Pirates @ Cubs
August 7, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 3 5 0
Cubs 0 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 3 5 0
Cubs 0 7 0

Don Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP .000 .307
At Bats 0 312
Hits 0 82
• Singles 0 66
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 21

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 9 4
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Wrigley Field - August 7, 1947
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Strikeout
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Howell
Hank Greenberg
Jimmy Bloodworth
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Culley Rikard
Don Johnson
Bobby Sturgeon
Bob Scheffing

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 5 0 7
Chicago Cubs 0 7 0 8
Winning Pitcher Kirby Higbe
Losing Pitcher Hank Borowy
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ralph Kiner
Attendance 7,766
Time of Game 1 hour 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Scheffing moves to third.
Bottom 9 Scheffing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Hank Wyse. McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rikard hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Don Johnson now playing second base. Marv Rickert now playing left field. Bobby Sturgeon now playing shortstop. Hank Wyse now pitching. Howell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 8 Waitkus hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Russell. Waitkus reaches second base with a double. Rickert moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hack strikes out.
Bottom 8 Marv Rickert pinch hits for Hank Borowy. Rickert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Lennie Merullo. Dallessandro is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gustine hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Russell bunts towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out. Rikard moves to second.
Top 7 Rikard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 6 Waitkus strikes out.
Top 6 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Howell hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack strikes out.
Bottom 5 Borowy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Merullo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to third. Gustine moves to second.
Top 5 Kiner hits a line drive into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rikard scores.
Top 5 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Higbe scores. Rikard moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 5 Russell is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Rikard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Rikard reaches second base with a double. Higbe moves to third.
Top 5 Higbe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bloodworth strikes out.
Top 4 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiner moves to third.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kiner moves to second.
Top 4 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Russell is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Rikard hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Borowy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheffing moves to third.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rikard. Scheffing reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Higbe hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howell is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to third.
Top 2 Cox hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Cox reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a line drive towards third. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rikard who is chasing the ball. Pafko reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Russell strikes out. There goes Rikard. The throw from Scheffing to Merullo, and Rikard is out.
Top 1 Rikard takes first base on ball four.