11 Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Rickert hits a line drive into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out.
Top 10 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Kiner strikes out.
Top 10 Lennie Merullo now playing shortstop. Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Hack is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Hank Schenz pinch runs for Billy Jurges. Lade bunts in front of the plate. Camelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Schenz moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jurges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Ken Gables now pitching. McCullough strikes out.
Top 9 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitehead moves to second.
Top 9 Whitehead takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bill Salkeld pinch hits for Al Gerheauser. Salkeld hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Peanuts Lowrey now playing center field. Phil Cavarretta now playing right field. Camelli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Gerheauser now pitching. Mickey Livingston pinch hits for Bill Nicholson. Livingston strikes out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Strincevich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Waitkus bunts towards the mound. Strincevich fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Strincevich. Sturgeon goes all the way around to score. Waitkus moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Sturgeon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Handley hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doyle Lade now pitching. Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Elliott hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 8 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Strincevich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Strincevich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Strincevich hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Camelli strikes out.
Top 7 Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sturgeon scores. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sturgeon moves to third. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 6 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sturgeon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Russell. The throw from McCullough and he is out, Jurges applying the tag.
Top 6 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards second. Whitehead scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Strincevich covering, for the out.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Strincevich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a popup towards short. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 4 Camelli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cavarretta for the out.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott. Waitkus reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kiner strikes out.
Top 3 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Russell hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Fletcher reaches second base with a double. Whitehead moves to third.
Top 3 Whitehead bunts towards the mound. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Strincevich hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Camelli hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Handley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gustine strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sturgeon scores.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hack scores.
Bottom 1 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott. Sturgeon reaches second base with a double. Hack moves to third.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Russell moves to second.
Top 1 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Whitehead strikes out.