Cubs @ Giants
May 21, 1948

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 13 1
Giants 3 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 8 13 1
Giants 3 10 2

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .268
OBP .250 .339
At Bats 3 56
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 6
RBI’s 0 12

Johnny Schmitz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 0
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Polo Grounds - May 21, 1948
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Johnny Schmitz
Bob Scheffing
Eddie Waitkus
Hank Schenz
Andy Pafko
Roy Smalley
Clarence Maddern
Hal Jeffcoat
Bill Nicholson
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 8 13 1 11
New York Giants 3 10 2 9
Winning Pitcher Johnny Schmitz
Losing Pitcher Sheldon Jones
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Eddie Waitkus
Attendance 7,511
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Rigney strikes out.
Bottom 9 Les Layton pinch hits for Bobo Newsom. Layton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Schenz hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Schmitz is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newsom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Westrum is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Maddern hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scheffing hits a popup towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schenz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Top 7 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newsom juggles the ball. That's an error on Newsom.
Top 7 Bobo Newsom now pitching. Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rigney takes first base on ball four. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sid Gordon pinch hits for Thornton Lee. Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lohrke hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Smalley strikes out.
Top 6 Maddern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Scheffing hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thornton Lee now pitching. Nicholson hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Westrum hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnny Schmitz now pitching. Marshall hits a popup towards third. Pafko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCarthy scores. Lockman moves to third. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four. McCarthy moves to third. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lohrke scores. McCarthy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rigney hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Andy Hansen. McCarthy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lohrke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lohrke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Andy Hansen now pitching. Jeffcoat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Waitkus hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Schenz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Schenz reaches second base with a double. Borowy scores.
Top 5 Borowy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Borowy reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartung fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maddern hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Clint Hartung now pitching. Scheffing hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nicholson takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to second.
Top 5 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Kerr strikes out.
Bottom 4 Westrum hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maddern. Westrum reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Schenz moves to second.
Top 4 Schenz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Borowy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a popup towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Maddern hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus throws to second for one, and Smalley throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rigney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jones strikes out.
Top 3 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Top 3 Waitkus hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Waitkus reaches third base with a triple. Schenz scores.
Top 3 Schenz hits a line drive into left field. Lockman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lockman. Schenz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lohrke hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schenz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Borowy strikes out.
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Maddern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Maddern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rigney strikes out.
Top 1 Scheffing hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jeffcoat hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Jeffcoat reaches second base with a double. Schenz moves to third.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schenz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.