Braves @ Dodgers
May 17, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 12 18 1
Dodgers 3 9 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 12 18 1
Dodgers 3 9 2

Marv Rackley Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .222
OBP .500 .300
At Bats 4 9
Hits 2 2
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 0

Johnny Sain Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Ebbets Field - May 17, 1948
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Johnny Sain
Bill Salkeld
Earl Torgeson
Connie Ryan
Bob Elliott
Al Dark
Clint Conatser
Jim Russell
Mike McCormick
Marv Rackley
Gene Hermanski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 12 18 1 7
Brooklyn Dodgers 3 9 2 7
Winning Pitcher Johnny Sain
Losing Pitcher Erv Palica
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Earl Torgeson
Attendance 32,209
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Billy Cox pinch hits for Preacher Roe. Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sain fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Hermanski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McCormick. Hermanski reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 McCormick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Ryan. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Miksis applying the tag.
Top 9 Sain bunts towards the mound. Roe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Eddie Miksis now playing second base. Ryan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Vaughan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Conatser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jorgensen strikes out.
Top 8 Salkeld strikes out.
Top 8 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Conatser moves to second.
Top 8 Preacher Roe now pitching. Conatser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. Russell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCormick scores. Dark scores. Russell moves to third.
Top 8 Russell is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Dark hits a line drive off the glove of Reese, and into shallow left field. Dark reaches second base with a double. Sain scores. McCormick moves to third.
Top 8 McCormick bunts towards first. Ward fields the ball and throws to Casey covering. Safe. Salkeld scores. Sain moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Sain hits a line drive to left field. Vaughan throws towards Reese. Reese fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Reese. Conatser scores. Torgeson scores. Salkeld moves to third.
Top 8 Ryan hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Salkeld takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 8 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hugh Casey now pitching. Conatser hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rackley who is chasing the ball. Conatser reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Duke Snider pinch hits for Joe Hatten. Snider strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ward hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Salkeld fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Elliott strikes out.
Top 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Reese. The throw from Salkeld and he is safe. Reese steals second.
Bottom 6 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Vaughan hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCormick hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sain hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hatten picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hatten. Sain moves to second.
Top 6 Ryan strikes out. There goes Salkeld. The throw from Edwards to second, and Salkeld is out.
Top 6 Salkeld takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mike McCormick now playing right field. Clint Conatser now playing left field. Rackley hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 5 Clint Conatser pinch hits for Jeff Heath. Conatser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hatten fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Joe Hatten now pitching. Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Gene Mauch pinch hits for Clyde King. Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Reese scores.
Bottom 4 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 4 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Edwards strikes out.
Top 4 Russell strikes out.
Top 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Holmes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sain moves to second.
Top 4 Sain hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ryan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell throws the ball in to Ryan who tags Vaughan trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rackley scores. Jorgensen moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Salkeld settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan misplays the ball. That's an error on Ryan. Rackley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rackley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 King strikes out.
Top 3 Salkeld hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rackley. Salkeld reaches second base with a double. Russell scores. There goes Torgeson trying to get to home. Rackley throws the ball in to Reese who relays the ball to Edwards, who tags Torgeson, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward fields it and throws to second for the out. Russell moves to third.
Top 3 Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to second.
Top 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Reese strikes out.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clyde King now pitching. Dark strikes out.
Top 2 Holmes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ryan scores.
Top 2 Sain bunts towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Robinson covering, for the out. Ryan moves to second.
Top 2 Ryan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores.
Top 2 Salkeld strikes out.
Top 2 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hermanski. Torgeson reaches second base with a double. Heath scores.
Top 2 Heath hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vaughan who is chasing the ball. Heath reaches third base with a triple. Elliott goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ryan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rackley scores.
Bottom 1 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rackley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. Rackley reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Russell strikes out.
Top 1 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.