Cardinals @ Cubs
April 17, 1945

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 2 7 1
Cubs 2 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 2 7 1
Cubs 3 4 0

Don Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .500
OBP .667 .667
At Bats 2 2
Hits 1 1
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 0

Bud Byerly Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Wrigley Field - April 17, 1945
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Single
Bud Byerly
Walker Cooper
Ray Sanders
Emil Verban
Whitey Kurowski
Marty Marion
Red Schoendienst
Johnny Hopp
Augie Bergamo
Don Johnson
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 2 7 1 6
Chicago Cubs 3 4 0 6
Winning Pitcher Paul Derringer
Losing Pitcher Bud Byerly
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Don Johnson
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Pafko moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Pafko is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Sauer bunts towards first. Sanders scoops it up and throws to first, with Verban covering, for the out. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Marion is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Merullo strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sanders hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst scores.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Schoendienst reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bergamo hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Derringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bud Byerly now pitching. Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ken O'Dea pinch hits for Ted Wilks. O'Dea hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Verban hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sanders hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cooper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Derringer hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hopp strikes out.
Top 5 Bergamo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Derringer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wilks strikes out.
Bottom 4 Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson moves to third. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cavarretta scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Sauer takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta hits a fly ball towards left. Schoendienst settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Schoendienst. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a fly ball into right field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Marion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out. Cooper scores. Sanders moves to third.
Top 4 Kurowski is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Sanders hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Sanders reaches second base with a double. Cooper moves to third.
Top 4 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hack for the out.
Bottom 3 Derringer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Livingston hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Bergamo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wilks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Verban hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Pafko. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Verban applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sauer hits a fly ball into right field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Marion is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Kurowski hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Derringer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cooper for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out. Hopp moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Hopp. The throw from Livingston and he is safe. Hopp steals second.
Top 1 Hopp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bergamo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Derringer covering, for the out.