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May 16, 1948

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Bottom 8 R H E
Reds 11 13 0
Cubs 10 15 1
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Reds 11 13 0
Cubs 10 15 1

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .348
OBP .750 .419
At Bats 4 66
Hits 3 23
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 1 4
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 6

Harry Gumbert Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 2
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Wrigley Field - May 16, 1948
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Walk
Harry Gumbert
Ray Lamanno
Babe Young
Benny Zientara
Claude Corbitt
Virgil Stallcup
Hank Sauer
Johnny Wyrostek
Frank Baumholtz
Eddie Waitkus
Dick Culler
Peanuts Lowrey
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Waitkus takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Dick Culler pinch runs for Rube Walker. Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Lowrey moves to third. Culler moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Bob Rush. Harry Gumbert now pitching. Rube Walker pinch hits for Clyde McCullough. Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Roy Smalley. Kent Peterson now pitching. Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Phil Cavarretta. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Maddern scores.
Bottom 8 Maddern hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek. Maddern reaches second base with a double. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Scheffing strikes out.
Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pafko scores.
Bottom 8 Frank Baumholtz now playing right field. Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek. Pafko reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lamanno hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schenz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stallcup hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jeffcoat. Young reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Litwhiler hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Schenz strikes out.
Top 7 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus juggles the ball. That's an error on Waitkus. Corbitt moves to second.
Top 7 Corbitt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rush strikes out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stallcup strikes out.
Top 6 Young takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to third. Litwhiler moves to second.
Top 6 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second.
Top 6 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howie Fox now pitching. Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 5 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek. Waitkus reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Corbitt strikes out.
Top 5 Walters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lamanno moves to second.
Top 5 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schenz strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rush hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley strikes out.
Top 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bob Rush now pitching. Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Maddern strikes out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek. Nicholson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wyrostek who is chasing the ball. Waitkus reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wyrostek strikes out.
Top 3 Zientara hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lamanno scores. Walters moves to second.
Top 3 Corbitt hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walters hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Lamanno moves to second.
Top 3 Lamanno takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Stallcup bunts towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stallcup for the out. Young moves to second.
Top 3 Paul Erickson now pitching. Young takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jeff Cross pinch hits for Hank Borowy. Cross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maddern strikes out.
Top 2 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 2 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lamanno scores. Walters scores. Corbitt moves to second.
Top 2 Hank Borowy now pitching. Zientara hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schenz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Corbitt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young scores. Lamanno moves to third. Walters moves to second.
Top 2 Walters hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Young moves to third. Lamanno moves to second.
Top 2 Lamanno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Litwhiler scores. Young moves to second.
Top 2 Stallcup strikes out.
Top 2 Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sauer moves to third. Litwhiler moves to second.
Top 2 Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. Sauer moves to second.
Top 2 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Corbitt fields it and throws to first for the out. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Schenz trying to get to third. Sauer throws the ball in to Stallcup, who relays the ball to Corbitt who tags Schenz for the out.
Bottom 1 Schenz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zientara strikes out.
Top 1 Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Chambers covering, for the out.