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October 8, 1945

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Hank Greenberg Postseason Stats

  Game Postseason
Average .250 .350
OBP .400 .480
At Bats 4 20
Hits 1 7
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 1 4
RBI’s 1 6

Hank Borowy Postseason Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Wrigley Field - October 8, 1945
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Out
Hank Borowy
Dewey Williams
Phil Cavarretta
Don Johnson
Stan Hack
Lennie Merullo
Peanuts Lowrey
Andy Pafko
Bill Nicholson
Hank Greenberg
Doc Cramer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Cramer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Dewey Williams now catching. Lennie Merullo now playing shortstop. Mayo hits a line drive towards third. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Cy Block pinch runs for Heinz Becker. Borowy hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Heinz Becker pinch hits for Roy Hughes. Becker is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Paul Gillespie pinch hits for Mickey Livingston. Gillespie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Pafko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Pafko reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Hoover hits a popup towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Trout hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes has Outlaw trapped. There's the throw to Livingston and over to Hack, who tags Outlaw for the out. Swift moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Swift hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Outlaw moves to third.
Top 9 Outlaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hank Borowy now pitching. York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hack moves to third.
Bottom 8 Johnson bunts towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dizzy Trout now pitching. Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Ray Prim now pitching. Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoover scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Mayo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko throws the ball in to Johnson who tags Mayo trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Walker scores. Hoover moves to third.
Top 8 Hoover hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack. Swift scores.
Top 8 Hub Walker pinch hits for Al Benton. Walker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Walker reaches second base with a double. Swift moves to third.
Top 8 Swift takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Wyse strikes out.
Bottom 7 Al Benton now pitching. Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cavarretta scores. Nicholson moves to third. Livingston moves to second.
Bottom 7 Livingston takes first base on ball four. Lowrey scores. Cavarretta moves to third. Nicholson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Lowrey moves to third. Cavarretta moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoover fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Joe Hoover now playing shortstop. Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Outlaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Hank Wyse now pitching. York hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. Cullenbine moves to second.
Top 7 Cullenbine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cramer scores. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 7 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cramer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Hostetler trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Cramer moves to second.
Top 7 Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayo for the out. Hostetler moves to second.
Top 7 Chuck Hostetler pinch hits for Skeeter Webb. Hostetler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack juggles the ball. That's an error on Hack.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Passeau hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mayo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Swift throws to second, with Webb covering, and has Hughes trapped. There's the throw to Outlaw who tags Hughes for the out.
Bottom 6 Hughes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine. Hughes reaches second base with a double. Livingston scores.
Bottom 6 Bob Swift now catching. Tommy Bridges now pitching. Livingston hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Livingston reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 John McHale pinch hits for George Caster. McHale is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Bob Maier pinch hits for Paul Richards. Maier hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cullenbine moves to third.
Top 6 Outlaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 York strikes out. There goes Cullenbine. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 6 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 5 George Caster now pitching. Pafko hits a popup towards third. Outlaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Passeau scores. Hack scores. Lowrey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lowrey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack hits a line drive to center field. Cramer throws towards the plate. Richards fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Richards. Livingston scores. Hughes scores. Passeau moves to third. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 5 Passeau bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Livingston moves to third. Hughes moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Hughes bunts towards first. York fields the ball and throws to Trucks covering. Safe. Livingston moves to second.
Bottom 5 Livingston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a popup towards short. Webb settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a line drive into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lowrey is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Webb hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trucks takes first base on ball four. Cullenbine moves to third. Richards moves to second.
Top 4 Richards is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Outlaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cullenbine moves to second.
Top 4 York hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson misplays the ball. That's an error on Johnson.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Passeau strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hughes strikes out.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cramer hits a popup towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mayo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Webb hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Hughes fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Trucks hits a popup towards short. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Richards takes first base on ball four. Cullenbine scores. York moves to third. Outlaw moves to second.
Top 2 Outlaw is walked intentionally.
Top 2 York hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. York reaches second base with a double. Cullenbine moves to third.
Top 2 Cullenbine takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards short. Webb scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Cullenbine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnson bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Mayo covering, for the out. Hack moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mayo hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Webb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.