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June 7, 1948

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Jim Russell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .264
OBP .750 .340
At Bats 4 140
Hits 3 37
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 2 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 4 24

Ralph Hamner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 0
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Wrigley Field - June 7, 1948
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Home Run
Ralph Hamner
Bob Scheffing
Eddie Waitkus
Hank Schenz
Andy Pafko
Jeff Cross
Clarence Maddern
Hal Jeffcoat
Phil Cavarretta
Jim Russell
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheffing is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cross scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Waitkus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Schenz strikes out.
Top 7 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Barrett bunts towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out. Russell moves to third. Masi moves to second.
Top 7 Sisti strikes out.
Top 7 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cross misplays the ball. That's an error on Cross.
Top 7 Ralph Hamner now pitching. Russell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Russell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Bob Chipman. McCullough strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cross hits a line drive into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bob Chipman now pitching. Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heath for the out.
Top 6 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Barrett moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 6 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stanky bunts towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Schenz covering, for the out. Barrett moves to second.
Top 6 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cross misplays the ball. That's an error on Cross.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Barrett, and towards Sisti, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Emil Kush now pitching. Sisti hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Masi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Russell hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Holmes moves to second.
Top 5 Torgeson bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Holmes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jeffcoat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Schenz hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maddern scores. Cross moves to third.
Bottom 4 Red Barrett now pitching. McCall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Voiselle spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Voiselle. Maddern moves to third. Cross moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cross bunts towards the mound. Voiselle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Maddern moves to second.
Bottom 4 Maddern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stanky hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Voiselle 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 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cross scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Schenz scores. Waitkus moves to third.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schenz moves to third.
Bottom 3 Schenz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Holmes. Schenz reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Masi hits a popup towards short. Cross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Russell strikes out.
Top 3 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cross scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Elliott moves to third.
Top 3 Elliott hits a line drive into left field. Maddern picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Maddern. Elliott moves to second.
Bottom 2 McCall hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cross strikes out.
Bottom 2 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Torgeson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Holmes strikes out.
Top 2 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Voiselle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with McCall covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Sisti. Pafko scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Russell who is chasing the ball. Pafko reaches third base with a triple. Jeffcoat goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Voiselle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sisti hits a line drive into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz misplays the ball. That's an error on Schenz. Russell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Russell hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Jeffcoat. Russell reaches second base with a double. Elliott scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Elliott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maddern. Elliott reaches second base with a double. Holmes scores.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torgeson for the out.
Top 1 McCall spins and fires to second and Cross drops the ball. That's an error on Cross. Stanky scores. Holmes moves to third.
Top 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Stanky moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Stanky takes first base on ball four.