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Close play, and as it turned out, a close game. But when?

Getty Images says:

The Run That Won. Chicago: Erv Dusak, St. Louis Cardinals, scores the winning ninth-inning run, the only run scored in the game with the Cubs, McCullough. Ralph La Pointe’s ninth-inning double carried the Cards to a 1-0 victory.

Why McCullough didn’t rate a first name in Getty’s description we’ll never know, but that’s Clyde McCullough, a Cubs catcher from 1940-48.

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