Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 7, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1931 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Stripp 3b 5 1 1 0
Heathcote rf 3 1 0 0
Crabtree 1b 4 1 1 2
Cuccinello 2b 5 0 1 2
Cullop lf 5 0 2 0
Roettger cf 5 0 2 0
Sukeforth c 4 0 0 0
Durocher ss 5 0 0 0
Johnson p 3 1 0 0
  Frey p 0 0 0 0
  Kolp p 2 0 1 0
Totals 41 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Blair 1b 4 0 2 0
English ss 5 0 1 0
  Jurges ss 1 0 0 0
Hornsby 2b 6 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Cuyler rf 6 1 3 0
Stephenson lf 4 1 2 1
Hartnett c 4 0 2 1
  Teachout pr 0 1 0 0
  Taylor c 1 0 0 0
  Grace ph 1 0 0 1
Bell 3b 5 0 1 2
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
  May p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 5 14 5
Cincinnati 000 040 000 00–480
Chicago 000 000 040 01–5144
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.1 11 4 4 1 4
  Frey   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Kolp  L(1-2) 3.1 2 1 1 5 2
Totals
10.2
14
5
5
6
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   7.0 5 4 3 3 4
  May  W(1-0) 4.0 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
11.0
8
4
3
3
8
  E–Hornsby 3 (6), Stephenson (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Bell-Hornsby-Blair.  2B–Cincinnati Crabtree (1); Cullop (1); Roettger (4), Chicago Blair 2 (2); Cuyler (4); Hartnett (4).  3B–Cincinnati Cuccinello (2).  SH–Sukeforth (1); May (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–15.  U–Lou Jorda, Bill Klem.
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