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July 5, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 4 8 1
Pirates 4 6 0
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Reds 5 8 1
Pirates 4 6 1

Johnny Wyrostek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .301
OBP .500 .384
At Bats 2 269
Hits 0 81
• Singles 0 55
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 2 34
RBI’s 0 38

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

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4 3 4
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Forbes Field - July 5, 1948
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Fielder's Choice
Kirby Higbe
Ed Fitz Gerald
Ed Stevens
Danny Murtaugh
Frankie Gustine
Stan Rojek
Ralph Kiner
Johnny Hopp
Wally Westlake
Johnny Wyrostek
Danny Litwhiler
Frank Baumholtz
Virgil Stallcup
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stevens. Stallcup scores. Baumholtz moves to third. Litwhiler moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Danny Litwhiler pinch hits for Harry Gumbert. Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. Stallcup moves to third. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 9 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Dewey Williams. Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stallcup moves to second.
Top 9 Stallcup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hatton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Adams now playing second base. Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sauer hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Galan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Babe Young pinch hits for Benny Zientara. Young hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh catches it and throws to first to double up Wyrostek.
Top 8 Wyrostek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zientara reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rojek hits a fly ball into right field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gumbert hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stallcup hits a popup towards first. Stevens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stevens 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 6 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Harry Gumbert now pitching. Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hopp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek who is chasing the ball. Hopp reaches third base with a triple. Gustine goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Rojek hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Bonham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into right field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Galan hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zientara hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wehmeier scores.
Top 5 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wehmeier moves to third.
Top 5 Wehmeier hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Wehmeier reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Stevens hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup misplays the ball. That's an error on Stallcup.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens scoops it up and throws to first, with Bonham covering, for the out.
Top 4 Hatton hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hopp hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Rojek takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sauer is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Galan hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bonham hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive towards short. Stallcup reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Westlake scores.
Bottom 2 Stevens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Galan. Stevens reaches second base with a double. Westlake moves to third.
Bottom 2 Westlake takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Zientara hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wyrostek takes first base on ball four. Wehmeier moves to second.
Top 2 Wehmeier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stallcup hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rojek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rojek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rojek takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp who is chasing the ball. Kluszewski reaches third base with a triple. Zientara scores. Sauer goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Sauer takes first base on ball four. Zientara moves to second.
Top 1 Galan hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zientara hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.