Pirates @ Cubs
July 1, 1940

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Vince DiMaggio Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .286
OBP .667 .366
At Bats 3 63
Hits 2 18
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 1 12

Vern Olsen Season Stats

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2 4 0
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Wrigley Field - July 1, 1940
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Home Run
Vern Olsen
Bob Collins
Phil Cavarretta
Billy Herman
Stan Hack
Billy Rogell
Dom Dallessandro
Jim Gleeson
Bill Nicholson
Vince DiMaggio
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Van Robays hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dallessandro hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Nicholson reaches second base with a double. Gleeson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heintzelman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Herman hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Olsen covering, for the out.
Top 8 Young takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to second.
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Gustine bunts towards the mound. Olsen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Billy Rogell now playing shortstop. Vern Olsen now pitching. Handley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ken Heintzelman now pitching. Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Rip Russell pinch hits for Ken Raffensberger. Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores. Galan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Augie Galan pinch hits for Bobby Mattick. Galan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Collins strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Cavarretta reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 MacFayden hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Van Robays scores.
Top 7 Van Robays hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Gleeson who is chasing the ball. Van Robays reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Fletcher is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Dallessandro hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nicholson 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 6 Gleeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Fletcher, and towards Gustine, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Top 6 Young hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Hack. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Young applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Herman hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Raffensberger scores.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Raffensberger moves to third.
Bottom 5 Raffensberger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mattick 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 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 MacFayden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DiMaggio scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Collins fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Collins. DiMaggio moves to third.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Collins hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dallessandro for the out.
Bottom 4 Pep Young now playing shortstop. Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Van Robays hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out. Gustine moves to third.
Top 4 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gustine moves to second.
Top 4 Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gleeson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Herman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hack moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan misplays the ball. That's an error on Vaughan.
Bottom 3 Raffensberger strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mattick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. MacFayden fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 MacFayden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dallessandro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out.
Top 2 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Vaughan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gleeson 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 1 Herman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hack is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gustine is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Handley bunts towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Raffensberger covering, for the out.