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September 5, 1948

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Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 11 16 0
Pirates 3 9 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 11 16 0
Pirates 3 9 1

Ed Fitz Gerald Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .290
OBP .667 .363
At Bats 2 183
Hits 1 53
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 21
RBI’s 0 26

Doyle Lade Season Stats

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3 1 0
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Forbes Field - September 5, 1948
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Out
Doyle Lade
Clyde McCullough
Phil Cavarretta
Gene Mauch
Andy Pafko
Roy Smalley
Eddie Waitkus
Peanuts Lowrey
Bill Nicholson
Ed Fitz Gerald
Frankie Gustine
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Monty Basgall pinch runs for Danny Murtaugh. Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Basgall trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 8 Clyde McCullough now catching. Murtaugh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lade hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Bob Rush pinch runs for Rube Walker. Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rush moves to second.
Top 8 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lowrey hits a line drive towards short. Rojek catches it and throws to first to double up Nicholson.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mel Queen now pitching. Pafko hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 West hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rojek scores.
Bottom 7 Beard is hit by the pitch. Rojek moves to third. Stevens moves to second.
Bottom 7 Stevens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fitz Gerald scores. Rojek moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rojek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fitz Gerald moves to third.
Bottom 7 Johnny Hopp pinch hits for Elmer Singleton. Hopp hits a line drive into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gene Mauch now playing second base. Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Beard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Verban moves to second.
Top 7 Verban hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Max West now playing right field. Lade strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smalley strikes out.
Top 6 Walker hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Elmer Singleton now pitching. Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pafko moves to second.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Beard takes first base on ball four. Rojek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Stevens hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rojek takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker throws the ball in to Gustine who tags Waitkus trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lade scores. Verban goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 5 Verban hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley scores. Lade moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Lade hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley moves to second.
Top 5 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh misplays the ball. That's an error on Murtaugh. Walker scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Walker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beard. Walker reaches second base with a double. Lowrey goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Higbe is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Fitz Gerald is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Walker moves to third. Murtaugh moves to second.
Bottom 4 Murtaugh bunts towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Kiner moves to third. Walker moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Beard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to third. Lade moves to second.
Top 4 Verban hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Lade hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smalley moves to second.
Top 4 Smalley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Beard hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stevens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rojek scores.
Bottom 3 Rojek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Rojek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Higbe hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Cavarretta moves to third. Pafko moves to second.
Top 3 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to second.
Top 3 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Waitkus hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Verban strikes out.
Top 3 Lade hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gustine hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Smalley hits a popup towards short. Rojek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walker takes first base on ball four. Lowrey moves to second.
Top 2 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 2 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Beard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kiner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Beard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey who is chasing the ball. Beard reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Stevens hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rojek hits a fly ball into left field. Waitkus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Beard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 1 Verban hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.