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August 4, 1947

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Top 9	R	H	E
Cardinals	8	17	1
Cubs	1	10	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Cardinals	8	17	1
Cubs	1	10	0

Whitey Kurowski Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.400	.289
OBP	.400	.394
At Bats	5	325
Hits	2	94
• Singles	1	64
• Doubles	0	14
• Triples	1	4
• Home Runs	0	12
Walks	0	52
RBI’s	2	60

Hank Wyse Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	7	1

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Wrigley Field - August 4, 1947

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Out

Hank Wyse

Clyde McCullough

Eddie Waitkus

Don Johnson

Peanuts Lowrey

Lennie Merullo

Phil Cavarretta

Andy Pafko

Bill Nicholson

Whitey Kurowski

Stan Musial

Erv Dusak

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dusak moves to second.

Top 9 Dusak takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Pollet strikes out.

Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out.

Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out.

Bottom 8 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wyse fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Marion takes first base on ball four. Kurowski scores. Slaughter moves to third. Diering moves to second.

Top 8 Hank Wyse now pitching. Diering takes first base on ball four. Kurowski moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.

Top 8 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kurowski moves to second.

Top 8 Kurowski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 8 Dusak hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Russ Meers now pitching. Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Cavarretta strikes out.

Bottom 7 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.

Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a line drive towards first. Musial catches it and steps on first to double up Sturgeon.

Bottom 7 Bobby Sturgeon pinch hits for Doyle Lade. Chuck Diering now playing right field. Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Pollet 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 7 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Marion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 7 Northey hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Merullo hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to second.

Bottom 6 Nicholson strikes out.

Bottom 6 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Kurowski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Kurowski reaches third base with a triple. Pollet scores. Musial goes all the way around to score.

Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. Pollet moves to third.

Top 6 Dusak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out. Pollet moves to second.

Top 6 Doyle Lade now pitching. Pollet hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 5 Lowrey hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Ron Northey now playing right field. Erv Dusak now playing center field. Cliff Aberson pinch hits for Emil Kush. Aberson takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Rice strikes out.

Top 5 Marion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial scores. Slaughter scores. Northey moves to second.

Top 5 Ron Northey pinch hits for Terry Moore. Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kush fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Musial moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.

Top 5 Slaughter is walked intentionally.

Top 5 Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Musial hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Musial reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Dusak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Emil Kush now pitching. Pollet hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore scores. Marion moves to second.

Top 4 Marion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Moore moves to second.

Top 4 Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to third.

Top 4 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Kurowski hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 McCullough hits a fly ball into right field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waitkus scores. Pafko moves to second.

Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into center field. Moore picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moore. Waitkus moves to third.

Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Chipman strikes out.

Top 3 Musial 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 3 Dusak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Schoendienst 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 3 Pollet strikes out.

Bottom 2 Merullo strikes out.

Bottom 2 Johnson hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Rice hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Marion hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Moore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 2 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waitkus for the out.

Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Dusak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Dusak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Dusak reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Chipman, and towards Merullo, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.

Cardinals @ Cubs
August 4, 1947