Pirates @ Cubs
September 3, 1951

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Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .275
OBP .500 .331
At Bats 4 436
Hits 2 120
• Singles 2 78
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 1 65

Joe Hatten Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Wrigley Field - September 3, 1951
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Out
Joe Hatten
Mickey Owen
Chuck Connors
Eddie Miksis
Bob Ramazzotti
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
Hal Jeffcoat
Gene Hermanski
Gus Bell
George Metkovich
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Metkovich bunts towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Murtaugh scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Howerton scores. Murtaugh moves to third.
Top 8 Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Murtaugh reaches second base with a double. Strickland scores. Howerton moves to third.
Top 8 Tom Saffell pinch hits for Bill Werle. Saffell hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Strickland moves to third.
Top 8 Joe Hatten now pitching. Bill Howerton pinch hits for Dick Cole. Howerton takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to second.
Top 8 Strickland takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomas scores.
Top 8 McLish fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on McLish. Thomas moves to third.
Top 8 Mickey Owen now catching. Bob Ramazzotti now playing third base. Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bob Borkowski pinch hits for Smoky Burgess. Bob Ramazzotti pinch runs for Randy Jackson. Borkowski hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thomas. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Werle now pitching. George Metkovich now playing first base. Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 7 Cal McLish now pitching. Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metkovich scores.
Top 7 Dutch Leonard now pitching. George Metkovich pinch hits for Jack Phillips. Metkovich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fitz Gerald scores. There goes Murtaugh trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Metkovich moves to second.
Top 7 Murtaugh hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hermanski. Murtaugh reaches second base with a double. Fitz Gerald moves to third.
Top 7 Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Mel Queen. Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strickland scores.
Top 7 Cole bunts towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. Strickland moves to third.
Top 7 Strickland hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Strickland reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Queen fires to first and picks off Miksis.
Bottom 6 Miksis bunts towards third. Murtaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Minner strikes out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Murtaugh fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 6 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Connors hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sauer scores. Jackson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland.
Bottom 5 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Strickland. Minner scores. Miksis scores. Hermanski goes all the way around to score. Sauer moves to third. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Hermanski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Jeffcoat bunts towards third. Murtaugh fields it and throws to first for the out. Minner moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Connors scores. Smalley scores. Minner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Danny Murtaugh now playing third base. Minner bunts towards the mound. Queen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Connors moves to third. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland. Connors moves to second.
Bottom 5 Connors bunts towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Phillips hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Queen strikes out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Strickland hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCullough hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Jeffcoat. McCullough reaches second base with a double. Jeffcoat throws the ball in to Miksis who relays the ball to Jackson who tags McCullough trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Queen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Minner is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kiner is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Bell bunts towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Connors hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Sauer hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Castiglione hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Queen bunts towards the mound. Minner fields it and throws to first for the out. Cole moves to second.
Top 2 Cole takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hermanski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Strickland hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas scores.
Top 1 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Phillips scores. Kiner goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Kiner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Phillips moves to third.
Top 1 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Castiglione hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.