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Dodgers
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 31, 1948
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on August 31, 1948 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ralph Branca |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doyle Lade |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 47,171 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: George Barr 2B: (none) 3B: Al Barlick |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Shuba | Left Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Gene Hermanski | Right Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Ralph Branca | Pitcher |
| Burt Shotton | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Waitkus | Left Fielder |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Andy Pafko | Third Baseman |
| Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Bob Scheffing | Catcher |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Doyle Lade | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
August 31, 1948
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Lade
Shuba bunts towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Lade
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Lade
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hermanski vs. Lade
Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Branca
Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Branca
Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Branca
Lowrey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Branca
There's a wild pitch. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Pafko vs. Branca
Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Lade
Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Lade
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Lade
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Lade
Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snider scores. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Branca vs. Lade
Branca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Branca
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Branca
Nicholson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Scheffing vs. Branca
Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Smalley vs. Branca
Smalley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Lade vs. Branca
Lade takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to third. Smalley moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Verban vs. Branca
Verban hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Verban reaches second base with a double. Nicholson scores. Smalley scores. Lade goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Waitkus vs. Branca
Waitkus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Lowrey vs. Behrman
Hank Behrman now pitching.
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson misplays the ball. That's an error on Robinson. Waitkus moves to second. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Lade
Shuba hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Lade
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Lade
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Behrman
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Behrman
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Behrman
Nicholson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Scheffing vs. Behrman
Scheffing is hit by the pitch. Nicholson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smalley vs. Behrman
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson scores. Scheffing moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Lade vs. Behrman
Lade hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Lade
Hermanski hits a popup in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Lade
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Lade
Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Lade
Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Behrman
Verban hits a fly ball towards left. Shuba settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Shuba. Verban moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Waitkus vs. Behrman
Waitkus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Lowrey vs. Behrman
Lowrey is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Behrman
Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Verban scores. Lowrey moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Cavarretta vs. Minner
Paul Minner now pitching.
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Minner
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Scheffing vs. Minner
Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Minner. Pafko scores. Cavarretta moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Smalley vs. Minner
Smalley strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Lade
Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Minner vs. Lade
Minner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Lade
Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lade vs. Minner
Lade strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Minner
Verban hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Minner
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Lade
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Lade
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Lade
Hermanski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Lade
Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hermanski moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Lade
Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hermanski scores. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Lade
Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Minner
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Minner
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Minner
Cavarretta bunts towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Lade
Eddie Waitkus now playing first base. Clarence Maddern now playing left field.
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Minner vs. Lade
Minner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Shuba vs. Lade
Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Minner moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Lade
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Lade
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Minner
Eddie Miksis now playing second base.
Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scheffing vs. Minner
Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Minner
Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Lade
Hermanski bunts towards the mound. Lade settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Lade
Snider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Lade
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Lade
Cox hits a line drive towards the mound. Lade reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lade vs. Minner
Lade hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Minner
Verban hits a line drive towards the mound. Minner catches it and throws to first to double up Lade. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Minner
Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Minner
There goes Waitkus. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Waitkus steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lowrey vs. Minner
Lowrey hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Lade
Pete Reiser pinch hits for Roy Campanella.
Reiser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Lade
Arky Vaughan pinch hits for Paul Minner.
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Lade covering, for the out. Reiser moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Shuba vs. Lade
Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Miksis vs. Lade
Miksis strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1948, game 2 -- Brooklyn at Chicago (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Shuba G, lf 5 0 1 0 Verban E, 2b 5 1 1 3
Robinson J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Waitkus E, lf-1b 4 0 1 0
Miksis E, 2b 1 0 0 0 Lowrey P, cf 3 1 0 0
Reese P, ss 3 0 0 0 Pafko A, 3b 4 1 1 1
Hermanski G, rf 3 1 0 0 Cavarretta P, 1b 4 0 1 1
Snider D, cf 4 1 3 0 Maddern C, lf 0 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 4 0 2 1 Nicholson B, rf 2 2 0 0
Cox B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Scheffing B, c 3 0 1 0
Campanella R, c 2 0 1 1 Smalley R, ss 3 1 1 1
Reiser P, ph 1 0 1 0 Lade D, p 3 1 1 0
Branca R, p 1 0 0 0
Behrman H, p 0 0 0 0
Minner P, p 2 0 0 0
Vaughan A, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 2 9 2 31 7 7 6
Brooklyn 010 001 000 -- 2
Chicago 031 300 00x -- 7
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Branca R (L) 1.2 1 3 3 5 0
Behrman H 1.2 2 4 2 1 0
Minner P 4.2 4 0 0 0 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Lade D (W) 9.0 9 2 2 3 3
E -- Robinson J, Smalley R, Shuba G, Minner P
DP -- Brooklyn 1, Chicago 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, Chicago 8
2B -- Verban E
SB -- Waitkus E
HBP -- by Behrman H (Scheffing B), by Behrman H (Lowrey P)
WP -- Branca R
T -- 2:10
A -- 47171
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