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August 25, 1940

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Billy Sullivan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .298
OBP .500 .410
At Bats 3 84
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 12

Ed Heusser Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 5
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Shibe Park - August 25, 1940
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Single
Ed Heusser
Frankie Hayes
Dick Siebert
Al Rubeling
Joe Gantenbein
Al Brancato
Dee Miles
Sam Chapman
Wally Moses
Billy Sullivan
Dutch Meyer
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Meyer goes all the way around to score. Sullivan moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ed Heusser now pitching. Meyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Hal Wagner pinch runs for Chubby Dean. Gantenbein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Chubby Dean pinch hits for Bill Beckmann. Dean takes first base on ball four. Hayes moves to third. Rubeling moves to second.
Bottom 8 Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rubeling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hayes moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Siebert hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 York hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Higgins bunts towards the mound. Beckmann fields it and throws to first for the out. McCosky moves to second.
Top 8 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert fields the ball and throws to Beckmann covering. Safe.
Top 8 Bill Beckmann now pitching. Fox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Miles hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Moses takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 The umpire calls a balk on Newsom McCoy moves to third. Gantenbein moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gantenbein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brancato scores. McCoy moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Benny McCoy pinch hits for Buck Ross. McCoy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brancato moves to second.
Bottom 7 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell.
Bottom 7 Rubeling strikes out.
Top 7 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meyer moves to third.
Top 7 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Meyer moves to second.
Top 7 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 York takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Siebert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moses scores.
Bottom 6 Miles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moses moves to third.
Bottom 6 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moses hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Moses reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Gantenbein hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Higgins hits a fly ball into left field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCosky takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ross strikes out.
Bottom 5 Brancato hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rubeling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Newsom hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bartell takes first base on ball four. Greenberg scores. Meyer moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 5 Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Greenberg moves to third. Meyer moves to second.
Top 5 Meyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky scores. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 5 York hits a popup towards short. Brancato settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCosky moves to second.
Top 5 Higgins hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Hayes strikes out.
Bottom 4 Siebert hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Miles hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miles for the out.
Top 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Newsom hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Meyer scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. York scores. Meyer moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 4 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. York moves to third. Meyer moves to second.
Top 4 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein juggles the ball. That's an error on Gantenbein. York moves to second.
Top 4 York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Chapman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moses hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gantenbein hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Gantenbein reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Ross strikes out.
Top 3 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert fields the ball and throws to Ross covering. Safe.
Top 3 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brancato hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rubeling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Siebert takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sullivan for the out.
Top 2 Meyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Miles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Moses hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gantenbein hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gantenbein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fox scores. McCosky moves to third.
Top 1 Higgins bunts towards first. Siebert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higgins for the out. Fox moves to third. McCosky moves to second.
Top 1 McCosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to second.
Top 1 Fox takes first base on ball four.