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August 30, 1945

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Cubs 4 11 0
Pirates 6 7 1
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Cubs 4 12 0
Pirates 6 7 1

Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .225
OBP .667 .275
At Bats 3 262
Hits 2 59
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 2 27

Xavier Rescigno Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 3
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Forbes Field - August 30, 1945
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Single
Xavier Rescigno
Al Lopez
Babe Dahlgren
Pete Coscarart
Bob Elliott
Frankie Gustine
Jim Russell
Al Gionfriddo
Johnny Barrett
Lennie Merullo
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Al Lopez now catching. Xavier Rescigno now pitching. Merullo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Dahlgren strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Russell scores. Handley scores. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lee Handley pinch runs for Bill Salkeld. Elliott is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Salkeld hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Salkeld reaches second base with a double. Gionfriddo scores. Russell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Russell is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hack scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barrett for the out.
Bottom 7 Gionfriddo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Gionfriddo reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Bill Nicholson now playing right field. Tommy O'Brien pinch hits for Preacher Roe. O'Brien hits a line drive towards first. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sauer moves to third.
Top 7 Pafko bunts towards the mound. Roe fields it and throws to first for the out. Sauer moves to second.
Top 7 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Coscarart strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Erickson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Erickson spins, and has Russell trapped. He throws to Hughes who tags Russell for the out.
Bottom 5 Salkeld takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Barrett hits a popup in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gionfriddo hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merullo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Merullo reaches second base with a double. Pafko goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Hughes hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Roe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hack bunts towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. Erickson moves to second.
Top 4 Erickson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Paul Erickson now pitching. Elliott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Salkeld hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gionfriddo scores. Barrett moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Barrett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer. Barrett reaches second base with a double. Gionfriddo moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Merullo trying to get to third. Barrett throws the ball in to Elliott, who tags Merullo for the out.
Top 3 Merullo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowrey scores.
Top 3 Hughes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Lowrey reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gustine scores. Dahlgren moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sauer. Gustine reaches second base with a double. Elliott goes all the way around to score. Gustine moves to third.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Salkeld hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sauer hits a line drive towards third. Elliott catches it and throws to second to double up Hack.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to second.
Top 2 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Derringer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a popup towards first. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hack scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barrett for the out.
Bottom 1 Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Merullo hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hughes is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gustine. Johnson scores. Sauer moves to third. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 1 Pafko strikes out.
Top 1 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 1 Hack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.