Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
May 9, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1942 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Gustine 2b 4 0 1 0
Barrett lf 4 0 1 0
Wasdell rf 3 0 0 0
Phelps c 4 1 1 0
Fletcher 1b 4 0 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 2 0 1 1
Coscarart ss 3 0 0 0
Butcher p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gilbert cf 4 1 1 0
Merullo ss 3 1 0 0
Hack 3b 3 0 1 2
Nicholson rf 2 0 1 0
Novikoff lf 4 0 0 0
Stringer 2b 4 0 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 1 1 0
McCullough c 3 0 1 0
Lee p 4 0 2 1
Totals 30 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 010 000 000–161
Chicago 110 000 10x–380
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher  L(3-2) 8.0 8 3 2 4 2
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
4
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(4-1) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5
  E–Gustine (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Coscarart-Gustine-Fletcher, Chicago 1. Lee-Stringer-Merullo-Cavarretta.  2B–Chicago Gilbert (1); Hack (4); McCullough (4); Lee (1).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Merullo (6); Hack (4).  Team–9.  U–Tom Dunn, Bill Stewart, Ziggy Sears.  T–1:46.  A–3,465.
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