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August 25, 1944

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George Metkovich Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .246
OBP .000 .302
At Bats 4 248
Hits 0 61
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 25

Russ Christopher Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 0
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Shibe Park - August 25, 1944
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Double
Russ Christopher
Frankie Hayes
Bill McGhee
Irv Hall
George Kell
Ed Busch
Larry Rosenthal
Bobby Estalella
Ford Garrison
George Metkovich
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Metkovich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rosenthal. Metkovich reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Russ Christopher now pitching. Lou Finney pinch hits for Pinky Woods. Finney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. McGhee picks up the ball and throws it to Busch who tags the runner out.
Bottom 8 McGhee strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rosenthal hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hayes takes first base on ball four. Estalella moves to second.
Bottom 8 Estalella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hall scores. Garrison scores.
Bottom 8 Pinky Woods now pitching. There goes Garrison. The throw from Wagner and he is safe. Garrison steals second.
Bottom 8 Garrison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metro scores. Hall moves to third.
Bottom 8 Hall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McGhee scores. Kell scores. Metro moves to second.
Bottom 8 Charlie Metro pinch hits for Joe Berry. Metro takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Busch bunts in front of the plate. Wagner fields it and throws to first for the out. McGhee moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McGhee moves to second.
Bottom 8 Frank Barrett now pitching. McGhee takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Newsome hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bucher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Tabor scores.
Top 8 Joe Berry now pitching. Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGhee scoops it up and throws to first, with Berry covering, for the out. Johnson moves to third. Tabor moves to second.
Top 8 Tabor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 8 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Larry Rosenthal now playing left field. Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Siebert hits a line drive towards left. Johnson catches it and throws to second to double up Garrison.
Bottom 7 Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garrison moves to second.
Bottom 7 Estalella hits a fly ball into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hall scores.
Bottom 7 Garrison hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hall moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bucher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Metkovich strikes out.
Top 7 Culberson hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ryba takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Newsome hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Flores hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ryba fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Busch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bucher hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Tabor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Siebert throws the ball in to Busch who tags Tabor trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Johnson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 The ball gets by Hayes for a passed ball. Johnson moves to second.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McGhee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. Estalella moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hayes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Estalella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Metkovich hits a fly ball into left field. Siebert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flores fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ryba hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garrison hits a line drive into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hall hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Flores strikes out.
Top 4 Newsome strikes out.
Top 4 Bucher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Tabor strikes out.
Bottom 3 Busch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Siebert scores.
Bottom 3 McGhee hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Siebert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Culberson who is chasing the ball. Siebert reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Metkovich strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Estalella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Busch scores. Garrison moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Garrison takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Culberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kell scores. Busch moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Flores strikes out.
Bottom 2 Busch hits a line drive into left field. Johnson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Johnson. Kell moves to third. Busch moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich juggles the ball. That's an error on Metkovich.
Top 2 Culberson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ryba hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Newsome hits a fly ball into left field. Siebert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McGhee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Metkovich scoops it up and throws to first, with Ryba covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Siebert is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ryba fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Estalella bunts towards the mound. Ryba fields it and throws to first for the out. Hall moves to third. Garrison moves to second.
Bottom 1 Garrison bunts towards the mound. Ryba juggles the ball. That's an error on Ryba. Hall moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bucher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wagner takes first base on ball four. Culberson scores. Fox moves to third. Tabor moves to second.
Top 1 Tabor takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Johnson strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Fox. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Fox steals second.
Top 1 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Culberson moves to third.
Top 1 Metkovich hits a fly ball into right field. Garrison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Culberson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.