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July 29, 1945

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Bottom 10	R	H	E
Athletics	1	8	0
Yankees	1	11	0

Bottom 10	R	H	E
Athletics	1	8	0
Yankees	2	12	0

Oscar Grimes Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.277
OBP	.250	.384
At Bats	3	206
Hits	0	57
• Singles	0	43
• Doubles	0	9
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	1	36
RBI’s	0	27

Steve Gerkin Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	7	0

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Yankee Stadium - July 29, 1945

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Single

Steve Gerkin

Greek George

Dick Siebert

Irv Hall

George Kell

Ed Busch

Mayo Smith

Bobby Estalella

Hal Peck

Oscar Grimes

Nick Etten

Bud Metheny

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Athletics	1	8	0	6
New York Yankees	2	12	0	11
Winning Pitcher	Tiny Bonham
Losing Pitcher	Steve Gerkin
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Oscar Grimes
Attendance
Time of Game	2 hours 23 minutes

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Count: - , 1 Out

End of Game

Grimes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Metheny scores. Etten moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 10 Etten takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 10 Martin bunts towards the mound. Gerkin fields it and throws to first for the out. Metheny moves to second.

Bottom 10 Steve Gerkin now pitching. Metheny hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 10 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 10 Ernie Kish pinch hits for Bobo Newsom. Kish hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 10 Busch hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Bonham hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Greek George now catching. Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Peck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Bobby Wilkins pinch runs for Buddy Rosar. Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Rosar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Russ Derry now playing center field. Estalella strikes out. Robinson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Estalella out.

Bottom 8 Crosetti strikes out.

Bottom 8 Russ Derry pinch hits for Tuck Stainback. Derry strikes out.

Bottom 8 Grimes takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Etten bunts between the mound and first base. Newsom scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Etten for the out. Metheny moves to third. Martin moves to second.

Bottom 8 Martin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Metheny moves to second.

Bottom 8 Metheny hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Peck hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hall scores.

Top 8 Hall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Stainback. Hall reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Busch hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Stirnweiss hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bonham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Crosetti trying to get to home. Smith throws the ball in to Rosar who tags Crosetti, who's trying to score from second, for the out.

Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Crosetti moves to second.

Bottom 7 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Kell hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Smith hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Rosar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Estalella hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Stainback hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Newsom covering, for the out.

Top 6 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Peck hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Metheny strikes out.

Bottom 5 There goes Stirnweiss. The throw from Rosar and he is safe. Stirnweiss steals second.

Bottom 5 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Bonham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Robinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 5 Newsom strikes out.

Top 5 Busch bunts towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. Kell moves to second.

Top 5 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Stainback hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.

Bottom 4 Grimes hits a fly ball into right field. Peck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Etten hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Martin takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Estalella hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Siebert hits a popup towards third. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Peck hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Metheny hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert scoops it up and throws to first, with Newsom covering, for the out.

Bottom 3 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Bonham hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Estalella. Bonham reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Stainback settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Newsom hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Busch hits a popup in front of the plate. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Stainback hits a fly ball into right field. Peck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Grimes hits a fly ball into center field. Estalella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Estalella takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Etten hits a ball on the ground towards short. Busch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Martin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Estalella who is chasing the ball. Martin reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 1 Metheny hits a popup towards short. Busch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 There goes Stirnweiss. The throw from Rosar and he is out, Hall applying the tag.

Bottom 1 Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Peck hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss catches it and throws to first to double up Hall.

Top 1 Hall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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