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May 7, 1948

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Dodgers 9 8 0
Cubs 5 12 3
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Dodgers 9 8 0
Cubs 5 12 3

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .382
OBP .750 .562
At Bats 3 34
Hits 2 13
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 7

Hugh Casey Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - May 7, 1948
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Hugh Casey
Gil Hodges
Preston Ward
Jackie Robinson
Bob Ramazzotti
Pee Wee Reese
Dick Whitman
Carl Furillo
Duke Snider
Bill Nicholson
Peanuts Lowrey
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out. Lowrey moves to second.

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Bottom 9 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Furillo strikes out.
Top 9 Snider strikes out.
Top 9 Ramazzotti strikes out.
Top 9 Rush fires over to first and Waitkus drops the ball. That's an error on Waitkus. Robinson moves to second.
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jeffcoat hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Casey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. Whitman moves to second.
Top 8 Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Whitman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to second.
Top 8 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bob Rush now pitching. Furillo strikes out.
Bottom 7 Schenz hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Jess Dobernic. Pafko takes first base on ball four. McCullough moves to third. Culler moves to second.
Bottom 7 Culler takes first base on ball four. McCullough moves to second.
Bottom 7 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Ramazzotti now playing third base. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schenz moves to third.
Bottom 6 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schenz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Dick Whitman now playing left field. Jeff Cross pinch hits for Ralph Hamner. Cross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Casey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Hodges is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Ward hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Ward reaches third base with a triple. Snider scores. Furillo scores. Whitman goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Dick Whitman pinch hits for Don Lund. Whitman takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to third. Furillo moves to second.
Top 6 Reese strikes out.
Top 6 Furillo takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second.
Top 6 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dick Culler now playing shortstop. Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rube Walker pinch hits for Roy Smalley. Walker strikes out.
Bottom 5 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Snider. Nicholson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hugh Casey now pitching. Carl Furillo now playing center field. Duke Snider now playing right field. Don Lund now playing left field. Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ralph Hamner now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Schenz scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Billy Cox pinch hits for Johnny Van Cuyk. Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lund scores. Ward moves to third. Hodges moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz misplays the ball. That's an error on Schenz. Reese scores. Lund moves to third. Ward moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus juggles the ball. That's an error on Waitkus. Reese moves to third. Lund moves to second.
Top 5 Don Lund pinch hits for Gene Hermanski. Lund hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider scores. Reese moves to second.
Top 5 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Carl Furillo pinch hits for Arky Vaughan. Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it and throws to first for the out. Snider moves to second.
Top 5 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta bunts towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnny Van Cuyk now pitching. Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jorgensen strikes out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gene Mauch pinch hits for Willie Ramsdell. Mauch hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Chipman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. There goes Nicholson trying to get to home. Hermanski throws the ball in to Hodges who tags Nicholson who's trying to score from second, for the out. McCullough moves to third.
Bottom 3 Smalley bunts in front of the plate. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hodges strikes out.
Top 3 Bob Chipman now pitching. Ward takes first base on ball four. Vaughan scores. Reese moves to third. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 3 Hermanski takes first base on ball four. Vaughan moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Top 3 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it and throws to home to get Jorgensen. Vaughan moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Jorgensen moves to third.
Top 3 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jorgensen takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 2 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hermanski who is chasing the ball. Waitkus reaches third base with a triple. Schenz goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Schenz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Borowy hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ramsdell strikes out.
Top 2 Hodges strikes out.
Top 2 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Willie Ramsdell now pitching. McCullough strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waitkus scores. Jeffcoat moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Vaughan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schenz scores.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat bunts towards third. Jorgensen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schenz moves to third. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schenz moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schenz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider bunts towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jorgensen takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.