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August 5, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 8 1
Dodgers 6 8 6
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Cubs 4 8 1
Dodgers 6 8 6

Emil Verban Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .242
OBP .250 .270
At Bats 4 157
Hits 1 38
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 11

Carl Erskine Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 0
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Ebbets Field - August 5, 1948
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Carl Erskine
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Tommy Brown
Pee Wee Reese
Bruce Edwards
Marv Rackley
Gene Hermanski
Emil Verban

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 8 1 6
Brooklyn Dodgers 6 8 6 3
Winning Pitcher Carl Erskine
Losing Pitcher Ralph Hamner
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Hermanski
Attendance 15,579
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Verban hits a line drive into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cavarretta strikes out.
Top 9 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Campanella strikes out.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Edwards strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jess Dobernic now pitching. Hermanski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lowrey hits a line drive to left field. Edwards throws towards the infield. Erskine fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Erskine. McCullough scores. Lowrey moves to third.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nicholson for the out. McCullough moves to second.
Top 8 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clyde McCullough pinch hits for Bob Rush. McCullough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Erskine strikes out.
Top 7 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Verban hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheffing moves to second.
Top 7 Verban hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Campanella settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Campanella.
Top 7 Cavarretta hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smalley hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bruce Edwards now playing left field. Scheffing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Campanella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campanella is thrown out after the base hit. Edwards scores.
Bottom 6 Bruce Edwards pinch runs for George Shuba. Reese strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bob Rush now pitching. Shuba hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nicholson. Shuba moves to second.
Top 6 Lowrey strikes out.
Top 6 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. Jeffcoat scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jeffcoat moves to third.
Top 6 Hal Jeffcoat pinch hits for Doyle Lade. Jeffcoat hits a fly ball towards center. Rackley settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Rackley.
Top 6 Waitkus hits a line drive into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lade spins and fires to second, with Smalley covering, and Rackley is picked off.
Bottom 5 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lade fields it and throws to first for the out. Rackley moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rackley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Phil Cavarretta now playing left field. Doyle Lade now pitching. Erskine hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Ralph Hamner. Campanella fumbles the ball. That's an error on Campanella. Smalley moves to third.
Top 5 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Nicholson moves to third.
Top 5 Lowrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pafko scores. Nicholson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Pafko moves to third.
Top 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brown.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Reese strikes out.
Top 4 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Waitkus takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Shuba hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hermanski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out. Rackley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rackley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Erskine hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hamner strikes out.
Top 3 Smalley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Scheffing hits a line drive into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Shuba hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hermanski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Robinson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Rackley hits a popup towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Maddern strikes out.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.