New York Giants vs Chicago Cubs
May 8, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1926 at Cubs Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lindstrom 3b 4 1 1 0
Frisch 2b 4 0 2 1
Youngs rf 3 1 1 0
Southworth lf 4 1 2 0
Kelly 1b 3 1 0 0
Tyson cf 2 0 0 1
Jackson ss 4 0 1 2
McMullen c 2 0 0 0
  Terry ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartley c 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
McQuillan p 1 0 0 0
  Fitzsimmons p 1 0 0 0
  Groh ph 1 0 0 0
  Davies p 0 0 0 0
  Meusel ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 3 1 2 0
Heathcote rf 3 2 2 3
Munson lf 4 1 1 0
Wilson cf 3 1 3 1
  Brooks cf 1 0 0 0
Freigau 3b 4 0 2 1
Grimm 1b 2 0 0 1
Cooney ss 4 0 0 0
Hartnett c 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 3 1 2 0
Totals 30 6 12 6
New York 000 004 000470
Chicago 104 000 10x6120
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McQuillan  L(1-1) 2.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Fitzsimmons   3.2 5 1 1 0 0
  Davies   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
1
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W(3-2) 9.0 7 4 4 3 4
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 3. Tyson-Lindstrom, Fitzsimmons-Frisch-Kelly, Frisch-Jackson.  2B–New York Frisch (13); Jackson (6), Chicago Adams (8); Heathcote (10); Wilson 2 (13); Freigau (7); Alexander (2).  3B–New York Lindstrom (2).  HR–Chicago Heathcote (1,3rd inning off McQuillan 1 on 1 out).  SH–Tyson (3); Adams (3); Grimm 2 (4).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  SB–Jackson (1).  U–Bob Hart, Bill Klem, Frank Wilson.
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