Dodgers @ Pirates
June 9, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 11 0
Pirates 6 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 11 0
Pirates 6 11 1

Preston Ward Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .288
OBP .750 .356
At Bats 3 132
Hits 2 38
• Singles 1 26
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 1 20

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 1
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Forbes Field - June 9, 1948
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Kirby Higbe
Ed Fitz Gerald
Ed Stevens
Danny Murtaugh
Frankie Gustine
Stan Rojek
Ralph Kiner
Johnny Hopp
Wally Westlake
Preston Ward

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 4 11 0 11
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 11 1 7
Winning Pitcher Rip Sewell
Losing Pitcher Rex Barney
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Ralph Kiner
Attendance 11,790
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ward hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Furillo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hermanski hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rojek hits a fly ball into left field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Higbe hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stevens moves to third. Murtaugh moves to second.
Bottom 8 Joe Hatten now pitching. Stevens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reese strikes out.
Top 8 Miksis strikes out.
Top 8 Arky Vaughan pinch hits for Erv Palica. Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a line drive into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Ed Fitz Gerald now catching. Whitman hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Furillo scores. Ward moves to second.
Top 7 Ward hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hermanski scores. Furillo moves to second.
Top 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Hermanski moves to third.
Top 7 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese moves to second.
Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sewell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murtaugh moves to third. Sewell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kluttz hits a line drive into left field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murtaugh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stevens strikes out.
Top 6 Palica strikes out.
Top 6 Whitman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sewell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Hodges strikes out.
Top 6 Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Westlake hits a line drive into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hopp bunts towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Gustine strikes out.
Top 5 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Westlake. Hermanski reaches second base with a double. Palica scores. Reese moves to third.
Top 5 Robinson hits a popup towards first. Stevens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields the ball and throws to Sewell covering. Safe. Palica moves to second.
Top 5 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Palica takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Sewell bunts towards the mound. Palica fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Whitman hits a line drive towards first. Stevens catches it and throws to second to double up Furillo.
Top 4 Hodges strikes out.
Top 4 Ward takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to third. Furillo moves to second.
Top 4 Furillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 4 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Sewell drops the ball.
Bottom 3 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Stevens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitman. Stevens reaches second base with a double. Westlake goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Kiner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Miksis hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Palica strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Gustine. The throw from Hodges and he is out, Reese applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Gustine is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Rojek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sewell hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Whitman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ward hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Ward reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Furillo strikes out.
Top 2 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kluttz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stevens scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Westlake scores. Stevens moves to third.
Bottom 1 Stevens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Westlake moves to third.
Bottom 1 Erv Palica now pitching. Westlake is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Hopp strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Rojek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rojek takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Miksis strikes out.