Pirates @ Dodgers
August 1, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 7 6 2
Dodgers 8 12 4
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 7 6 2
Dodgers 8 12 4

Elbie Fletcher Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .750 .411
At Bats 1 217
Hits 0 62
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 3 44
RBI’s 0 48

Hugh Casey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 1
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Ebbets Field - August 1, 1940
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Out
Hugh Casey
Gus Mancuso
Dolph Camilli
Pete Coscarart
Cookie Lavagetto
Pee Wee Reese
Joe Medwick
Dixie Walker
Joe Vosmik
Elbie Fletcher

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 6 2 7
Brooklyn Dodgers 8 12 4 7
Winning Pitcher Hugh Casey
Losing Pitcher Dick Lanahan
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Cookie Lavagetto
Attendance 19,393
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Vaughan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Vosmik hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walker strikes out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Lanning now pitching. Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanning fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Camilli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gus Mancuso now catching. Lee Handley pinch hits for Dick Lanahan. Handley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Camilli scoops it up and throws to first, with Casey covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Casey hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Coscarart is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Lavagetto hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Lavagetto reaches second base with a double. Hudson scores.
Bottom 7 Camilli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanahan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnny Hudson pinch runs for Babe Phelps. There goes Hudson. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Hudson steals second.
Bottom 7 Phelps hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanahan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a popup towards first. Camilli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Van Robays strikes out.
Bottom 6 Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Reese is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Casey strikes out.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Camilli moves to second.
Bottom 5 Camilli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan misplays the ball. That's an error on Vaughan.
Bottom 5 Al Lopez now catching. Dick Lanahan now pitching. Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Elliott hits a popup towards third. Lavagetto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 5 Joe Bowman pinch hits for Mace Brown. Rip Sewell pinch runs for Spud Davis. Bowman strikes out.
Top 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto juggles the ball. That's an error on Lavagetto. Van Robays scores. Gustine moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Hugh Casey now pitching. Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Van Robays moves to second.
Top 5 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vaughan scores. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 5 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Luke Hamlin now pitching. Vaughan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Vaughan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Medwick strikes out.
Bottom 4 Vosmik hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wasdell scores. Reese scores.
Bottom 4 Walker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lavagetto scores. Wasdell moves to third. Reese moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Jimmy Wasdell pinch hits for Lee Grissom. Wasdell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lavagetto moves to third.
Bottom 4 Coscarart hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Camilli scores.
Bottom 4 Mace Brown now pitching. There goes Camilli. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Camilli steals second.
Bottom 4 Camilli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Phelps scores.
Bottom 4 Vince DiMaggio now playing center field. Bob Elliott now playing right field. Phelps hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Phelps reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Garms hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Elliott scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Bob Elliott pinch hits for Paul Waner. Elliott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Elliott reaches second base with a double. Davis scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Vince DiMaggio pinch hits for Lloyd Waner. DiMaggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Butcher hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Davis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Davis reaches second base with a double. Gustine goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto juggles the ball. That's an error on Lavagetto.
Bottom 3 Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Medwick for the out.
Bottom 3 Vosmik hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Reese reaches second base with a double. Coscarart scores.
Bottom 3 Grissom strikes out.
Bottom 3 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground into left field. Van Robays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Van Robays. Coscarart moves to second.
Top 3 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Garms moves to second.
Top 3 Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garms hits a ball on the ground towards first. Camilli juggles the ball. That's an error on Camilli.
Bottom 2 There goes Lavagetto. The throw from Davis and he is out, Gustine applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Lavagetto takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Camilli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Phelps hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Waner strikes out. Phelps drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Waner out.
Top 2 There goes Waner. The throw from Phelps and he is safe. Waner steals second.
Top 2 Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Butcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Medwick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vosmik hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Reese scores.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walker for the out. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Reese. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Reese steals second.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gustine is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Van Robays is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Vaughan moves to second.
Top 1 Vaughan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Garms hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walker who is chasing the ball. Garms reaches third base with a triple. Waner goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Lee Grissom now pitching. Waner is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Waner takes first base on ball four.