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May 15, 1949

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 9 3
Reds 5 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 9 3
Reds 5 11 0

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .278
OBP .250 .369
At Bats 3 90
Hits 0 25
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 10

Bob Rush Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 4 0
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Crosley Field - May 15, 1949
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Bob Rush
Bob Scheffing
Phil Cavarretta
Emil Verban
Frankie Gustine
Roy Smalley
Hank Edwards
Andy Pafko
Harry Walker
Hank Sauer
Virgil Stallcup

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 8 9 3 4
Cincinnati Reds 5 11 0 8
Winning Pitcher Cal McLish
Losing Pitcher Eddie Erautt
Save Bob Rush
Game Winning RBI Emil Verban
Attendance 22,138
Time of Game 2 hours 22 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Merriman strikes out.
Bottom 9 Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban misplays the ball. That's an error on Verban.
Top 9 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fanovich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Frank Fanovich now pitching. Walker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Chuck Kress pinch hits for Kent Peterson. Kress hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Rush now pitching. Mueller strikes out.
Top 8 Clarence Maddern pinch hits for Cal McLish. Maddern hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards scores. There goes Scheffing trying to get to third. Sauer throws the ball in to Hatton, who tags Scheffing for the out.
Top 8 Gustine hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scheffing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edwards moves to third.
Top 8 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bloodworth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wyrostek scores. There goes Kluszewski trying to get to third. Walker throws the ball in to Gustine, who tags Kluszewski for the out.
Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wyrostek moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with McLish covering, for the out.
Top 7 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kent Peterson now pitching. Cavarretta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Verban hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McLish scores. Walker moves to second.
Top 7 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smalley scores. McLish moves to second.
Top 7 McLish hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smalley moves to second.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Harry Gumbert now pitching. Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stallcup hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hatton is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Dixie Howell pinch hits for Eddie Erautt. Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller bunts towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Verban covering, for the out. Kluszewski moves to third. Bloodworth moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stallcup hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Verban hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walker scores.
Top 5 Walker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wyrostek who is chasing the ball. Walker reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Eddie Erautt now pitching. McLish is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Hatton hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Herm Wehmeier. Baumholtz strikes out. The ball gets by Scheffing. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Bloodworth. He's safe. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kluszewski scores. Bloodworth moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wyrostek for the out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Edwards hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to second.
Top 4 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Merriman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Stallcup hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hatton moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Verban hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McLish hits a popup towards short. Stallcup settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bloodworth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with McLish covering, for the out.
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pafko scores.
Top 2 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pafko moves to third.
Top 2 Edwards takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to second.
Top 2 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Merriman. The throw from Scheffing and he is safe. Merriman steals second.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Stallcup hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hatton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Cavarretta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Walker hits a popup in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.