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May 18, 1947

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Dodgers 4 6 3
Cubs 2 8 1
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Dodgers 4 6 3
Cubs 2 8 1

Eddie Waitkus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .311
OBP .250 .346
At Bats 4 74
Hits 1 23
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 4

Hugh Casey Season Stats

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2 1 5
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Wrigley Field - May 18, 1947
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Hugh Casey
Bruce Edwards
Jackie Robinson
Eddie Stanky
Cookie Lavagetto
Pee Wee Reese
Carl Furillo
Pete Reiser
Dixie Walker
Eddie Waitkus
Stan Hack
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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Bottom 9 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Walker is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bob Chipman now pitching. Reiser strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Hank Wyse. Dallessandro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Nicholson hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stanky 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 8 Clyde McCullough now catching. Casey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marv Rickert pinch hits for Bob Scheffing. Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hugh Casey now pitching. Waitkus strikes out.
Top 7 Hank Wyse now pitching. Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Edwards takes first base on ball four. Reiser scores. Furillo moves to third. Lavagetto moves to second.
Top 7 Lavagetto is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stanky scores. Reiser moves to third. Furillo moves to second.
Top 7 Furillo is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Reiser hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Reiser reaches second base with a double. Reese scores. Brown scores. Stanky moves to third.
Top 7 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Stanky bunts towards the mound. Schmitz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Top 7 Tommy Brown pinch hits for Joe Hatten. Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese moves to second.
Top 7 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schmitz hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Merullo strikes out.
Top 6 Edwards strikes out.
Top 6 Lavagetto hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Walker strikes out.
Top 6 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scheffing moves to third.
Bottom 5 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Bottom 5 Cavarretta bunts towards the mound. Hatten settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Reiser strikes out. Scheffing drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Reiser out.
Top 5 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Stanky moves to second.
Top 5 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Reese. The throw from Scheffing and he is out, Merullo applying the tag.
Top 5 Hatten strikes out.
Top 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Merullo.
Bottom 4 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Schmitz hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson scores. Merullo moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Merullo hits a ball on the ground into left field. Furillo picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Furillo. Scheffing scores. Johnson moves to third. Merullo moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scheffing moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a popup towards third. Lavagetto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lavagetto strikes out.
Top 4 Walker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Walker reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Furillo hits a popup into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pafko is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Reese. Hack moves to third. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hatten fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Merullo strikes out.
Top 3 Reiser strikes out.
Top 3 The ball gets by Scheffing for a passed ball. Stanky moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stanky takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hatten bunts towards the mound. Schmitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Nicholson. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Stanky applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Nicholson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lavagetto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Reese strikes out.
Top 2 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lavagetto hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Furillo. The throw from Scheffing and he is safe. Furillo steals second.
Top 2 Furillo hits a line drive towards the mound. Schmitz can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hatten fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Reiser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Schmitz, and towards Merullo, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Robinson is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Stanky hits a line drive into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.