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August 24, 1946

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Bottom 6 R H E
Braves 2 5 1
Cubs 7 10 2
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Braves 2 5 1
Cubs 7 10 2

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .300
OBP .667 .326
At Bats 3 260
Hits 2 78
• Singles 0 60
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 1 4
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 2 35

Lefty Wallace Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Wrigley Field - August 24, 1946
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Out
Lefty Wallace
Bob Brady
Johnny Hopp
Billy Herman
Nanny Fernandez
Dick Culler
Danny Litwhiler
Mike McCormick
Tommy Holmes
Eddie Waitkus
Bobby Sturgeon
Johnny Ostrowski
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Lefty Wallace now pitching. Waitkus bunts for an out with unknown description. Ostrowski moves to third. Sturgeon moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kush scores. Ostrowski moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ostrowski strikes out. The ball gets by Brady. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Kush. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 6 Mike McCormick now playing center field. Kush hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCormick. Kush reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Fernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Litwhiler scores. There goes Barrett trying to get to third. Cavarretta throws the ball in to Ostrowski, who tags Barrett for the out.
Top 6 Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Litwhiler moves to third.
Top 6 Brady hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ostrowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Litwhiler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hopp scores.
Top 6 Hopp hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cavarretta who is chasing the ball. Hopp reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Stringer hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Livingston is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Rickert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett. Rickert reaches second base with a double. Cavarretta moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lowrey strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Barrett is chasing the ball. Waitkus rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run..
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Ostrowski moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sturgeon bunts for an out with unknown description. Ostrowski moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ostrowski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wietelmann hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ostrowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kush hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stringer hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitey Wietelmann now pitching. Livingston hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopp settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Stringer. Litwhiler moves to third. Brady moves to second.
Top 4 Brady takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Kush Litwhiler moves to second.
Top 4 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sturgeon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Holmes takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hopp hits a popup towards short. Sturgeon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rickert hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Holmes who is chasing the ball. Waitkus reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Herman hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Culler takes first base on ball four. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 3 Lee is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Stringer.
Top 3 Emil Kush now pitching. Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ostrowski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Passeau hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Stringer hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Livingston hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hopp settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brady strikes out.
Top 2 Litwhiler is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Holmes hits a popup towards third. Ostrowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rickert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barrett throws the ball in to Culler who relays the ball to Herman who tags Rickert trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Sturgeon scores. Cavarretta scores. Lowrey moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Sturgeon moves to third. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Waitkus strikes out.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. The throw from Brady to Culler covering second. The throw back to home, and Ostrowski is out at the plate. Sturgeon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ostrowski moves to third.
Bottom 1 Ostrowski takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Herman strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Culler. The throw from Livingston and he is out, Stringer applying the tag.
Top 1 Culler hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.