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August 17, 1947

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Cliff Aberson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .240
OBP .000 .283
At Bats 0 50
Hits 0 12
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 6

Ken Raffensberger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 8 1
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Crosley Field - August 17, 1947
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Home Run
Ken Raffensberger
Ray Lamanno
Babe Young
Bobby Adams
Benny Zientara
Eddie Miller
Clyde Vollmer
Tommy Tatum
Frank Baumholtz
Cliff Aberson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Aberson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Clyde Vollmer now playing left field. Pafko hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Clyde Vollmer pinch hits for Augie Galan. Vollmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tatum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Russ Meers now pitching. Baumholtz strikes out.
Top 7 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Tatum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lowrey for the out.
Top 7 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Claude Passeau. Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Raffensberger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Zientara moves to second.
Bottom 6 Zientara hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson throws the ball in to Merullo who tags Adams trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Young scores.
Bottom 6 Lamanno bunts towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Sturgeon covering, for the out. Young moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cliff Aberson now playing left field. Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Merullo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lamanno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sturgeon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields the ball and throws to Raffensberger covering. Safe. Cavarretta moves to third.
Top 6 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pafko scores.
Top 6 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tatum. Cavarretta reaches second base with a double. Pafko moves to third.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, deflecting off of Raffensberger's glove, towards the right side of the infield. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Tatum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Bobby Sturgeon now playing second base. Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Passeau hits a fly ball into center field. Tatum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bobby Sturgeon pinch hits for Don Johnson. Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Raffensberger strikes out.
Bottom 4 Zientara hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young scores.
Bottom 4 Lamanno hits a line drive to center field. Pafko throws towards third. Lowrey fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lowrey. Galan scores. Miller scores. Young moves to third. Lamanno moves to second.
Bottom 4 Young is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Miller reaches second base with a double. Galan moves to third.
Bottom 4 Galan bunts towards third. Lowrey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bobby Adams now playing second base. Benny Zientara now playing third base. Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tatum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out. Adams scores. Zientara moves to third.
Bottom 3 Raffensberger bunts towards the mound. Passeau juggles the ball. That's an error on Passeau. Adams moves to third. Zientara moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bobby Adams pinch runs for Grady Hatton. Zientara hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lamanno scores. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 3 Claude Passeau now pitching. Grady Hatton pinch hits for Kermit Wahl. Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miller scores. Young scores. Lamanno moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lamanno bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Miller moves to third. Young moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Young bunts towards third. Lowrey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Pafko strikes out.
Top 3 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it and throws to second for the out. Merullo moves to third.
Top 3 Lowrey strikes out.
Top 3 Schmitz takes first base on ball four. Merullo moves to second.
Top 3 Merullo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Galan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Scheffing fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tatum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Raffensberger moves to third. Baumholtz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Raffensberger moves to second.
Bottom 2 Raffensberger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zientara scores.
Bottom 2 Zientara hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Zientara reaches second base with a double. Lamanno scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Wahl hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Young scores.
Bottom 2 Lamanno hits a line drive to right field. Nicholson throws towards Merullo. Merullo fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Merullo. Nicholson throws the ball in to Merullo who tags Lamanno trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Young moves to third. Lamanno moves to second.
Bottom 2 Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Young reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lamanno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 1 Galan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Tatum is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Tatum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.