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August 16, 1946

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Top 2	R	H	E
Reds	0	1	0
Cubs	0	1	2

Top 2	R	H	E
Reds	0	2	0
Cubs	0	1	2

Al Libke Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.254
OBP	.000	.327
At Bats	0	331
Hits	0	84
• Singles	0	62
• Doubles	0	16
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	5
Walks	0	35
RBI’s	0	33

Hi Bithorn Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	1	1

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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1946

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Bob Scheffing

Phil Cavarretta

Don Johnson

Johnny Ostrowski

Lennie Merullo

Marv Rickert

Peanuts Lowrey

Bill Nicholson

Al Libke

Eddie Lukon

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Libke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lukon moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Lukon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Merullo.

Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a popup towards third. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Lowrey strikes out.

Bottom 1 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Rickert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lukon. Rickert reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third.

Bottom 1 Johnson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Ostrowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Mueller strikes out.

Top 1 Hatton takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Haas hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Lowrey chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards third. Ostrowski fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Ostrowski. Haas moves to third.

Top 1 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zientara for the out.

Top 1 Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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