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September 5, 1945

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Bottom 5 R H E
Giants 2 4 2
Cubs 5 8 0
Bottom 5 R H E
Giants 2 4 2
Cubs 5 8 0

Lennie Merullo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .233
OBP 1.000 .279
At Bats 2 279
Hits 2 65
• Singles 2 50
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 1 31

Slim Emmerich Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
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Wrigley Field - September 5, 1945
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Out
Slim Emmerich
Ernie Lombardi
Roy Zimmerman
George Hausmann
Billy Jurges
Buddy Kerr
Danny Gardella
Johnny Rucker
Mel Ott
Lennie Merullo
Reggie Otero
Peanuts Lowrey
Andy Pafko
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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:
Bottom 5 Otero is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a fly ball towards right field. Ott makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Ott. Hughes scores. Pafko moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. Hughes moves to third.
Bottom 5 There goes Hughes. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Hughes steals second.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hughes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jurges hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Kerr. The throw from Rice and he is out, Merullo applying the tag.
Top 5 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hughes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Zimmerman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Lombardi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Gardella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Emmerich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Prim bunts towards the mound. Emmerich fields it and throws to home to get Otero. Merullo moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Slim Emmerich now pitching. Merullo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rice scores. Otero moves to third.
Bottom 4 Otero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Pafko scores. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rice is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Lowrey bunts towards first. Zimmerman scoops it up and throws to first, with Hausmann covering, for the out. Nicholson moves to third. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hughes scores. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hughes moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hughes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hausmann is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Rucker strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Hack. The throw from Lombardi and he is out, Kerr applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Prim bunts towards the mound. Zabala fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Merullo hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Zabala hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prim fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jurges hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hughes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Otero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zabala fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lowrey hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jurges fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Otero scoops it up and throws to first, with Prim covering, for the out.
Top 2 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gardella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Otero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Rucker. The throw from Rice and he is out, Merullo applying the tag.
Top 1 Ott strikes out.
Top 1 Hausmann strikes out.
Top 1 Rucker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.