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July 21, 1948

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Bottom 4 R H E
Dodgers 7 10 0
Cubs 1 3 1
Bottom 4 R H E
Dodgers 7 10 0
Cubs 1 4 1

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .276
OBP 1.000 .390
At Bats 1 214
Hits 1 59
• Singles 0 31
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 0 39
RBI’s 1 33

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 6 1
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Wrigley Field - July 21, 1948
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Single
Ralph Branca
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Tommy Brown
Pee Wee Reese
George Shuba
Marv Rackley
Gene Hermanski
Bill Nicholson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Nicholson hits a line drive beyond first. Hodges can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 4 Branca hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hodges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Campanella scores.
Top 4 Campanella hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Reese scores. There goes Brown trying to get to third. Cavarretta throws the ball in to Pafko, who tags Brown for the out. Campanella moves to second.
Top 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Hermanski scores. Reese moves to third.
Top 4 Reese takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 4 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Shuba strikes out.
Top 4 Hermanski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rackley scores. Robinson moves to third.
Top 4 Robinson bunts towards first. Waitkus fields the ball and throws to Hamner covering. Safe. Rackley moves to second.
Top 4 Rackley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 3 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowrey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hodges is walked intentionally.
Top 3 There goes Brown. The throw from Scheffing and he is safe. Brown steals second.
Top 3 Campanella hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Shuba moves to third.
Top 3 Reese hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Shuba bunts in front of the plate. Scheffing fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Hamner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Culler takes first base on ball four. Scheffing moves to second.
Bottom 2 Scheffing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cavarretta bunts towards the mound. Branca fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a line drive into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hermanski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rackley takes first base on ball four. Branca moves to second.
Top 2 Branca hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Waitkus. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Robinson applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 1 Campanella strikes out.
Top 1 Brown hits a line drive into center field. Jeffcoat picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jeffcoat. Hermanski scores. Shuba scores. Reese moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to third. Shuba moves to second.
Top 1 Shuba takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 1 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Robinson strikes out.
Top 1 Rackley hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.