Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
August 20, 1941 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1941 at Polo Grounds V. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 9, New York Giants 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 2 2 1
Stringer 2b 4 2 3 1
Gilbert cf 5 2 2 1
Leiber lf 4 0 2 0
Dahlgren 1b 5 1 2 2
Nicholson rf 4 0 1 0
McCullough c 4 1 1 2
Sturgeon ss 5 1 3 0
Eaves p 5 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 16 7
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bartell 3b 4 0 1 0
Rucker cf 4 0 0 0
  Schumacher cf 1 0 0 1
Ott rf 2 1 0 0
Young 1b 5 0 0 0
Danning c 4 1 1 0
Moore lf 4 1 2 0
Jurges ss 4 0 3 2
Whitehead 2b 4 0 0 1
Hubbell p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dea ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Arnovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Wittig p 0 0 0 0
  Hartnett ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Chicago 211 301 001–9160
New York 000 200 011–483
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Eaves  W(2-1) 9.0 8 4 4 5 6
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hubbell  L(10-7) 3.0 6 4 2 1 2
  Carpenter   1.0 3 3 2 1 2
  Adams   3.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Wittig   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
6
3
5
  E–Ott (8), Young (14), Whitehead (18).  DP–New York 1. Bartell-Whitehead-Young.  2B–Chicago Stringer (16); Sturgeon (13), New York Bartell (16).  HR–Chicago Hack (6,6th inning off Carpenter 0 on); McCullough (8,9th inning off Wittig 0 on).  SH–Leiber (5).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  U–Tom Dunn, George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart.  T–2:25.  A–2,897.
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