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August 20, 1928

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Braves 12 13 1
Pirates 8 17 4
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Braves 12 13 1
Pirates 9 18 4

Sparky Adams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .268
OBP .250 .334
At Bats 4 325
Hits 1 87
• Singles 1 77
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 20

Johnny Cooney Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Forbes Field - August 20, 1928
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Single
Johnny Cooney
Zack Taylor
George Sisler
Howard Freigau
Les Bell
Doc Farrell
Jack Smith
Heinie Mueller
Lance Richbourg
Sparky Adams
Eddie Mulligan
Rollie Hemsley
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Eddie Mulligan pinch runs for Glenn Wright. Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hemsley scores. Mulligan moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Erv Brame pinch hits for Elmer Tutwiler. Johnny Cooney now pitching. Glenn Wright pinch hits for Erv Brame. Wright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bartell scores. Hemsley moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hemsley hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Brickell scores. Bartell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Bartell reaches second base with a double. Brickell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Brickell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Traynor scores.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Taylor for a passed ball. Traynor moves to third.
Bottom 7 Traynor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mueller. Traynor reaches second base with a double. Grantham goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Howard Freigau now playing second base. Grantham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Howard Freigau pinch hits for Rogers Hornsby. Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grantham fields it and throws to home to get Richbourg. Smith moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Elmer Tutwiler now pitching. Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. Richbourg moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 7 Richbourg takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Top 7 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Farrell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Taylor bunts in front of the plate. Hemsley fields it and throws to first for the out. Farrell moves to second.
Top 7 Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor juggles the ball. That's an error on Traynor.
Bottom 6 Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dawson hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hemsley hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground for a single. There's an error on the play. Sisler scores.
Top 6 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Richbourg tags and scores. Sisler tags and moves to third.
Top 6 Joe Dawson now pitching. Hornsby takes first base on ball four. Sisler moves to second.
Top 6 Sisler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Smith scores. Richbourg moves to third.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Richbourg hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hemsley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Taylor moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 6 Smith bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Taylor moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There go the runners. The throw from Taylor to Farrell covering second. The throw back to home, and Brickell is out at the plate.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Traynor scores. Brickell moves to third.
Bottom 5 Brickell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Traynor moves to third.
Bottom 5 Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sisler fields the ball and throws to Smith covering. Safe. Waner scores.
Bottom 5 Grantham strikes out.
Bottom 5 Waner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Waner reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Farrell hits a fly ball into left field. Brickell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. Bell reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Mueller goes all the way around to score. Bell moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Smith. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Smith steals third.
Top 5 Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sisler bunts towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Top 5 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Farrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hemsley hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Richbourg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Taylor. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Taylor steals second.
Top 4 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Farrell scores.
Top 4 Farrell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. Farrell reaches second base with a double. Mueller goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hornsby scores.
Top 4 Hornsby hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Waner. Hornsby reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Traynor. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Traynor steals second.
Bottom 3 Brickell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Waner scores. Waner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Grantham hits a popup towards short. Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Waner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Waner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grantham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sisler for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out. Smith scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Richbourg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams fields it and throws to third to get the runner. Smith is safe. Smith moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into center field. Waner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Waner. Smith moves to second.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grantham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Grimes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Richbourg who is chasing the ball. Grimes reaches third base with a triple. Hemsley goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Hemsley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Brickell hits a fly ball into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Mueller. The throw from Hemsley and he is out, Bartell applying the tag.
Top 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell.
Bottom 1 Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grantham takes first base on ball four. Waner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Waner hits a line drive into right field. Richbourg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a line drive into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hornsby strikes out.
Top 1 Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grantham fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Richbourg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.