Pirates @ Cubs
August 7, 1947

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Bottom 7 R H E
Pirates 3 5 0
Cubs 0 5 0
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Pirates 3 5 0
Cubs 0 5 0

Bill Nicholson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .204
OBP .500 .334
At Bats 2 285
Hits 1 58
• Singles 1 29
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 54
RBI’s 0 44

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 9 4
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Wrigley Field - August 7, 1947
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Howell
Hank Greenberg
Jimmy Bloodworth
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Culley Rikard
Bill Nicholson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gustine hits a popup towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Russell bunts towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out. Rikard moves to second.
Top 7 Rikard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cavarretta is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 6 Waitkus strikes out.
Top 6 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Howell hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hack strikes out.
Bottom 5 Borowy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Merullo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to third. Gustine moves to second.
Top 5 Kiner hits a line drive into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rikard scores.
Top 5 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Higbe scores. Rikard moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 5 Russell is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Rikard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cavarretta. Rikard reaches second base with a double. Higbe moves to third.
Top 5 Higbe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sturgeon hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Bloodworth strikes out.
Top 4 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiner moves to third.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kiner moves to second.
Top 4 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cavarretta strikes out.
Bottom 3 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hack hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Russell is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Rikard hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Borowy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Merullo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sturgeon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scheffing moves to third.
Bottom 2 Scheffing hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rikard. Scheffing reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Higbe hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howell is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to third.
Top 2 Cox hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Pafko. Cox reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a line drive towards third. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Cavarretta hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rikard who is chasing the ball. Pafko reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hack hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Russell strikes out. There goes Rikard. The throw from Scheffing to Merullo, and Rikard is out.
Top 1 Rikard takes first base on ball four.