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August 8, 1947

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Bottom 11 R H E
Reds 1 10 2
Cubs 1 11 0
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Reds 1 10 2
Cubs 2 12 0

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .204
OBP .800 .339
At Bats 2 289
Hits 1 59
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 3 57
RBI’s 0 44

Ewell Blackwell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
18 4 0
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Wrigley Field - August 8, 1947
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Home Run
Ewell Blackwell
Ray Mueller
Babe Young
Benny Zientara
Grady Hatton
Kermit Wahl
Augie Galan
Bert Haas
Frank Baumholtz
Bill Nicholson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 1 10 2 11
Chicago Cubs 2 12 0 17
Winning Pitcher Johnny Schmitz
Losing Pitcher Ewell Blackwell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Nicholson
Attendance 13,943
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Ray Mueller now catching. Cavarretta hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Bobby Adams pinch runs for Ray Lamanno. Blackwell hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus catches it and steps on first to double up Wahl.
Top 11 Wahl is hit by the pitch. Lamanno moves to second.
Top 11 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Galan hits a popup, foul, towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 10 Waitkus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 10 Schmitz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Young 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 10 Haas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Hatton hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Merullo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pafko moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 9 McCullough hits a popup towards short. Wahl settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta bunts towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Zientara covering, for the out. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 9 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Zientara hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Blackwell 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 Waitkus strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hack is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Schmitz strikes out.
Top 8 Wahl is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Lamanno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clyde McCullough now catching. Don Johnson now playing second base. Galan hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Marv Rickert pinch hits for Bobby Sturgeon. Rickert takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Bob Scheffing. Dallessandro hits a fly ball into left field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Young hits a line drive towards short. Merullo catches it and steps on second to double up Hatton. The throw to first to get Haas, and that's a triple play.
Top 7 Haas bunts towards first. Waitkus fields the ball and throws to Schmitz covering. Safe. Hatton moves to second.
Top 7 Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Merullo moves to third.
Bottom 6 Schmitz strikes out.
Bottom 6 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton juggles the ball. That's an error on Hatton.
Bottom 6 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into center field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Baumholtz is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Blackwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields it and throws to second for the out. Hatton scores. Haas moves to third.
Top 5 Young takes first base on ball four. Hatton moves to third. Haas moves to second.
Top 5 Haas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hatton moves to second.
Top 5 Hatton hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zientara hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Schmitz hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merullo moves to third.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baumholtz. Merullo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wahl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta throws the ball in to Sturgeon who tags Wahl, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl fields it and throws to second for the out. Waitkus moves to third.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 3 Waitkus bunts towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Galan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Haas hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hatton 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 2 Schmitz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball towards center. Haas settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Haas. Nicholson moves to second.
Top 2 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Baumholtz hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Blackwell takes first base on ball four. Lamanno moves to third. Wahl moves to second.
Top 2 Wahl takes first base on ball four. Lamanno moves to second.
Top 2 Lamanno takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Galan hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hack is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Young is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Haas is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Hatton is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Zientara hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Zientara reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.