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May 12, 1945

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Cardinals 3 8 0
Giants 6 11 0
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Cardinals 3 8 0
Giants 6 11 0

Johnny Rucker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .326
OBP .500 .354
At Bats 4 92
Hits 2 30
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 1 11

Jack Creel Season Stats

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Polo Grounds - May 12, 1945
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Fielder's Choice
Jack Creel
Ken O'Dea
Ray Sanders
Emil Verban
Whitey Kurowski
George Fallon
Buster Adams
Johnny Hopp
Augie Bergamo
Johnny Rucker
Bill Voiselle
Nap Reyes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Creel fields it and throws to home to get Reyes. Voiselle moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Voiselle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kerr scores. Reyes moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jack Creel now pitching. Reyes bunts towards the mound. Creel fields it and throws to third for the out. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 8 Johnny Hudson pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hudson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lombardi takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Verban strikes out.
Top 8 O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops it up and throws to first, with Voiselle covering, for the out.
Top 8 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 George Dockins now pitching. Weintraub hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Treadway hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Voiselle scores. Rucker scores. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ott is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Voiselle moves to third. Rucker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Voiselle moves to second.
Bottom 7 Voiselle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Reyes hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Red Treadway now playing left field. Hopp hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Weintraub hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Red Treadway pinch hits for Steve Filipowicz. Treadway hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ott takes first base on ball four. Hausmann moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hausmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rucker hits a fly ball into right field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bergamo hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Donnelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fallon bunts in front of the plate. Lombardi fields it and throws to first for the out. Verban moves to second.
Top 6 Verban hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Voiselle hits a fly ball into right field. Bergamo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reyes hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Dea hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kurowski strikes out.
Top 5 Sanders takes first base on ball four. Adams moves to second.
Top 5 Adams hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Filipowicz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fallon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Weintraub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Filipowicz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fallon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Bergamo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Donnelly hits a popup towards third. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fallon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hausmann bunts towards the mound. Donnelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rucker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Voiselle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Voiselle for the out.
Bottom 3 Reyes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adams. Reyes reaches second base with a double. Adams throws the ball in to Kurowski who tags Reyes trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Verban hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sanders moves to third. Kurowski moves to second.
Top 3 Kurowski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hopp scores. Adams scores. Sanders moves to second.
Top 3 Sanders is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Adams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Filipowicz. Adams reaches second base with a double. Hopp moves to third.
Top 3 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Bergamo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kerr strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Weintraub strikes out.
Top 2 Donnelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fallon hits a popup towards third. Reyes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Verban hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Filipowicz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fallon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards first. Weintraub scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Dea for the out.
Top 1 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bergamo scores. Hopp moves to second.
Top 1 Sanders hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bergamo moves to third.
Top 1 Adams is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hopp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bergamo moves to second.
Top 1 Bergamo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.