Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 1, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1940 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 4 1 1 0
Gustine 2b 5 0 2 0
Elliott rf 4 0 0 0
Vaughan ss 2 0 0 0
  Young ss 1 0 0 0
  Garms ph 0 0 0 0
  Brubaker ss 0 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 0 0 0
Van Robays lf 4 1 1 0
  Waner P. ph 0 0 0 1
  Waner L. lf 0 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 5 2 3 2
Lopez c 4 0 0 1
MacFayden p 3 0 1 0
  Heintzelman p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 0 1 0
Herman 2b 5 0 1 1
Gleeson cf 5 1 1 0
Nicholson rf 5 0 2 1
Dallessandro lf 5 0 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 1 1 0
Collins c 4 0 0 0
Mattick ss 2 0 0 0
  Galan ph 1 0 1 0
  Rogell ss 1 0 0 0
Raffensberger p 2 1 1 0
  Russell ph 1 0 1 1
  Olsen p 1 0 1 0
  Passeau p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 11 3
Pittsburgh 000 010 101 1–481
Chicago 000 010 110 0–3111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
MacFayden   6.1 7 2 2 1 4
  Heintzelman   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Brown  W(5-6) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
3
3
1
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger   7.0 5 2 1 1 2
  Olsen  L(3-5) 2.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Passeau   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
10.0
8
4
3
5
5
  E–Vaughan (19), Collins (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Heintzelman-Young-Fletcher.  2B–Pittsburgh DiMaggio (4), Chicago Nicholson (11).  3B–Pittsburgh Van Robays (3), Chicago Cavarretta (4).  HR–Pittsburgh DiMaggio (9,9th inning off Olsen 0 on).  SH–Elliott (3).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U–Lou Jorda, Ziggy Sears, Tom Dunn.  T–2:37.  A–4,335.
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