Pirates @ Cubs
August 7, 1947

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Pirates	1	2	0
Cubs	0	1	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Pirates	1	2	0
Cubs	0	1	0

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.201
OBP	.000	.333
At Bats	0	283
Hits	0	57
• Singles	0	28
• Doubles	0	17
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	12
Walks	0	54
RBI’s	0	44

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	9	4

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Wrigley Field - August 7, 1947

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Kirby Higbe

Dixie Howell

Hank Greenberg

Jimmy Bloodworth

Frankie Gustine

Billy Cox

Ralph Kiner

Jim Russell

Culley Rikard

Bill Nicholson

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Higbe hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Howell is walked intentionally.

Top 2 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to third.

Top 2 Cox hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Cox reaches second base with a double.

Top 2 Greenberg hits a line drive towards third. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Pafko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rikard who is chasing the ball. Pafko reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hack hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 1 Russell strikes out. There goes Rikard. The throw from Scheffing to Merullo, and Rikard is out.

Top 1 Rikard takes first base on ball four.

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