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July 23, 1947

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Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .284
OBP .250 .409
At Bats 4 222
Hits 1 63
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 47
RBI’s 1 52

Russ Meers Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Wrigley Field - July 23, 1947
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Single
Russ Meers
Clyde McCullough
Phil Cavarretta
Bobby Sturgeon
Peanuts Lowrey
Lennie Merullo
Cliff Aberson
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson
Earl Torgeson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Clyde McCullough now catching. Russ Meers now pitching. Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Merullo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dallessandro moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Bob Chipman. Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sturgeon scores.
Bottom 7 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Sturgeon reaches second base with a double. Aberson scores.
Bottom 7 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Aberson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Aberson reaches second base with a double. Scheffing goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Hopp strikes out.
Top 7 Holmes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sain hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lowrey strikes out.
Bottom 6 Merullo hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ryan strikes out.
Top 6 Masi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out. Holmes scores. Hopp moves to third.
Top 6 Elliott is walked intentionally.
Top 6 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 6 Litwhiler is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Hopp takes first base on ball four. Holmes moves to second.
Top 6 Holmes hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Chipman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ryan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Aberson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Masi hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Merullo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Litwhiler. Merullo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Chipman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Hopp. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Lowrey applying the tag.
Top 3 Hopp hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Hopp reaches second base with a double. Sain scores.
Top 3 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sain hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Sain reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Aberson hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scheffing strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Ryan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo misplays the ball. That's an error on Merullo.
Top 2 Torgeson 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 2 Elliott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Danny Litwhiler now playing left field. Merullo hits a line drive into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bob Chipman now pitching. Danny Litwhiler pinch hits for Bama Rowell. Litwhiler strikes out.
Top 1 Hopp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Holmes moves to second.
Top 1 Holmes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ryan scores. Fernandez scores.
Top 1 Sain hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. Ryan moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 1 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ryan moves to second.
Top 1 Ryan bunts in front of the plate. Scheffing fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Masi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torgeson scores.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aberson. Torgeson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Emil Kush now pitching. Elliott hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 1 Rowell takes first base on ball four. Hopp moves to second.
Top 1 Hopp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Holmes moves to third.
Top 1 Holmes hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Holmes reaches second base with a double.