Pirates @ Cubs
August 14, 1942

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Pirates 1 5 2
Cubs 6 16 2
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Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .291
OBP .750 .375
At Bats 3 398
Hits 2 116
• Singles 1 82
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 1 12
Walks 1 50
RBI’s 2 51

Lefty Wilkie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 1
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Wrigley Field - August 14, 1942
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Single
Lefty Wilkie
Al Lopez
Elbie Fletcher
Pete Coscarart
Bob Elliott
Huck Geary
Jimmy Wasdell
Vince DiMaggio
Johnny Barrett
Bill Nicholson
Stan Hack
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hack moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Stringer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Warneke hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Barrett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Wasdell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Geary strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Lopez fires to third and picks off Merullo.
Bottom 7 Merullo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wasdell who is chasing the ball. Merullo reaches third base with a triple. Russell scores.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dallessandro scores. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Russell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dallessandro moves to third.
Bottom 7 Lefty Wilkie now pitching. Dallessandro hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wasdell. Dallessandro reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Maurice Van Robays pinch hits for Johnny Lanning. Van Robays hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Stringer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hack strikes out.
Bottom 6 Warneke hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 DiMaggio is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wasdell scores. Barrett moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stringer. Wasdell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Wasdell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Geary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Russell scoops it up and throws to first, with Warneke covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Merullo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Cavarretta trying to get to home. Wasdell throws the ball in to Lopez who tags Cavarretta, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Cavarretta. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Cavarretta steals second.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Lanning hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dallessandro hits a line drive towards short. Geary catches it and steps on second to double up Stringer.
Bottom 4 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Stringer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hack moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Warneke hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Barrett hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wasdell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dallessandro. Wasdell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merullo hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanning fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Geary hits a line drive towards short. Merullo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lanning hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Coscarart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Wasdell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnny Lanning now pitching. Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart misplays the ball. That's an error on Coscarart. Stringer scores. Nicholson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stringer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Stringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hack hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Warneke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geary fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Hernandez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 DiMaggio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geary scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cavarretta for the out. Dallessandro moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Dallessandro moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Dallessandro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Stringer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geary fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Barrett hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wasdell hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hernandez fires to first and picks off Geary.
Top 1 Geary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo misplays the ball. That's an error on Merullo.