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June 20, 1940

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Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 3 9 0
Giants 6 7 0
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Cubs 3 9 0
Giants 6 7 0

Cliff Melton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .231
OBP .000 .231
At Bats 0 13
Hits 0 3
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Vern Olsen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 0
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Polo Grounds - June 20, 1940
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Vern Olsen
Al Todd
Rip Russell
Billy Herman
Billy Rogell
Bobby Mattick
Bill Nicholson
Jim Gleeson
Hank Leiber
Cliff Melton
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Billy Rogell now playing third base. Vern Olsen now pitching. Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rogell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Gabby Hartnett pinch hits for Stan Hack. Hartnett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Bob Collins pinch hits for Charlie Root. Collins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mattick for the out.
Bottom 7 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Danning hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gleeson. Danning reaches second base with a double. Moore scores. Young goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Young is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Seeds bunts towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to first for the out. Moore moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bill Nicholson now playing left field. Hank Leiber now playing right field. Rip Russell now playing first base. Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Todd hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rip Russell pinch hits for Phil Cavarretta. Russell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hank Leiber pinch hits for Dom Dallessandro. Leiber is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Cliff Melton now pitching. Nicholson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Whitehead hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ken O'Dea pinch hits for Hal Schumacher. O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Charlie Root now pitching. Witek bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Ott scores. Jurges moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Jurges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Danning scores. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Danning moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Danning hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Seeds scores. Young moves to third.
Bottom 6 Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Seeds moves to third.
Bottom 6 Seeds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gleeson for the out.
Top 6 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hack moves to third.
Top 6 Hack hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Hack reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 French strikes out.
Bottom 5 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schumacher strikes out.
Bottom 5 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Jurges takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mattick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Todd takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Top 5 Cavarretta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dallessandro moves to third.
Top 5 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Danning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 French hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Danning settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Schumacher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Todd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Schumacher, and towards Witek, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cavarretta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott who is chasing the ball. Nicholson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jurges takes first base on ball four. Danning moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ott strikes out.
Bottom 2 Danning takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Young hits a popup into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gleeson for the out.
Top 2 Herman takes first base on ball four. French moves to third. Hack moves to second.
Top 2 Hack takes first base on ball four. French moves to second.
Top 2 French takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Todd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schumacher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Moore strikes out.
Bottom 1 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. French fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cavarretta strikes out.
Top 1 Dallessandro takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gleeson scores.
Top 1 Gleeson hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Gleeson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.