Braves @ Cubs
June 8, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 13 1
Cubs 1 4 1
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Braves 11 13 1
Cubs 1 4 1

Hal Jeffcoat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .319
OBP .333 .356
At Bats 3 141
Hits 1 45
• Singles 1 37
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 17

Vern Bickford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Wrigley Field - June 8, 1948
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Strikeout
Vern Bickford
Phil Masi
Earl Torgeson
Eddie Stanky
Bob Elliott
Sibby Sisti
Jeff Heath
Jim Russell
Tommy Holmes
Hal Jeffcoat

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 11 13 1 10
Chicago Cubs 1 4 1 2
Winning Pitcher Vern Bickford
Losing Pitcher Johnny Schmitz
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jeff Heath
Attendance 3,663
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jeffcoat strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Kush covering, for the out.
Top 9 Holmes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sisti scores. Stanky moves to second.
Top 9 Stanky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heath scores. Russell scores. Sisti moves to third.
Top 9 Bickford strikes out.
Top 9 Sisti is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Masi bunts towards the mound. Kush fields it and throws to first for the out. Heath moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 9 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jeff Cross now playing shortstop. Emil Kush now pitching. Heath hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Jeffcoat. Heath reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Rube Walker pinch hits for Jess Dobernic. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Dick Culler. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Elliott. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Culler applying the tag.
Top 8 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 8 Holmes hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waitkus scores.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Waitkus moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 7 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stanky 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 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards second. Schenz scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Masi moves to third.
Top 7 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Sisti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Russell scores. Masi moves to second.
Top 7 Masi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Heath scores. Russell moves to third.
Top 7 Russell takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to third. Heath moves to second.
Top 7 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler misplays the ball. That's an error on Culler. Elliott moves to second.
Top 7 Bob Rush now pitching. Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Johnny Schmitz. McCullough is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards second. Stanky picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Stanky. Culler moves to second.
Bottom 6 Scheffing hits a popup towards short. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torgeson 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 6 Holmes hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Masi scores. Sisti scores. Stanky moves to second.
Top 6 Stanky takes first base on ball four. Masi moves to third. Sisti moves to second.
Top 6 Bickford bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 6 Sisti takes first base on ball four. Masi moves to second.
Top 6 Masi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bickford covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Heath hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Elliott is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Torgeson 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 5 Holmes hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanky moves to third.
Top 5 Stanky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Stanky reaches second base with a double.
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 hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bickford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sisti bunts towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Masi moves to second.
Top 4 Masi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heath scores.
Top 4 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Elliott scores. Heath moves to third.
Top 4 Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Elliott moves to third. Heath moves to second.
Top 4 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 4 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Schmitz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Bickford, and towards Stanky, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Scheffing strikes out.
Top 3 Holmes hits a ball on the ground that hits Sisti. Sisti is out and Holmes is safe at first. There goes Sisti trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 3 Stanky hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bickford bunts in front of the plate. Scheffing fields it and throws to first for the out. Sisti moves to second.
Top 3 Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bickford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Masi hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Elliott. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Pafko applying the tag. Russell moves to second.
Top 2 Russell is hit by the pitch. Elliott moves to second.
Top 2 Heath strikes out.
Top 2 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a line drive towards third. Elliott reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.