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September 14, 1942

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Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .249
OBP .667 .304
At Bats 2 426
Hits 1 106
• Singles 0 84
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 0 31

Bill Donovan Season Stats

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2 4 0
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Braves Field - September 14, 1942
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Out
Bill Donovan
Ernie Lombardi
Max West
Sibby Sisti
Ducky Detweiler
Whitey Wietelmann
Nanny Fernandez
Tommy Holmes
Johnny Cooney
Lennie Merullo
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merullo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Johnny Cooney now playing right field. Stringer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Vern Olsen now pitching. Donovan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Wietelmann takes first base on ball four. Detweiler moves to second.
Bottom 8 Detweiler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 West hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fernandez scores.
Bottom 8 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bithorn, and towards Merullo, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Sisti scores.
Bottom 8 Hi Bithorn now pitching. Fernandez bunts towards third. Block throws towards short. Merullo fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Merullo. Sisti moves to third. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Charlie Gilbert now playing left field. Sisti takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Charlie Gilbert pinch runs for Lou Novikoff. Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gilbert moves to second.
Top 8 Novikoff takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rickert strikes out. Lombardi drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Rickert out.
Bottom 7 Holmes hits a line drive into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Donovan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Wietelmann strikes out.
Bottom 7 Detweiler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Block hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Holmes. Lee reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Merullo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 West strikes out.
Bottom 6 Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a popup, foul, towards first. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wietelmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Novikoff hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sisti hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Holmes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Donovan hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nicholson hits a popup towards first. West settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Block hits a ball on the ground towards third. Detweiler fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Detweiler.
Top 5 Lee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wietelmann is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Detweiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Block has Lombardi trapped. There's the throw to Scheffing and back to Block, who tags Lombardi for the out. Waner moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 West hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lombardi moves to third.
Bottom 4 Waner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lombardi moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lombardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Merullo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Fernandez. Merullo reaches second base with a double. There goes Stringer trying to get to home. Fernandez throws the ball in to Wietelmann who relays the ball to Lombardi, who tags Stringer, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 4 Stringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Scheffing strikes out.
Top 4 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Russell scoops it up and throws to first, with Lee covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Sisti bunts towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to first for the out. Holmes moves to second.
Bottom 3 Holmes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Donovan strikes out.
Top 3 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Merullo scores. Lee moves to second.
Top 3 Rickert strikes out.
Top 3 Block strikes out.
Top 3 Lee bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Merullo moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Donovan Merullo moves to second.
Top 3 Merullo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Wietelmann is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Detweiler hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 West takes first base on ball four. Lombardi moves to second.
Bottom 2 Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Stringer strikes out.
Top 2 Donovan fires to first and picks off Russell.
Top 2 Scheffing hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Novikoff scores.
Top 2 Novikoff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Holmes. Novikoff reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lee, and towards Merullo, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Rickert. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Sisti applying the tag.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rickert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Block hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.