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June 8, 1948

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Braves 11 13 1
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Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .314
OBP .333 .389
At Bats 2 140
Hits 0 44
• Singles 0 32
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 15

Vern Bickford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Wrigley Field - June 8, 1948
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Vern Bickford
Phil Masi
Earl Torgeson
Eddie Stanky
Bob Elliott
Sibby Sisti
Jeff Heath
Jim Russell
Tommy Holmes
Eddie Waitkus
Hank Schenz
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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Bottom 9 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Kush covering, for the out.
Top 9 Holmes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sisti scores. Stanky moves to second.
Top 9 Stanky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heath scores. Russell scores. Sisti moves to third.
Top 9 Bickford strikes out.
Top 9 Sisti is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Masi bunts towards the mound. Kush fields it and throws to first for the out. Heath moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 9 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jeff Cross now playing shortstop. Emil Kush now pitching. Heath hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Jeffcoat. Heath reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Rube Walker pinch hits for Jess Dobernic. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Dick Culler. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Elliott. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Culler applying the tag.
Top 8 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 8 Holmes hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Waitkus moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 7 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards second. Schenz scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Masi moves to third.
Top 7 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Sisti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell scores. Masi moves to second.
Top 7 Masi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Heath scores. Russell moves to third.
Top 7 Russell takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to third. Heath moves to second.
Top 7 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler misplays the ball. That's an error on Culler. Elliott moves to second.
Top 7 Bob Rush now pitching. Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Johnny Schmitz. McCullough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards second. Stanky picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Stanky. Culler moves to second.
Bottom 6 Scheffing hits a popup towards short. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Holmes hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Masi scores. Sisti scores. Stanky moves to second.
Top 6 Stanky takes first base on ball four. Masi moves to third. Sisti moves to second.
Top 6 Bickford bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 6 Sisti takes first base on ball four. Masi moves to second.
Top 6 Masi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bickford covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Heath hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Elliott is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Holmes hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanky moves to third.
Top 5 Stanky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Stanky reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schenz 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 4 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sisti bunts towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Masi moves to second.
Top 4 Masi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heath scores.
Top 4 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Elliott scores. Heath moves to third.
Top 4 Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Elliott moves to third. Heath moves to second.
Top 4 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 4 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Schmitz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bickford, and towards Stanky, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing strikes out.
Top 3 Holmes hits a ball on the ground that hits Sisti. Sisti is out and Holmes is safe at first. There goes Sisti trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 3 Stanky hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bickford bunts in front of the plate. Scheffing fields it and throws to first for the out. Sisti moves to second.
Top 3 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Masi hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Elliott. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Pafko applying the tag. Russell moves to second.
Top 2 Russell is hit by the pitch. Elliott moves to second.
Top 2 Heath strikes out.
Top 2 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive towards third. Elliott reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.