Dodgers @ Pirates
July 23, 1948

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Dodgers	4	8	3
Pirates	3	7	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Dodgers	4	8	3
Pirates	3	7	1

Johnny Hopp Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.292
OBP	.500	.370
At Bats	2	216
Hits	0	63
• Singles	0	46
• Doubles	0	7
• Triples	0	9
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	2	27
RBI’s	0	19

Hank Behrman Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	2	0

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Forbes Field - July 23, 1948

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Out

Hank Behrman

Roy Campanella

Gil Hodges

Jackie Robinson

Tommy Brown

Pee Wee Reese

George Shuba

Marv Rackley

Gene Hermanski

Johnny Hopp

Frankie Gustine

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers	4	8	3	6
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	7	1	8
Winning Pitcher	Erv Palica
Losing Pitcher	Mel Queen
Save	Hank Behrman
Game Winning RBI	Pee Wee Reese
Attendance	33,702
Time of Game	2 hours 10 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Murtaugh scores. Gustine moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 9 Frankie Gustine pinch hits for Vic Lombardi. Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brown. Murtaugh moves to third. Gustine moves to second.

Bottom 9 Max West pinch hits for Ed Fitz Gerald. West hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Rackley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lombardi fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Behrman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reese moves to third.

Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Reese moves to second.

Top 9 Reese takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Hank Behrman now pitching. Stevens hits a line drive into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Bockman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shuba. Bockman reaches second base with a double. Hopp scores.

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

Bottom 8 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Palica covering, for the out. Hopp moves to second.

Bottom 8 Hopp takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 8 Shuba takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Rackley moves to third.

Top 8 Robinson hits a line drive beyond first. Stevens can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.

Top 8 Vic Lombardi now pitching. Rackley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Westlake. Rackley reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 7 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rojek for the out.

Bottom 7 Dixie Walker pinch hits for Mel Queen. Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stevens scores.

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

Bottom 7 Stevens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Shuba. Stevens reaches second base with a double.

Top 7 Palica strikes out.

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

Top 7 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 Bockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hopp moves to second.

Bottom 6 Kiner hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Hopp takes first base on ball four.

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

Top 6 Campanella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 6 Ed Fitz Gerald now catching. Hermanski hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Queen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Clyde Kluttz. Fitz Gerald strikes out.

Bottom 5 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 There goes Robinson. The slide. Kluttz applies the tag. Robinson is out.

Top 5 There goes Robinson. The throw from Kluttz and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 5 Robinson bunts towards third. Bockman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rackley scores.

Top 5 Rackley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner who is chasing the ball. Rackley reaches third base with a triple. Palica goes all the way around to score.

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

Top 5 Reese takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 4 Bockman strikes out.

Bottom 4 Westlake hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Kiner takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Brown strikes out.

Top 4 Campanella hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Shuba takes first base on ball four. Hermanski moves to second.

Top 4 Hermanski takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 There goes Rojek. The throw from Campanella and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Bottom 3 Rojek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Queen strikes out.

Bottom 3 Kluttz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 There goes Rackley. The throw from Kluttz and he is out, Rojek applying the tag.

Top 3 Rackley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Palica hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Reese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 3 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Murtaugh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Stevens trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.

Bottom 2 Stevens takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Bockman strikes out.

Bottom 2 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 1 Kiner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hopp hits a line drive into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Rojek strikes out.

Top 1 Hermanski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

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