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August 5, 1939

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Braves 2 4 1
Cubs 2 6 1
Top 8 R H E
Braves 2 4 1
Cubs 2 6 1

Al Simmons Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .301
OBP .333 .342
At Bats 3 186
Hits 1 56
• Singles 1 41
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 20

Charlie Root Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 1
Close
Wrigley Field - August 5, 1939
Out
Charlie Root
Gus Mancuso
Rip Russell
Billy Herman
Stan Hack
Bobby Mattick
Carl Reynolds
Hank Leiber
Bill Nicholson
Al Simmons
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Simmons hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hack is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Root strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Russell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Mattick bunts, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnny Cooney now playing center field. Max West now playing right field. Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Reynolds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler misplays the ball. That's an error on Warstler. Herman scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Reynolds is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Herman moves to third.
Bottom 6 Herman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simmons. Herman reaches second base with a double. Root scores.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Root hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Garms. Root reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Garms hits a line drive into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cuccinello hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Reynolds. Cuccinello reaches second base with a double. Sisti scores. West goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 West takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hassett hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sisti moves to third.
Top 6 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sisti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Sisti reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mattick hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of West. Mattick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Warstler hits a line drive towards short. Mattick reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Leiber strikes out. There goes Reynolds. The throw from Lopez to second, and Reynolds is out.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Herman hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garms hits a line drive into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick misplays the ball. That's an error on Mattick.
Top 4 West hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hassett strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Root strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Mancuso. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Warstler applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Mancuso takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Simmons hits a line drive towards short. Mattick reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sisti hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sullivan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Warstler is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Garms bunts towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Herman hits a fly ball into right field. Garms settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 West strikes out.
Top 1 Hassett is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.