Reds @ Cubs
September 3, 1945

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Top 9 R H E
Reds 1 9 0
Cubs 7 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Reds 1 9 0
Cubs 7 12 0

Steve Mesner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .247
OBP .333 .314
At Bats 3 441
Hits 1 109
• Singles 1 93
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 44

Hy Vandenberg Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 2
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Wrigley Field - September 3, 1945
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Hy Vandenberg
Dewey Williams
Reggie Otero
Roy Hughes
Stan Hack
Lennie Merullo
Peanuts Lowrey
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson
Steve Mesner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 1 9 0 4
Chicago Cubs 7 12 0 7
Winning Pitcher Hy Vandenberg
Losing Pitcher Vern Kennedy
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Nicholson
Attendance 43,161
Time of Game 1 hour 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mesner hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Reggie Otero now playing first base. Libke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Modak now pitching. Vandenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Clay hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dick Sipek pinch hits for Vern Kennedy. Sipek hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Unser fires to third and picks off Merullo.
Bottom 7 Williams takes first base on ball four. Merullo moves to third.
Bottom 7 Merullo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Clay. Merullo reaches second base with a double. Pafko scores. Lowrey scores.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Becker scores. Pafko moves to third. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Becker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Becker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hack scores. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Hack. The throw from Unser and he is safe. Hack steals second.
Bottom 7 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Vandenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wahl strikes out.
Top 7 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Miller hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lowrey bunts towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Vandenberg fires to first and has Mesner trapped. There's the throw to Hughes who tags Mesner for the out.
Top 6 Mesner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 McCormick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Libke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Becker strikes out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Hughes strikes out.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Libke. Hack reaches second base with a double. Vandenberg moves to third.
Bottom 5 Vandenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tipton hits a line drive towards short. Merullo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Clay strikes out.
Top 5 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wahl moves to second.
Top 5 Wahl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Lowrey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick fields the ball and throws to Kennedy covering. Safe. Becker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Becker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 There goes McCormick. The throw from Williams and he is out, Hughes applying the tag.
Top 4 Miller strikes out.
Top 4 Mesner hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dewey Williams now catching. McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Libke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Tipton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Tipton reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Clay strikes out.
Top 3 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Vandenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gillespie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Merullo strikes out. Unser drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Merullo out.
Bottom 2 Lowrey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wahl settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wahl strikes out.
Top 2 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Becker strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Hughes hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mesner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hy Vandenberg now pitching. McCormick hits a fly ball towards right. Nicholson catches it and throws to first to double up Libke.
Top 1 Libke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clay scores. Tipton moves to third.
Top 1 Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wyse fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clay moves to third.
Top 1 Clay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.