Dodgers @ Cubs
July 21, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 9 16 1
Cubs 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 9 16 1
Cubs 3 8 1

Peanuts Lowrey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .359
OBP .000 .426
At Bats 4 145
Hits 0 52
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 23

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 6 1
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Wrigley Field - July 21, 1948
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Out
Ralph Branca
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Tommy Brown
Pee Wee Reese
George Shuba
Marv Rackley
Gene Hermanski
Peanuts Lowrey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 9 16 1 12
Chicago Cubs 3 8 1 9
Winning Pitcher Ralph Branca
Losing Pitcher Ralph Hamner
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tommy Brown
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Waitkus hits a line drive towards first. Hodges reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Robinson. The slide. Scheffing applies the tag. Robinson is out.
Top 9 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chambers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. Robinson reaches third base with a triple. Hodges scores. Rackley goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chambers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Branca bunts in front of the plate. Scheffing fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to third.
Top 9 Hodges hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Hodges reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Chambers 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 8 Culler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowrey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Shuba hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hermanski 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 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rackley moves to second.
Top 7 Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Culler fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Branca hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reese.
Bottom 6 Chambers hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brown hits a line drive towards third. Pafko reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowrey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shuba moves to second.
Top 6 Shuba takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Scheffing strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 5 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hermanski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson 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 5 Cliff Chambers now pitching. Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowrey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Rush moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bob Rush pinch runs for Rube Walker. Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rube Walker pinch hits for Jess Dobernic. Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scheffing scores. Culler moves to third.
Bottom 4 Culler hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shuba. Culler reaches second base with a double. Nicholson scores. Scheffing moves to third.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a line drive beyond first. Hodges can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
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.