Brooklyn Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
June 5, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1942 at Wrigley Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 2 1 1 0
Vaughan 3b 4 2 0 0
Reiser cf 4 1 1 0
Medwick lf 5 0 2 3
Walker rf 5 0 1 1
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 0 0
Owen c 2 1 1 0
Herman 2b 4 1 1 0
Wyatt p 4 0 1 2
  Casey p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 1 1 0
Merullo ss 5 0 2 0
Cavarretta cf 4 1 1 1
Nicholson rf 3 1 1 0
Russell 1b,2b 4 0 1 1
Novikoff lf 4 0 1 1
Stringer 2b 3 0 1 0
  Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 0 0 0 0
  Hanyzewski p 0 0 0 0
McCullough c 4 0 0 0
Olsen p 2 0 1 0
  Bithorn p 0 0 0 0
  Foxx 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Brooklyn 201 003 000–681
Chicago 000 200 001–391
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Wyatt  W(5-1) 7.0 8 2 2 3 1
  Casey  SV(6) 2.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Olsen  L(0-3) 5.0 7 5 5 5 1
  Bithorn   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Erickson   2.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Hanyzewski   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
10
2
  E–Reese (14), Russell (2).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Walker-Dahlgren, Reese-Herman-Dahlgren, Chicago 2. Hack-Stringer-Russell, Russell-Merullo-Stringer.  2B–Brooklyn Medwick (12); Wyatt (1), Chicago Merullo (7); Novikoff (3); Olsen (1).  SH–Owen (5).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan.
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