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June 4, 1948

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Jim Russell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .238
OBP .667 .324
At Bats 3 126
Hits 2 30
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 2 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 15

Woody Main Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Forbes Field - June 4, 1948
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Home Run
Woody Main
Clyde Kluttz
Ed Stevens
Danny Murtaugh
Frankie Gustine
Stan Rojek
Ralph Kiner
Johnny Hopp
Wally Westlake
Jim Russell
Jeff Heath
Earl Torgeson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Russell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Heath is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Elliott strikes out.
Top 7 Woody Main now pitching. Torgeson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Torgeson reaches second base with a double. Holmes scores.
Top 7 Holmes hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Kiner fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Kiner. Sisti scores. Stanky goes all the way around to score. Holmes moves to third.
Top 7 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hogue bunts towards the mound. Gregg fields it and throws to first for the out. Sisti moves to second.
Top 7 Sisti takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gregg strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Salkeld hits a popup towards first. Stevens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Russell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Russell reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Elliott hits a popup towards first. Stevens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stevens hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Stanky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Hopp. The throw from Salkeld and he is out, Stanky applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Hopp takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gustine strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hogue hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gregg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hal Gregg now pitching. Sisti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Salkeld hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 There goes Russell. The throw from Kluttz and he is out, Gustine applying the tag.
Top 4 Russell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Russell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Chesnes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bobby Hogue now pitching. Kluttz hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kiner scores. Westlake scores.
Bottom 3 Stevens bunts towards the mound. Shoun fields it and throws to first for the out. Kiner moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Bottom 3 Westlake takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Chesnes spins, and has Elliott trapped. He throws to Gustine who tags Elliott for the out. Holmes scores.
Top 3 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 The umpire calls a balk on Chesnes Holmes moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Top 3 Elliott takes first base on ball four. Holmes moves to second.
Top 3 Torgeson hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wally Westlake now playing right field. Holmes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Clyde Shoun now pitching. Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rojek scores.
Bottom 2 Rojek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell. Rojek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Chesnes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kluttz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Murtaugh hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stanky strikes out. Kluttz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Stanky out.
Top 2 Bickford hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sisti hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Salkeld takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Stevens hits a popup towards short. Sisti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walker takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sisti misplays the ball. That's an error on Sisti. Hopp scores.
Bottom 1 Hopp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Russell who is chasing the ball. Hopp reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens scoops it up and throws to first, with Chesnes covering, for the out.
Top 1 Heath hits a line drive into right field. Walker picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Walker. Holmes scores. Torgeson goes all the way around to score. Heath moves to second.
Top 1 Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Holmes moves to third.
Top 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Murtaugh fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Stanky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.