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June 5, 1946

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 12 0
Cubs 5 12 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 12 0
Cubs 6 13 0

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .324
OBP .250 .324
At Bats 4 74
Hits 1 24
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 8

Ken Trinkle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 2
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Wrigley Field - June 5, 1946
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Single
Ken Trinkle
Walker Cooper
Johnny Mize
Buddy Blattner
Sid Gordon
Buddy Kerr
Willard Marshall
Vince DiMaggio
Goody Rosen
Eddie Waitkus
Marv Rickert
Phil Cavarretta
Stan Hack

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 5 12 0 12
Chicago Cubs 6 13 0 10
Winning Pitcher Emil Kush
Losing Pitcher Ken Trinkle
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Eddie Waitkus
Attendance 13,044
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hack scores. Cavarretta moves to third. Rickert moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rickert hits a line drive beyond second. Blattner can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hack moves to third. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Stringer strikes out.
Bottom 9 Goody Rosen now playing right field. Vince DiMaggio now playing center field. Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Kerr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Gordon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Young hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Kush hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Merullo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 McCullough hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Cooper strikes out.
Top 8 Mize hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Rickert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 There goes Lowrey. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Kerr applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blattner takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Trinkle is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Emil Kush now pitching. Lennie Merullo now playing shortstop. Kerr strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ken Trinkle now pitching. Stringer hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Bob Chipman. Dallessandro hits a fly ball into left field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCullough scores.
Bottom 6 Bill Nicholson pinch hits for Bobby Sturgeon. Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Waitkus scores. McCullough moves to third.
Bottom 6 McCullough bunts towards the mound. Budnick fields it and throws to third for the out. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mike Budnick now pitching. Waitkus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rickert moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rickert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Marshall who is chasing the ball. Lowrey reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Gordon strikes out.
Top 6 Young takes first base on ball four. Rosen moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Top 6 Cooper bunts towards the mound. Chipman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blattner scores. Rosen moves to second.
Top 6 Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blattner moves to third.
Top 6 Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rosen bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Blattner moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Blattner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack strikes out.
Bottom 5 Chipman strikes out.
Top 5 Fischer strikes out.
Top 5 Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cooper moves to second.
Top 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Young strikes out.
Top 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Rickert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Chipman covering, for the out.
Top 4 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bob Chipman now pitching. Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Gilbert scores. Hack moves to third. Stringer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stringer takes first base on ball four. Gilbert moves to third. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gilbert moves to second.
Bottom 3 Charlie Gilbert pinch hits for Hi Bithorn. Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sturgeon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blattner hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Stringer fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Fischer strikes out.
Top 3 Hi Bithorn now pitching. Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Gordon moves to second.
Top 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mize scores. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer fields it and throws to second for the out. Mize moves to third.
Top 3 Cooper takes first base on ball four. Mize moves to second.
Top 3 Mize hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Waitkus hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rosen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fischer scores. Blattner moves to second.
Top 2 Blattner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fischer moves to second.
Top 2 Fischer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon scores. There goes Kerr trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 2 Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second.
Top 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stringer hits a fly ball into center field. Rosen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Marshall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blattner moves to second.
Top 1 Rosen is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Blattner takes first base on ball four.