Pirates @ Cubs
April 30, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 10 12 1
Cubs 4 15 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 10 12 1
Cubs 4 15 2

Don Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .200
OBP .250 .200
At Bats 4 5
Hits 1 1
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Wrigley Field - April 30, 1948
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Clyde Kluttz
Ed Stevens
Monty Basgall
Frankie Gustine
Stan Rojek
Ralph Kiner
Wally Westlake
Dixie Walker
Don Johnson
Clyde McCullough
Bill Nicholson
Phil Cavarretta

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 10 12 1 12
Chicago Cubs 4 15 2 12
Winning Pitcher Rip Sewell
Losing Pitcher Bob Rush
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Frankie Gustine
Attendance 13,058
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Jeffcoat hits a popup, foul, towards short. Rojek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Waitkus hits a popup towards short. Rojek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walker for the out.
Top 9 Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Kiner reaches second base with a double. Rojek scores.
Top 9 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Rojek moves to second.
Top 9 Rojek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Emil Kush now pitching. Higbe strikes out.
Bottom 8 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens scoops it up and throws to first, with Higbe covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Rube Walker pinch hits for Ben Wade. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basgall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Kluttz hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Basgall hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stevens hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a popup towards short. Rojek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basgall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Westlake hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wade fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ben Wade now pitching. Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Basgall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basgall fields it and throws to second for the out. Lowrey moves to third.
Bottom 6 Schenz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley scores. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 6 Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Jess Dobernic. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley moves to third.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Westlake. Smalley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Stevens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rojek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sewell moves to second.
Top 6 Sewell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kluttz is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Basgall hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to third. Jeffcoat moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schenz scores.
Bottom 5 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Westlake. Waitkus reaches second base with a double. Schenz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Schenz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stevens is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kiner moves to second.
Top 5 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cliff Aberson pinch hits for Paul Erickson. Aberson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rojek is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Sewell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Sewell reaches second base with a double. Basgall scores. Kluttz moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Basgall moves to second.
Top 4 Basgall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson juggles the ball. That's an error on Johnson.
Top 4 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Basgall throws to second for one, and Rojek throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 3 Walker takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Top 3 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rojek hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Waitkus strikes out. Kluttz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Waitkus out.
Bottom 2 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basgall fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Erickson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Basgall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sewell strikes out.
Top 2 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Westlake scores. Basgall moves to second.
Top 2 Basgall takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kiner scores. Westlake moves to second.
Top 2 Westlake takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gustine scores. Kiner moves to third.
Top 2 Paul Erickson now pitching. Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Kiner reaches second base with a double. Rojek scores. Gustine moves to third.
Top 2 Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kluttz scores. Sewell scores. Rojek moves to second.
Top 2 Rojek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kluttz moves to third. Sewell moves to second.
Top 2 Doyle Lade now pitching. Sewell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kluttz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Kluttz reaches second base with a double. Stevens scores. Basgall goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Basgall takes first base on ball four. Stevens moves to second.
Top 2 Stevens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 McCullough strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jeffcoat moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Westlake who is chasing the ball. Waitkus reaches third base with a triple. Schenz goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Schenz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gustine moves to second.
Top 1 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley.
Top 1 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.