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September 16, 1946

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Top 8 R H E
Cubs 9 13 0
Dodgers 6 8 2
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Cubs 9 14 0
Dodgers 6 8 2

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .304
OBP .500 .331
At Bats 4 342
Hits 2 104
• Singles 1 78
• Doubles 1 19
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 42

Rube Melton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 1
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Ebbets Field - September 16, 1946
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Single
Rube Melton
Bruce Edwards
Augie Galan
Eddie Stanky
Cookie Lavagetto
Pee Wee Reese
Joe Medwick
Carl Furillo
Dixie Walker
Eddie Waitkus
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Rube Melton now pitching. Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Stanky 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 Gene Hermanski pinch hits for Art Herring. Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reese scores. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rickert. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 7 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sturgeon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Galan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Jurges moves to third.
Top 7 Art Herring now pitching. Borowy bunts towards the mound. Herring fields it and throws to first for the out. Jurges moves to second.
Top 7 Jurges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 McCullough hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Ostrowski moves to third. Rickert moves to second.
Top 7 Rickert bunts towards the mound. Minner juggles the ball. That's an error on Minner. Ostrowski moves to second.
Top 7 Ostrowski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Furillo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Galan hits a line drive towards third. Ostrowski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lavagetto hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sturgeon strikes out.
Top 6 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Medwick. Lowrey reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Paul Minner now pitching. Borowy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe Tepsic pinch runs for Pete Reiser. Stanky hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pete Reiser pinch hits for Hugh Casey. Reiser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Medwick scores. Edwards moves to second.
Bottom 5 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hank Borowy now pitching. Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Furillo scores. Medwick moves to third.
Bottom 5 Medwick hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Medwick reaches second base with a double. Galan scores. Furillo moves to third.
Bottom 5 Furillo takes first base on ball four. Galan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnny Ostrowski now playing third base. Peanuts Lowrey now playing center field. Galan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Top 5 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rickert hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Casey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rickert for the out. Cavarretta moves to second.
Top 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Casey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 4 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Chipman strikes out.
Top 4 Jurges hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Medwick hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Furillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Galan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Galan takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galan scoops it up and throws to first, with Casey covering, for the out.
Top 3 McCullough strikes out.
Top 3 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rickert for the out.
Bottom 2 Lavagetto hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stanky takes first base on ball four. Casey moves to second.
Bottom 2 Casey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Joe Medwick now playing left field. Carl Furillo now playing center field. Augie Galan now playing first base. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Joe Medwick pinch hits for Dick Whitman. Medwick strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bob Chipman now pitching. Carl Furillo pinch hits for Ed Stevens. Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lavagetto scores. Galan moves to third.
Bottom 1 Walker takes first base on ball four. Lavagetto moves to third. Galan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Galan takes first base on ball four. Lavagetto moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lavagetto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stanky scores.
Bottom 1 Stanky hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cavarretta. Stanky reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Wyse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCullough moves to third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. McCullough moves to second.
Top 1 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 1 Hugh Casey now pitching. McCullough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores. Rickert scores.
Top 1 Rickert hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Whitman. Rickert reaches second base with a double. Waitkus scores. Cavarretta moves to third.
Top 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky misplays the ball. That's an error on Stanky. Waitkus moves to third.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Waitkus reaches second base with a double. Sturgeon scores.
Top 1 Sturgeon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Whitman, who is chasing the ball. Sturgeon reaches third base with a triple. Lowrey goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.