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August 25, 1947

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 6 11 1
Giants 3 9 0
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Cubs 6 11 1
Giants 3 10 0

Mickey Witek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .223
OBP .333 .284
At Bats 3 130
Hits 1 29
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 1 14

Paul Erickson Season Stats

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7 8 0
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Polo Grounds - August 25, 1947
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Single
Paul Erickson
Bob Scheffing
Eddie Waitkus
Bobby Sturgeon
Peanuts Lowrey
Billy Jurges
Phil Cavarretta
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson
Mickey Witek
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Witek hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Gearhart pinch hits for Ken Trinkle. Gearhart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooper moves to third.
Bottom 6 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out.
Top 6 Lowrey bunts towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to first for the out. Erickson moves to second.
Top 6 Erickson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ken Trinkle now pitching. Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Witek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Witek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blattner scores. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 5 Buddy Blattner pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blattner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Joe Beggs. Lombardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lohrke scores.
Bottom 5 Lohrke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Lohrke reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cavarretta hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Thomson is chasing the ball. Cavarretta rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mize moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields the ball and throws to Beggs covering. Safe.
Top 4 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Erickson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lowrey.
Bottom 3 Beggs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lohrke hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jurges hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to third.
Top 3 Scheffing hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Pafko hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Mize hits a popup towards third. Lowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Joe Beggs now pitching. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Erickson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Jurges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon throws the ball in to Kerr who tags Jurges trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kerr 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 1 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Scheffing hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields it and throws to second for the out. Waitkus scores. Pafko moves to third.
Top 1 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to third. Pafko moves to second.
Top 1 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards center. Thomson fields it and throws to second to catch Lowrey for the out.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.