Pirates @ Cubs
August 17, 1946

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Pirates 1 5 3
Cubs 1 7 1
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Pirates 1 5 3
Cubs 2 7 1

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .293
OBP .000 .317
At Bats 0 256
Hits 0 75
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 30

Ed Bahr Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 0
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Wrigley Field - August 17, 1946
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Walk
Ed Bahr
Al Lopez
Elbie Fletcher
Jimmy Brown
Lee Handley
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Maurice Van Robays
Eddie Waitkus
Bob Scheffing
Bill Nicholson
Phil Cavarretta

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 5 3 6
Chicago Cubs 2 7 1 8
Winning Pitcher Johnny Schmitz
Losing Pitcher Ed Bahr
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Eddie Waitkus
Attendance 15,127
Time of Game 1 hour 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Eddie Waitkus pinch hits for Bobby Sturgeon. Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta scores. Nicholson moves to third. Scheffing moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scheffing takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Lowrey bunts for an out with unknown description. Cavarretta moves to third.
Bottom 9 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Cavarretta reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski juggles the ball. That's an error on Ostrowski.
Top 9 Kiner hits a popup for a double play.
Top 9 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ostrowski hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Russell hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Cavarretta, and towards Johnson, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Top 8 Bob Scheffing now catching. Handley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Cox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Lennie Merullo pinch runs for Mickey Livingston. Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. Nicholson scores.
Bottom 7 Livingston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bahr fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bahr strikes out.
Top 7 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiner scores.
Top 7 Cox bunts for an out with unknown description. Kiner moves to third.
Top 7 Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Kiner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Bahr covering, for the out. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bahr picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bahr. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ostrowski strikes out.
Top 6 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Sturgeon fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 6 Handley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Livingston moves to third.
Bottom 5 Livingston hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Livingston reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bahr hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lowrey hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rickert hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a popup in front of the plate. Livingston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson strikes out. There goes Ostrowski. The throw from Lopez to second, and Ostrowski is out.
Bottom 3 Ostrowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out. Sturgeon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Schmitz bunts towards the mound. Bahr juggles the ball. That's an error on Bahr. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Schmitz covering, for the out.
Top 3 Handley hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bahr strikes out.
Bottom 2 Livingston strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lopez strikes out.
Top 2 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cox bunts for an out with unknown description. Kiner moves to second.
Top 2 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bahr fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rickert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ostrowski hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ostrowski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Fletcher.
Top 1 Van Robays hits a popup towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Handley. The throw from Livingston and he is out, Sturgeon applying the tag.
Top 1 Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.