Pirates @ Cubs
August 16, 1942

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Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .241
OBP .667 .296
At Bats 3 345
Hits 2 83
• Singles 2 67
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 23

Rip Sewell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 10 1
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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1942
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Out
Rip Sewell
Babe Phelps
Elbie Fletcher
Frankie Gustine
Bob Elliott
Pete Coscarart
Jimmy Wasdell
Vince DiMaggio
Johnny Barrett
Lennie Merullo
Stan Hack
Bill Fleming
Bobby Sturgeon
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sturgeon moves to third. Fleming moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to third for the out. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCullough moves to second.
Bottom 6 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott.
Top 6 Gustine hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Phelps hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a popup towards first. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground into center field. Cavarretta picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cavarretta. Wasdell moves to third.
Top 5 Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wasdell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Hack trying to get to home. DiMaggio throws the ball in to Phelps who tags Hack who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Hack. The throw from Phelps and he is safe. Hack steals second.
Bottom 4 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fleming strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon strikes out.
Top 4 Sewell hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gustine takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Phelps hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCullough strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine catches it and throws to first to double up Russell.
Bottom 3 Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 3 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by Phelps for a passed ball. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wasdell hits a popup in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Coscarart takes first base on ball four. Phelps moves to second.
Top 2 Sewell hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gustine strikes out.
Top 2 Phelps takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Russell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Novikoff scores. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Novikoff moves to third.
Bottom 1 Novikoff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merullo scores. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Merullo moves to third.
Bottom 1 Merullo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hack for the out.
Top 1 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Russell juggles the ball. That's an error on Russell. Wasdell scores. Elliott moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Wasdell moves to second.
Top 1 Barrett strikes out.
Top 1 Wasdell hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 1 Coscarart is called out on strikes.