Pirates @ Cubs
June 29, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 10 14 0
Cubs 4 13 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 10 14 0
Cubs 4 13 0

Don Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .269
OBP .500 .321
At Bats 4 208
Hits 2 56
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 15

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 2
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Wrigley Field - June 29, 1947
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Howell
Elbie Fletcher
Eddie Basinski
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Wally Westlake
Don Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 10 14 0 14
Chicago Cubs 4 13 0 6
Winning Pitcher Kirby Higbe
Losing Pitcher Claude Passeau
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Wally Westlake
Attendance 27,385
Time of Game 2 hours 27 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mickey Livingston pinch hits for Bill Lee. Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Sturgeon hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Scheffing hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Westlake hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell scores. Gustine scores. Kiner moves to second.
Top 9 Bill Lee now pitching. Kiner takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to third. Gustine moves to second.
Top 9 Gustine takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Russell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. Russell reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rickert hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dallessandro hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Dallessandro reaches second base with a double. Pafko goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Pafko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Elbie Fletcher now playing first base. Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Basinski hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howell takes first base on ball four. Greenberg moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Top 8 Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 8 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. Russell scores.
Top 8 Gustine bunts towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. Russell moves to third.
Top 8 Russ Meers now pitching. Russell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. Russell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Hank Borowy. McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Higbe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Basinski moves to third.
Top 7 Basinski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Howell hits a popup in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rickert hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dallessandro hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a popup towards first. Rickert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hank Borowy now pitching. Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stan Hack pinch hits for Emil Kush. Hack hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Westlake. Hack reaches second base with a double. Sturgeon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Basinski is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. Westlake moves to second.
Top 5 Emil Kush now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kush fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kiner scores.
Top 5 Kiner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Dallessandro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Cox. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Lowrey applying the tag.
Top 4 Russell takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to second.
Top 4 Cox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Higbe hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nicholson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Basinski hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Westlake hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 3 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kiner strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Cox moves to third. Gustine moves to second.
Top 3 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to second.
Top 3 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Passeau for the out.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scheffing scores.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Westlake who is chasing the ball. Scheffing reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Rickert is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Higbe covering, for the out.
Top 2 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Basinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Howell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Johnson trying to get to third. Russell throws the ball in to Gustine, who tags Johnson for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Westlake hits a popup towards first. Rickert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Gustine moves to second.
Top 1 Kiner hits a popup towards first. Rickert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gustine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Russell moves to third.
Top 1 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.