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August 28, 1940

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Bottom 6 R H E
Phillies 2 8 0
Pirates 2 4 2
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Phillies 2 8 0
Pirates 4 5 2

Maurice Van Robays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .288
OBP .500 .343
At Bats 2 264
Hits 1 76
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 2 46

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 1
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Forbes Field - August 28, 1940
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Double
Kirby Higbe
Bill Atwood
Art Mahan
Ham Schulte
Pinky May
Bobby Bragan
Danny Litwhiler
Johnny Rizzo
Mel Mazzera
Maurice Van Robays
Arky Vaughan
Paul Waner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Van Robays hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mazzera. Van Robays reaches second base with a double. Waner scores. Vaughan goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Waner moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Waner hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rizzo. Waner reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Schulte hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Higbe moves to second.
Top 6 Higbe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Atwood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mahan hits a line drive into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Garms hits a fly ball into right field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bowman is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Bragan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fernandes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Litwhiler hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rizzo takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mazzera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott. Mazzera reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Schulte hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fernandes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Handley is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Litwhiler. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Van Robays hits a line drive towards third. May reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mahan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughan for the out.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Higbe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fernandes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Atwood bunts towards the mound. Bowman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mahan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Waner.
Bottom 3 Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a popup towards first. Mahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schulte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bragan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Litwhiler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schulte scores. There goes Rizzo trying to get to third. Elliott throws the ball in to Garms, who tags Rizzo for the out.
Top 3 Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan misplays the ball. That's an error on Vaughan. Schulte moves to third.
Top 3 Mazzera bunts towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out. Schulte moves to second.
Top 3 Schulte takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schulte scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fernandes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Handley is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 There goes DiMaggio. The throw from Atwood and he is safe. DiMaggio steals second.
Bottom 2 DiMaggio is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Van Robays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mahan scores. There goes Higbe trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 2 Higbe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mahan moves to second.
Top 2 Atwood hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mahan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bragan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Waner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Garms hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schulte reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Litwhiler strikes out.
Top 1 Rizzo is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Mazzera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schulte bunts towards first. Waner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schulte for the out. May moves to second.
Top 1 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.