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May 6, 1940

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Bottom 12 R H E
Braves 10 15 0
Pirates 7 11 2
Bottom 12 R H E
Braves 10 15 0
Pirates 7 11 2

Elbie Fletcher Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .282
OBP .500 .404
At Bats 3 39
Hits 0 11
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 3 8
RBI’s 0 7

Joe Sullivan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Forbes Field - May 6, 1940
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Out
Joe Sullivan
Al Lopez
Les Scarsella
Rabbit Warstler
Tony Cuccinello
Eddie Miller
Chet Ross
Johnny Cooney
Max West
Elbie Fletcher
Arky Vaughan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 10 15 0 11
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 11 2 15
Winning Pitcher Bill Swift
Losing Pitcher Oad Swigart
Save Joe Sullivan
Game Winning RBI Rabbit Warstler
Attendance 2,142
Time of Game 3 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Vaughan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 12 Elliott hits a popup towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Joe Sullivan now pitching. Gustine bunts towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 West is called out on strikes.
Top 12 Dick Lanahan now pitching. Cooney hits a fly ball into center field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Warstler scores.
Top 12 There's a wild pitch. Miller scores. Warstler moves to third.
Top 12 Warstler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Miller moves to second.
Top 12 Sibby Sisti pinch hits for Bill Swift. Ray Harrell now pitching. Sisti strikes out.
Top 12 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Oad Swigart now pitching. Lopez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Elliott. Lopez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 11 Fern Bell pinch hits for Rip Sewell. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Handley hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Mueller takes first base on ball four. Rizzo moves to second.
Bottom 11 Rizzo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Scarsella hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Ross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Ray Mueller now catching. Lee Handley now playing third base. Arky Vaughan now playing shortstop. Rip Sewell now pitching. West strikes out.
Bottom 10 Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heintzelman scores. Gustine scores.
Bottom 10 Bill Swift now pitching. Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Ken Heintzelman pinch runs for Spud Davis. Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of West. Gustine reaches second base with a double. Heintzelman moves to third.
Bottom 10 Spud Davis pinch hits for Max Butcher. Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waner scores.
Bottom 10 Lee Handley pinch hits for Ray Berres. Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coffman fields it and throws to first for the out. Waner moves to second.
Bottom 10 Lloyd Waner pinch hits for Pep Young. Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella fields the ball and throws to Coffman covering. Safe.
Top 10 Cooney is called out on strikes.
Top 10 Warstler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores.
Top 10 Coffman strikes out.
Top 10 That's a pickoff. Miller moves to second.
Top 10 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Max Butcher now pitching. Lopez hits a line drive into right field. Van Robays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Van Robays. Scarsella goes all the way around to score. Lopez moves to second.
Top 10 Scarsella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ross scores.
Top 10 Ross hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Elliott who is chasing the ball. Ross reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Van Robays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Vaughan trying to get to third. West throws the ball in to Cuccinello, who tags Vaughan for the out.
Bottom 9 Dick Coffman now pitching. Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Warstler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Vaughan takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 West is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Cooney bunts towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out. Warstler moves to second.
Top 9 Warstler takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Pep Young now playing shortstop. Ray Berres now catching. Barnicle bunts towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Elliott. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Miller applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Bowman hits a line drive towards short. Miller reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Paul Waner pinch hits for Joe Schultz. Waner hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Debs Garms pinch hits for Bill Brubaker. Garms takes first base on ball four. Rizzo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rizzo hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vaughan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Scarsella hits a popup towards the mound. Bowman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brubaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Van Robays hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out.
Bottom 7 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cuccinello hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 West hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats West for the out.
Top 7 Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bowman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rabbit Warstler now playing second base. Johnny Cooney now playing center field. Max West now playing right field. Schultz hits a fly ball into left field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rowell is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Barnicle hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Miller hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Elliott, who is chasing the ball. Miller reaches third base with a triple. Scarsella scores.
Top 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vaughan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Scarsella. The throw from Schultz and he is safe. Scarsella steals second.
Top 6 Scarsella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brubaker strikes out.
Bottom 5 George Barnicle now pitching. Rizzo takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Van Robays moves to second.
Bottom 5 Van Robays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vaughan scores. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cuccinello hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Cuccinello reaches second base with a double. West goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 West takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bowman spins and fires to second, with Brubaker covering, and Rowell is picked off.
Top 5 Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Rowell. The throw from Schultz and he is safe. Rowell steals second.
Top 5 Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine misplays the ball. That's an error on Gustine.
Bottom 4 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Errickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schultz hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brubaker takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Rizzo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rizzo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Errickson bunts towards third. Vaughan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scarsella hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Bowman covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 West hits a fly ball into center field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bowman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rowell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schultz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rowell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brubaker takes first base on ball four. Van Robays moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rizzo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rowell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Van Robays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rowell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Errickson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Elliott throws the ball in to Gustine who tags Miller trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Scarsella scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ross scores. Scarsella moves to second.
Top 2 Scarsella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ross moves to third.
Top 2 Ross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vaughan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 West hits a popup towards short. Brubaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hassett hits a line drive into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rowell is hit by the pitch.