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September 7, 1947

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Cubs	4	8	0
Pirates	3	7	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Cubs	4	8	0
Pirates	3	7	0

Jimmy Bloodworth Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.286
OBP	.000	.323
At Bats	3	238
Hits	0	68
• Singles	0	53
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	13
RBI’s	0	44

Doyle Lade Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
10	7	0

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Forbes Field - September 7, 1947

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Out

Doyle Lade

Bob Scheffing

Eddie Waitkus

Don Johnson

Peanuts Lowrey

Billy Jurges

Cliff Aberson

Andy Pafko

Bill Nicholson

Jimmy Bloodworth

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Chicago Cubs	4	8	0	8
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	7	0	4
Winning Pitcher	Doyle Lade
Losing Pitcher	Kirby Higbe
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Ox Miller
Attendance	11,930
Time of Game	2 hours 8 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 9 Greenberg strikes out.

Top 9 Aberson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 9 Waitkus takes first base on ball four. Lade moves to second.

Top 9 Lowrey hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 8 Kiner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Cox hits a popup in front of the plate. Scheffing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Don Johnson now playing second base. Gustine strikes out.

Top 8 Al Lyons now pitching. Jurges hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Dom Dallessandro pinch hits for Bobby Sturgeon. Dallessandro takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to third. Scheffing moves to second.

Top 8 Scheffing is walked intentionally.

Top 8 The ball gets by Howell for a passed ball. Nicholson moves to second.

Top 8 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it and throws to second for the out. Aberson moves to third.

Top 8 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Aberson moves to second.

Top 8 Elmer Singleton now pitching. Aberson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Culley Rikard pinch hits for Kirby Higbe. Rikard hits a popup towards third. Lowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

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

Top 7 Waitkus hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lowrey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lade moves to second.

Top 7 Lade hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to second for the out.

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

Bottom 6 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 6 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Kiner reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Cox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aberson throws the ball in to Sturgeon who tags Cox, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 6 Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howell scoops up the ball and tags Pafko for the out.

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

Bottom 5 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Russell for the out.

Bottom 5 Higbe strikes out.

Top 5 Aberson strikes out.

Top 5 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Bloodworth hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Westlake hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Lade strikes out.

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

Top 4 Sturgeon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Scheffing hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Doyle Lade now pitching. Greenberg hits a line drive towards short. Jurges catches it and throws to second to double up Kiner.

Bottom 3 Kiner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Kiner reaches second base with a double. Gustine scores. Cox scores.

Bottom 3 Cox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Cox reaches second base with a double. Russell scores. Gustine moves to third.

Bottom 3 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Russell moves to second.

Bottom 3 Russell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sturgeon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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

Top 3 Waitkus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Howell hits a fly ball into left field. Aberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into left field. Aberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Greenberg strikes out.

Top 2 Lowrey hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Miller hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

Top 2 Jurges takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to third. Sturgeon moves to second.

Top 2 Sturgeon takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Scheffing strikes out.

Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Pafko moves to second.

Top 2 Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 1 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Aberson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 1 Gustine strikes out. Scheffing drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gustine out.

Bottom 1 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Aberson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Howell fires to first and picks off Lowrey.

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

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