Phillies @ Cubs
August 28, 1950

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Top 9 R H E
Phillies 5 9 0
Cubs 7 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Phillies 5 9 0
Cubs 7 9 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .500 .385
At Bats 4 435
Hits 2 133
• Singles 1 98
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 1 13
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 54
RBI’s 1 36

Johnny Vander Meer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 0
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Wrigley Field - August 28, 1950
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Johnny Vander Meer
Mickey Owen
Phil Cavarretta
Wayne Terwilliger
Bob Ramazzotti
Roy Smalley
Hank Sauer
Andy Pafko
Bob Borkowski
Richie Ashburn
Eddie Waitkus
Bubba Church
Putsy Caballero

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 5 9 0 6
Chicago Cubs 7 9 0 6
Winning Pitcher Dutch Leonard
Losing Pitcher Curt Simmons
Save Johnny Vander Meer
Game Winning RBI Hank Sauer
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 11 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ashburn hits a line drive towards third. Ramazzotti reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bubba Church pinch runs for Stan Lopata. Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Caballero moves to third. Church moves to second.
Top 9 Putsy Caballero pinch runs for Mike Goliat. Stan Lopata pinch hits for Ken Heintzelman. Lopata takes first base on ball four. Caballero moves to second.
Top 9 Johnny Vander Meer now pitching. Goliat takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Seminick hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Hamner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Hamner reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Borkowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Terwilliger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Ken Heintzelman now pitching. Owen hits a fly ball into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sisler hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cavarretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cavarretta scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out.
Top 8 Bob Ramazzotti now playing third base. Dick Whitman pinch hits for Milo Candini. Whitman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Carmen Mauro pinch hits for Bill Serena. Mauro hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Milo Candini now pitching. Sauer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Smalley reaches second base with a double. Borkowski scores. Cavarretta goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Borkowski moves to third.
Bottom 7 Borkowski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Leonard hits a fly ball into left field. Sisler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Terwilliger hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Goliat hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Seminick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones strikes out. Owen drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Jones out.
Bottom 6 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Serena takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Borkowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sisler hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Borkowski strikes out.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Waitkus hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Goliat strikes out.
Bottom 4 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goliat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Serena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Seminick hits a fly ball into right field. Borkowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Hamner. The throw from Owen and he is out, Terwilliger applying the tag.
Top 4 Hamner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ennis scores.
Top 4 Jones bunts towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out. Ennis moves to second.
Top 4 Ennis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goliat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Borkowski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goliat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sisler hits a popup towards third. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Ashburn reaches third base with a triple. Simmons goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Waitkus hits a popup, foul, towards third. Serena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Goliat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Owen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Serena takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Pafko reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Seminick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Seminick reaches second base with a double. Sauer throws the ball in to Terwilliger who tags Seminick, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hamner goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Hamner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Ennis is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goliat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Borkowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Sisler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.