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August 8, 1947

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Reds 1 7 1
Cubs 1 6 0
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Reds 1 7 2
Cubs 1 6 0

Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .256
OBP 1.000 .286
At Bats 2 312
Hits 2 80
• Singles 1 64
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 1 26

Ewell Blackwell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
18 4 0
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Wrigley Field - August 8, 1947
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Ewell Blackwell
Ray Lamanno
Babe Young
Benny Zientara
Grady Hatton
Kermit Wahl
Augie Galan
Bert Haas
Frank Baumholtz
Lennie Merullo
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton juggles the ball. That's an error on Hatton.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zientara 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 6 Baumholtz is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Blackwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields it and throws to second for the out. Hatton scores. Haas moves to third.
Top 5 Young takes first base on ball four. Hatton moves to third. Haas moves to second.
Top 5 Haas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hatton moves to second.
Top 5 Hatton hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zientara hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Schmitz hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merullo moves to third.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Merullo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wahl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta throws the ball in to Sturgeon who tags Wahl, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl fields it and throws to second for the out. Waitkus moves to third.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 3 Waitkus bunts towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Galan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Haas hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hatton 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 2 Schmitz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball towards center. Haas settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Haas. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 2 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blackwell takes first base on ball four. Lamanno moves to third. Wahl moves to second.
Top 2 Wahl takes first base on ball four. Lamanno moves to second.
Top 2 Lamanno takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Galan hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hack is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Young is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Haas is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Hatton is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Zientara hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Zientara reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.