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August 9, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 5 8 0
Cubs 0 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 5 8 0
Cubs 0 8 1

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .295
OBP .000 .344
At Bats 4 292
Hits 0 86
• Singles 0 66
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 22

Buddy Lively Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 0
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Wrigley Field - August 9, 1947
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Buddy Lively
Ray Lamanno
Babe Young
Benny Zientara
Grady Hatton
Kermit Wahl
Augie Galan
Clyde Vollmer
Frank Baumholtz
Eddie Waitkus
Stan Hack
Peanuts Lowrey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 5 8 0 5
Chicago Cubs 0 8 1 11
Winning Pitcher Buddy Lively
Losing Pitcher Claude Passeau
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Babe Young
Attendance 31,973
Time of Game 2 hours 16 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 9 Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Emil Kush. Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Don Johnson. McCullough strikes out.
Top 9 Baumholtz hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lively hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Wahl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta throws the ball in to Johnson who tags Wahl, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheffing strikes out.
Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Lively covering, for the out. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clyde Vollmer now playing center field. Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lamanno strikes out.
Top 8 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Kush covering, for the out.
Top 8 Emil Kush now pitching. Haas hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Marv Rickert pinch hits for Hank Wyse. Rickert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Merullo strikes out.
Top 7 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Top 7 Hatton strikes out.
Top 7 Zientara hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Scheffing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Baumholtz 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 6 Lively strikes out.
Top 6 Hank Wyse now pitching. Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cliff Aberson pinch hits for Bob Chipman. Aberson hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields it and throws to second for the out. Zientara scores. Young moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Haas is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Young reaches second base with a double. Lively scores. Baumholtz scores. Zientara moves to third.
Top 5 Bob Chipman now pitching. Hatton strikes out.
Top 5 Zientara bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lively moves to third. Baumholtz moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Baumholtz bunts towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack. Lively moves to second.
Top 5 Don Johnson now playing second base. Lively hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Bobby Sturgeon. Dallessandro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wahl strikes out.
Top 4 Lamanno hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Galan is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Haas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Haas reaches second base with a double. Zientara scores. Hatton moves to third.
Top 4 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baumholtz scores.
Top 4 Hatton bunts towards the mound. Passeau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baumholtz moves to third. Zientara moves to second.
Top 4 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 4 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Hack is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 3 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Passeau strikes out.
Bottom 3 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lively hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wahl hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Galan for the out.
Top 2 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lively fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double. Cavarretta throws the ball in to Hack who tags Baumholtz trying to catch an extra base, for the out.