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August 26, 1947

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Cubs 6 14 2
Giants 5 8 1
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Cubs 6 14 2
Giants 6 9 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .287
OBP .250 .343
At Bats 3 429
Hits 0 123
• Singles 0 76
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 24
Walks 1 33
RBI’s 0 72

Emil Kush Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 5
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Polo Grounds - August 26, 1947
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Single
Emil Kush
Bob Scheffing
Eddie Waitkus
Bobby Sturgeon
Peanuts Lowrey
Billy Jurges
Phil Cavarretta
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson
Bobby Thomson
Buddy Blattner
Gary Gearhart
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Buddy Blattner pinch runs for Mickey Witek. Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gearhart scores. Blattner moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Emil Kush now pitching. Witek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gearhart moves to third.
Bottom 9 Gary Gearhart pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Kerr bunts towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Sturgeon covering, for the out. Gearhart moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ernie Lombardi pinch hits for Joe Beggs. Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Chipman strikes out.
Top 9 Jurges hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beggs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lohrke hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Mize moves to third.
Bottom 8 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scheffing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Pafko moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. Lowrey moves to third.
Top 8 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 8 Lowrey hits a line drive towards right. Marshall chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Marshall.
Top 8 Chipman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Beggs bunts towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out. Lohrke moves to second.
Bottom 7 Phil Cavarretta now playing left field. Lohrke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jurges is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Cliff Aberson. Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scheffing moves to second.
Top 7 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Marshall 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 6 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Lowrey for the double play.
Top 6 Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a line drive towards third. Lowrey catches it and throws to first to double up Witek.
Bottom 5 Witek takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Chipman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Beggs covering, for the out.
Top 5 Jurges hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Beggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lohrke hits a line drive into left field. Aberson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aberson. Gordon scores. Lohrke moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jurges. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aberson strikes out.
Top 4 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Waitkus moves to second.
Top 4 Joe Beggs now pitching. Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lowrey moves to third.
Top 4 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 4 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cooper hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Witek moves to second.
Bottom 3 Witek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Aberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Chipman strikes out.
Top 3 Jurges is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall who is chasing the ball. Sturgeon reaches third base with a triple. Scheffing scores. Nicholson goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out. Scheffing moves to third.
Top 3 Aberson takes first base on ball four. Scheffing moves to second.
Top 3 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lohrke hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a line drive towards third. Lowrey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Waitkus hits a popup towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lowrey hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chipman bunts towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 1 Kerr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aberson moves to second.
Top 1 Aberson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Scheffing hits a popup towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pafko hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Cooper for a passed ball. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 1 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.