Reds @ Cubs
August 22, 1942

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Bottom 11 R H E
Reds 4 11 3
Cubs 4 12 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Reds 4 11 3
Cubs 5 13 1

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .298
OBP .400 .381
At Bats 4 430
Hits 1 128
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 53
RBI’s 0 57

Junior Thompson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 5 0
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Wrigley Field - August 22, 1942
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Home Run
Junior Thompson
Ray Lamanno
Frank McCormick
Lonny Frey
Bert Haas
Eddie Joost
Frankie Kelleher
Eric Tipton
Max Marshall
Bill Nicholson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 4 11 3 11
Chicago Cubs 5 13 1 12
Winning Pitcher Dick Errickson
Losing Pitcher Junior Thompson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bill Nicholson
Attendance 5,616
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Cavarretta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Marshall bunts
Top 11 Haas bunts towards the mound. Errickson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 11 Dick Errickson now pitching. Frey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Novikoff. Frey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Haas fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 10 Rip Russell pinch hits for Hi Bithorn. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick fields it and throws to home to get McCullough. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 10 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field. Tipton picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Tipton. McCullough moves to third. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 10 Merullo strikes out.
Bottom 10 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Joost hits a fly ball into center field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Dallessandro hits a fly ball into left field. Kelleher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Novikoff strikes out.
Bottom 9 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kelleher hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first, with Thompson covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Bithorn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Haas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McCullough strikes out.
Bottom 7 Junior Thompson now pitching. There goes Dallessandro. The throw from Lamanno and he is out, Frey applying the tag. Novikoff moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dallessandro takes first base on ball four. Novikoff moves to second.
Bottom 7 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost misplays the ball. That's an error on Joost.
Top 7 Riddle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Joost is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Lamanno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McCormick bunts towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Sturgeon covering, for the out. Kelleher moves to second.
Top 7 Kelleher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sturgeon moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bithorn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 There goes Merullo. The throw from Lamanno and he is out, Haas applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Sturgeon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Merullo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tipton. Merullo reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Tipton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Haas trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 6 Marshall strikes out.
Top 6 Haas takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Frey hits a fly ball into center field. Dallessandro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Haas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dallessandro takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Novikoff strikes out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson bunts in front of the plate. Lamanno fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Eddie Joost now playing shortstop. Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Riddle strikes out.
Top 5 Ival Goodman pinch hits for Dee Phillips. Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCormick moves to third.
Top 5 McCormick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Novikoff. McCormick reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kelleher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bithorn strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Riddle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Riddle scores. Haas moves to third.
Top 4 Haas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Riddle moves to third.
Top 4 Frey strikes out.
Top 4 Riddle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Novikoff scores.
Bottom 3 Dallessandro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Novikoff moves to third.
Bottom 3 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Riddle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nicholson is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Hi Bithorn now pitching. Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lamanno hits a line drive into left field. Novikoff picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Novikoff. Kelleher scores. McCormick goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 McCormick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelleher moves to second.
Top 3 Kelleher takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Tipton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hack is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Fleming hits a popup in front of the plate. Lamanno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon bunts towards the mound. Riddle fields it and throws to first for the out. McCullough moves to third. Merullo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey misplays the ball. That's an error on Frey. Dallessandro scores.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelleher. McCullough reaches second base with a double. Novikoff scores. Dallessandro moves to third.
Bottom 2 Dallessandro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Novikoff moves to third.
Bottom 2 Novikoff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Haas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Frey hits a line drive into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Riddle bunts towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a popup towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 McCormick takes first base on ball four. Haas scores. Marshall moves to third. Tipton moves to second.
Top 1 Kelleher is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Tipton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Haas moves to third. Marshall moves to second.
Top 1 Marshall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Haas moves to second.
Top 1 Haas takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.