New York Giants vs Chicago Cubs
June 4, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1942 at Wrigley Field. The New York Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 3

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Werber 3b 5 1 2 0
Marshall cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Ott rf 4 0 0 1
Mize 1b 5 0 1 0
Barna lf 4 0 0 0
  Leiber cf 2 0 0 0
Danning c 3 2 2 0
  Maynard pr 0 0 0 0
  Mancuso c 0 0 0 0
Jurges ss 4 0 3 0
Witek 2b 3 0 1 2
Melton p 5 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 10 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 0 0 0
  Foxx ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturgeon 3b 1 0 0 0
Merullo ss 5 0 0 0
Stringer 2b 5 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 4 1 0 0
Russell 1b 5 2 2 1
Novikoff lf 4 0 1 1
Cavarretta cf 3 0 2 1
  Lowrey cf 0 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 0 1 0
Mooty p 3 0 0 0
  Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
  Scheffing ph 1 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 6 3
New York 011 000 010 014101
Chicago 020 000 001 00361
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Melton  W(7-3) 11.0 6 3 3 2 2
Totals
11.0
6
3
3
2
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Mooty   8.1 8 3 3 8 3
  Schmitz   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Pressnell  L(1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
9
4

  E–Werber (15), Stringer (10).  DP–Chicago 3. McCullough-Merullo, Stringer-Merullo-Russell, Schmitz-Merullo-Russell.  2B–New York Werber (2), Chicago Cavarretta (9); McCullough (12).  HR–New York Marshall (8,11th inning off Pressnell 0 on), Chicago Russell (3,9th inning off Melton 0 on).  SH–Marshall (2); Jurges (2); McCullough (2).  Team LOB–13.  Team–5.  U–Babe Pinelli, Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick.  T–2:30.  A–4,557.
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