Game Information

Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs on Saturday, August 30th, 1947

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Game Status: Final

Score: 8 - 5

Summary: The Pirates beat the Cubs, 8 - 5.

Decisions

Winner: Tiny Bonham (W, 9-7)
Loser: Paul Erickson (L, 7-8)
Save: Preacher Roe (S, 1)

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Box Score

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batters

Batters - PIT	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Rikard RF	4	1	2	0	1	0	.300	.808
Russell CF	4	1	1	2	1	1	.264	.746
Gustine 3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	.310	.806
Kiner LF	4	1	1	1	1	0	.308	1.009
Cox SS	5	1	1	1	0	0	.270	.754
Fletcher 1B	4	1	2	1	1	0	.220	.625
Bloodworth 2B	5	0	0	1	0	2	.282	.707
Kluttz C	3	1	2	0	2	0	.270	.722
Bonham P	3	1	1	0	1	0	.118	.336
Higbe P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.265
Roe P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.362
Bonham P	3	1	1	0	1	0	.118	.336
Higbe P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.265
Totals	37	8	12	7	8	3

Batting
2B Cox (25).
HR Fletcher (0).
TB Bonham; Cox 2; Fletcher 5; Gustine 2; Kiner; Kluttz 2; Rikard 2; Russell.
RBI Bloodworth (39); Cox (46); Fletcher (16); Gustine (58); Kiner (99); Russell 2 (42).
GIDP Kiner.
Team LOB 10.

Baserunning
SB Fletcher; Kiner.

Pitchers

Pitchers - PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Bonham (W, 9-7)	6.0	7	4	4	3	4	2	3.68
Higbe	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.74
Roe (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71
Totals	9.0	9	5	0	5	5	2

Chicago Cubs

Batters

Batters - CHC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Hack 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.724
Lowrey 3B	1	0	1	0	1	0	.285	.735
Waitkus 1B	5	0	1	1	0	0	.283	.696
Pafko CF	4	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.777
Cavarretta LF	4	2	2	0	1	0	.321	.802
Nicholson RF	4	1	1	2	0	1	.221	.782
McCullough C	3	0	2	1	1	0	.251	.677
Sturgeon 2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.244	.578
Jurges SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.626
Aberson	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.655
Erickson P	2	1	1	1	0	0	.255	.549
Kush P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.667
Rickert	1	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.438
Borowy P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.330
Dallessandro	0	0	0	0	1	0	.295	.798
Erickson P	2	1	1	1	0	0	.255	.549
Kush P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.667
Borowy P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.330
Totals	35	5	9	5	5	5

Batting
2B Cavarretta 2 (18); McCullough 2 (10); Sturgeon (7).
HR Erickson (0); Nicholson (19).
TB Cavarretta 4; Erickson 4; Lowrey; McCullough 4; Nicholson 4; Sturgeon 2; Waitkus.
RBI Erickson (2); McCullough (26); Nicholson 2 (56); Waitkus (29).
GIDP Pafko.
Team LOB 8.

Pitchers

Pitchers - CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Erickson (L, 7-8)	4.0	9	6	6	2	1	1	4.36
Kush	2.0	0	0	0	5	2	0	3.44
Borowy	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	4.02
Totals	9.0	12	8	0	8	4	1

Game Info

Batters faced: Bonham 28; Higbe 11; Roe 1; Borowy 13; Erickson 22; Kush 10.
Umpires:
Att: 27,523.
Venue: Wrigley Field (Chicago, Illinois)

Notable Events

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Scorecard

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
Pirates	0 0	1 1	0 0	1 1	4 4	0 0	2 2	0 0	0 0	8	12	0	10
Cubs	0 0	1 1	1 1	2 2	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 1	5	9	0	8

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