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July 4, 1939

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Johnny Rizzo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .280
OBP .667 .366
At Bats 2 164
Hits 1 46
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 23
RBI’s 0 33

Johnny Vander Meer Season Stats

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4 6 0
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Forbes Field - July 4, 1939
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Home Run
Johnny Vander Meer
Willard Hershberger
Frank McCormick
Lonny Frey
Billy Werber
Billy Myers
Wally Berger
Harry Craft
Ival Goodman
Johnny Rizzo
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Rizzo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Craft hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hershberger is called out on strikes.
Top 8 McCormick bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Goodman moves to third.
Top 8 Goodman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Klein. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Frey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Vaughan hits a popup towards short. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brown strikes out.
Top 7 Werber hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Vander Meer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ray Mueller now catching. Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brubaker strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bill Brubaker pinch hits for Ray Berres. There goes Handley. The throw from Hershberger and he is out, Werber applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rizzo scores. Fletcher scores. Handley moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Myers. Rizzo moves to third. Fletcher moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCormick juggles the ball. That's an error on McCormick. Rizzo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Klein hits a fly ball into right field. Goodman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rizzo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Berger hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Craft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. Goodman moves to third.
Top 6 Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 McCormick hits a ball on the ground for an out. Goodman moves to second.
Top 6 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 5 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frey for the out.
Top 5 Werber takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Vander Meer bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Myers moves to second.
Top 5 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Berger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Craft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hershberger hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Goodman tags and scores.
Top 4 McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Goodman moves to third.
Top 4 Goodman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Klein hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hershberger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rizzo takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 3 Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frey for the out.
Top 3 Werber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Vander Meer strikes out.
Top 3 Myers is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Berger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell throws the ball in to Vaughan who tags Berger trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Craft scores.
Top 2 Craft hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rizzo. Craft reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Hershberger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Klein hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rizzo moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Craft settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out.
Top 1 Frey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Werber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.