Pirates @ Cubs
June 27, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 12 14 2
Cubs 8 17 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 12 14 2
Cubs 8 17 1

Bobby Sturgeon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .242
OBP .750 .242
At Bats 4 33
Hits 3 8
• Singles 2 4
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 6

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 1
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Wrigley Field - June 27, 1947
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Howell
Elbie Fletcher
Eddie Basinski
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Wally Westlake
Bobby Sturgeon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 12 14 2 10
Chicago Cubs 8 17 1 9
Winning Pitcher Jim Bagby
Losing Pitcher Bill Lee
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Hank Greenberg
Attendance 9,725
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sturgeon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Basinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wally Westlake now playing right field. Dallessandro hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kiner strikes out.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Westlake scores. Gustine moves to second.
Top 9 Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Westlake moves to third.
Top 9 Wally Westlake pinch hits for Culley Rikard. Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Russ Meers now pitching. Higbe hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Rickert hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Lowrey scores.
Bottom 8 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Lowrey moves to third.
Bottom 8 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sturgeon scores. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sturgeon moves to third.
Bottom 8 Stan Hack pinch hits for Paul Erickson. Nick Strincevich now pitching. Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hack for the out. Nicholson scores. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Nicholson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Basinski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out.
Top 8 Howell hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Russell takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 8 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dallessandro hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Scheffing reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Cox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rikard throws the ball in to Cox who tags Lowrey trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Erickson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Dallessandro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Bagby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Basinski is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Marv Rickert now playing center field. Howell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Elbie Fletcher now playing first base. Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Elbie Fletcher pinch runs for Hank Greenberg. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Paul Erickson now pitching. Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Top 5 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gustine scores.
Top 5 Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Gustine reaches third base with a triple. Bagby scores. Cox scores. Rikard goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Rikard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bagby moves to third. Cox moves to second.
Top 5 Cox takes first base on ball four. Bagby moves to second.
Top 5 Bagby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howell scores.
Top 5 Basinski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wyse fields it and throws to first for the out. Howell moves to third.
Top 5 Howell bunts towards the mound. Wyse picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Wyse. Howell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wyse hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dallessandro scores.
Bottom 4 Dallessandro hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Russell, who is chasing the ball. Dallessandro reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Russell is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Kiner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Basinski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Sturgeon fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Cox hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bagby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Basinski hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wyse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sturgeon moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rikard. Sturgeon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Billy Cox now playing shortstop. Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wyse fields it and throws to home to get Gustine. Kiner moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 2 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Rikard scores. Gustine moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 2 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Rikard moves to third. Gustine moves to second.
Top 2 Gustine is hit by the pitch. Rikard moves to second.
Top 2 Rikard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mauch hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dallessandro hits a popup towards short. Mauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mauch misplays the ball. That's an error on Mauch. Waitkus moves to third. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mauch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bagby 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 1 There's a wild pitch. Howell moves to third. Basinski moves to second.
Top 1 There goes Russell. The slide. Scheffing applies the tag. Russell is out.
Top 1 Basinski takes first base on ball four. Greenberg scores. Russell moves to third. Howell moves to second.
Top 1 Hank Wyse now pitching. Howell is walked intentionally. Greenberg moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 1 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rikard scores. Kiner scores. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 1 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Mauch scores. Rikard moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 1 Kiner is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Gustine bunts towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. Rikard moves to second.
Top 1 Rikard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mauch moves to third.
Top 1 Mauch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.