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August 28, 1948

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Braves 2 8 1
Cubs 3 6 0
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Braves 2 8 1
Cubs 3 6 0

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .272
OBP .500 .380
At Bats 2 313
Hits 1 85
• Singles 1 49
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 54
RBI’s 0 49

Vern Bickford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 1
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Wrigley Field - August 28, 1948
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Walk
Vern Bickford
Phil Masi
Earl Torgeson
Sibby Sisti
Bob Elliott
Al Dark
Jeff Heath
Clint Conatser
Tommy Holmes
Bill Nicholson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Phil Masi now catching. Vern Bickford now pitching. Nicholson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 6 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Phil Masi pinch runs for Bill Salkeld. Emil Kush now pitching. Frank McCormick pinch hits for Bobby Hogue. McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Heath scores.
Top 6 Sisti takes first base on ball four. Salkeld moves to second.
Top 6 Salkeld hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heath moves to third.
Top 6 Conatser strikes out.
Top 6 Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jeffcoat bunts in front of the plate. Salkeld fields it and throws to first for the out. Verban moves to third.
Bottom 5 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark.
Top 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dark bunts towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out. Hogue moves to third. Holmes moves to second.
Top 5 Holmes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hogue moves to second.
Top 5 Hogue hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Meyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Conatser. Smalley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scheffing for the out.
Bottom 4 Nicholson strikes out. Salkeld drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nicholson out.
Top 4 Sisti hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Salkeld hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Conatser hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Heath hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Verban reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hogue fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bobby Hogue now pitching. Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Elliott strikes out.
Top 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Meyer covering, for the out. Holmes moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Top 3 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sisti scores. Holmes moves to second.
Top 3 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sisti moves to second.
Top 3 Connie Ryan pinch hits for Red Barrett. Ryan hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sisti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Verban hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Scheffing scores.
Bottom 2 Meyer bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Scheffing moves to third. Smalley moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Scheffing moves to second.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Nicholson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Conatser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Salkeld strikes out.
Top 2 Conatser hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Barrett, and towards Dark, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Verban hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Meyer fires to first and picks off Torgeson.
Top 1 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.