Pirates @ Cubs
September 11, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 13 15 0
Cubs 12 14 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 13 15 0
Cubs 12 14 3

Emil Verban Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .400 .253
OBP .400 .273
At Bats 5 281
Hits 2 71
• Singles 2 58
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 21

Elmer Riddle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 0
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Wrigley Field - September 11, 1948
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Out
Elmer Riddle
Ed Fitz Gerald
Johnny Hopp
Danny Murtaugh
Eddie Bockman
Stan Rojek
Wally Westlake
Ted Beard
Dixie Walker
Emil Verban
Roy Smalley
Gene Mauch

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 13 15 0 11
Chicago Cubs 12 14 3 7
Winning Pitcher Mel Queen
Losing Pitcher Cliff Chambers
Save Elmer Riddle
Game Winning RBI Ralph Kiner
Attendance 17,095
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Verban hits a fly ball into center field. Beard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scheffing strikes out.
Bottom 9 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Riddle fields it and throws to third for the out. Mauch moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gene Mauch pinch hits for Dutch McCall. Mauch takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Elmer Riddle now pitching. Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Westlake hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Beard moves to second.
Top 9 Beard takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dutch McCall now pitching. Hopp hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Pafko hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Elmer Singleton now pitching. Wally Westlake now playing left field. Verban hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ralph Kiner pinch hits for Mel Queen. Kiner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 8 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. Walker scores. Westlake moves to third. Murtaugh moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Hank Borowy now pitching. Bockman strikes out.
Top 8 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Top 8 Wally Westlake pinch hits for Max West. Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second.
Top 8 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Beard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Chambers hits a popup towards third. Bockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ed Fitz Gerald now catching. Mel Queen now pitching. Nicholson strikes out.
Top 7 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Frankie Gustine pinch hits for Kirby Higbe. Gustine strikes out.
Top 7 Bob Scheffing now catching. Cliff Chambers now pitching. Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Johnny Riddle. Fitz Gerald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beard. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Waitkus scores. Cavarretta goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Waitkus. The throw from Riddle and he is safe. Waitkus steals second.
Bottom 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley scores.
Bottom 6 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Schenz scores. Smalley moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bob Scheffing pinch hits for Jess Dobernic. Scheffing hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Schenz moves to third. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hank Schenz pinch runs for Rube Walker. Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to third. Schenz moves to second.
Bottom 6 Walker takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bockman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 West hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Beard strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beard. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Cavarretta scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Waitkus bunts towards the mound. Chesnes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnny Riddle now catching. Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chesnes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopp for the out.
Top 5 Rojek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kluttz scores. Chesnes moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Chesnes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko juggles the ball. That's an error on Pafko. Kluttz moves to third.
Top 5 Kluttz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Kluttz reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Bockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Murtaugh hits a popup towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Chipman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chipman for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 West hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kluttz scores. Rojek scores. Hopp moves to second.
Top 4 Bob Chipman now pitching. Beard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hopp takes first base on ball four. Bockman scores. Kluttz moves to third. Rojek moves to second.
Top 4 Rojek takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bob Rush now pitching. Chesnes hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kluttz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Kluttz reaches second base with a double. Bockman moves to third.
Top 4 Bockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops it up and throws to first, with Chesnes covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Verban scores. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out. Verban moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Verban. The throw from Kluttz and he is safe. Verban steals second.
Bottom 3 Verban hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 West hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hopp scores. Walker moves to second.
Top 3 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Beard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade throws to second for one, and Smalley throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Chesnes scores. Hopp moves to second.
Top 3 Rojek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Chesnes moves to second.
Top 3 Chesnes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Lade hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Walker hits a popup towards third. Bockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beard. Nicholson reaches second base with a double. Lowrey goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a popup in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kluttz hits a popup towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bockman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second.
Top 2 Murtaugh hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 West hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a popup towards third. Bockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Beard strikes out.
Top 1 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Rojek takes first base on ball four.