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September 2, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 7 2
Pirates 5 10 2
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 2 7 2
Pirates 5 10 2

Rip Russell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .231
OBP .000 .252
At Bats 0 104
Hits 0 24
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 13

Rip Sewell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 0
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Forbes Field - September 2, 1940
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Rip Sewell
Al Lopez
Elbie Fletcher
Frankie Gustine
Debs Garms
Arky Vaughan
Maurice Van Robays
Vince DiMaggio
Bob Elliott
Rip Russell
Jim Gleeson
Bill Nicholson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 2 7 2 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 10 2 7
Winning Pitcher Rip Sewell
Losing Pitcher Charlie Root
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Spud Davis
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rip Russell pinch hits for Bobby Mattick. Russell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Bob Collins. Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gleeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott. Gleeson reaches second base with a double. Nicholson moves to third.
Top 9 Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leiber scores.
Top 9 Leiber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays. Leiber reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Bonura hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sewell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. Gustine moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Vance Page now pitching. DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Herman strikes out. There goes Mooty. The throw from Lopez to second, and Mooty is out.
Top 8 Jake Mooty pinch runs for Phil Cavarretta. Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Lopez now catching. Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Ken Raffensberger. Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Van Robays hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vaughan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gleeson. Vaughan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Ken Raffensberger now pitching. Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Elliott scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Elliott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber who is chasing the ball. Elliott reaches third base with a triple. Garms goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Garms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick misplays the ball. That's an error on Mattick. Handley scores.
Bottom 7 Lee Handley pinch runs for Spud Davis. Sewell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gleeson. Davis reaches second base with a double. Gustine scores.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leiber. Gustine reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Mattick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott throws the ball in to Vaughan who tags Mattick trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gleeson scores.
Top 7 There goes Gleeson. The throw from Davis and he is safe. Gleeson steals second.
Top 7 Collins hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gleeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Vaughan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Vaughan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Vaughan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Leiber hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan misplays the ball. That's an error on Vaughan.
Top 6 Herman hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Sewell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herman for the out.
Top 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Sewell covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garms hits a fly ball into left field. Gleeson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sewell bunts towards third. Hack fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Root hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mattick hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Collins hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mattick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Vaughan strikes out.
Top 4 Gleeson is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fletcher strikes out. Collins drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Fletcher out.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bonura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garms hits a popup towards short. Mattick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bonura hits a line drive into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Herman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell juggles the ball. That's an error on Sewell. Root moves to second.
Top 3 Hack hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Root hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mattick strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sewell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gustine hits a line drive into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes DiMaggio. The throw from Collins and he is safe. DiMaggio steals second.
Bottom 2 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Collins strikes out. There goes Leiber. The throw from Davis and Leiber is out.
Top 2 Gleeson hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Leiber moves to second.
Top 2 Leiber bunts towards third. Garms fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Van Robays hits a line drive towards short. Mattick reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura juggles the ball. That's an error on Bonura. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Garms hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bonura hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Herman 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 1 Hack hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.