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August 20, 1944

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Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .303
OBP .667 .378
At Bats 3 33
Hits 2 10
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 4 7

Rube Fischer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 11 1
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Wrigley Field - August 20, 1944
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Out
Rube Fischer
Gus Mancuso
Nap Reyes
George Hausmann
Hal Luby
Buddy Kerr
Joe Medwick
Johnny Rucker
Red Treadway
Lennie Merullo
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Gus Mancuso now catching. Rube Fischer now pitching. Merullo hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Mel Ott pinch hits for Ace Adams. Ott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Holm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Luby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Allen pinch runs for Andy Hansen. Claude Passeau now pitching. Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Reyes moves to second.
Top 8 Andy Hansen pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Reyes takes first base on ball four. Hansen moves to second.
Top 8 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kerr scores. Medwick scores.
Top 8 Medwick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Goodman. Medwick reaches second base with a double. Kerr moves to third.
Top 8 Kerr takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Novikoff hits a popup towards first. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Treadway settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ace Adams now pitching. Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hausmann strikes out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Holm for a passed ball. Treadway moves to second.
Top 7 Treadway hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bruce Sloan pinch hits for Harry Feldman. Sloan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Luby hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Treadway settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Holm scores.
Bottom 6 Vandenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merullo scores. Holm moves to third.
Bottom 6 Holm hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merullo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Merullo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Feldman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reyes strikes out.
Top 6 Lombardi hits a fly ball into center field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Medwick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rucker. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Hack moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hausmann takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Treadway hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Feldman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Vandenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Luby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Holm hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 4 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Nicholson moves to third. Goodman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Goodman takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it and throws to second for the out. Johnson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr.
Top 4 Luby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reyes hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vandenberg hits a popup towards third. Luby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Holm hits a fly ball into right field. Treadway settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Medwick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kerr scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Kerr hits a ball on the ground for an out. Treadway scores. Kerr moves to second.
Top 3 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Treadway moves to third.
Top 3 Treadway takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Feldman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Novikoff. The throw from Lombardi and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 2 Novikoff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Treadway settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Luby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Rucker takes first base on ball four. Medwick moves to third. Reyes moves to second.
Top 2 Reyes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Medwick moves to second.
Top 2 Lombardi hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Medwick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kerr hits a fly ball into center field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vandenberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Treadway hits a fly ball into center field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.