Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 9, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1942 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati Reds 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Stringer 2b 7 3 1 0
Hack 3b 5 3 5 1
Novikoff lf 3 1 1 0
  Dallessandro lf 4 0 2 2
Cavarretta 1b 5 2 2 2
Nicholson rf 9 0 3 1
McCullough c 10 0 2 2
Gilbert cf 8 0 1 0
Sturgeon ss 8 0 2 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
  Merullo ss 0 0 0 0
Passeau p 4 0 0 0
  Fleming p 1 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 0 0 0 0
  Errickson p 0 0 0 0
  Olsen p 0 1 0 0
  Bithorn p 3 0 0 0
Totals 68 10 19 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Walker cf 10 1 2 1
Joost ss 9 0 4 4
Marshall rf 8 0 3 0
McCormick F. 1b 6 1 0 0
Tipton lf 8 0 1 0
Haas 3b 9 2 5 0
Frey 2b 7 1 2 0
West c 8 2 3 2
Walters p 2 0 0 0
  Kelleher ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 0 0 0 0
  Vander Meer pr 0 1 0 0
  Shoun p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Beggs p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Starr p 0 0 0 0
  Lakeman ph 0 0 0 0
  Riddle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 71 8 20 7
Chicago 300 000 100 202 000 002–10192
Cincinnati 000 000 004 202 000 000–8200
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau   8.2 9 4 0 2 2
  Fleming   0.1 0 1 1 0 0
  Pressnell   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Errickson   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Olsen   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Bithorn  W(7-8) 6.1 4 0 0 6 0
Totals
18.0
20
8
4
9
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters   7.0 9 4 4 5 4
  Thompson   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Shoun   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Beggs   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Starr   4.0 2 0 0 2 0
  Riddle  L(5-8) 2.0 3 2 2 3 2
Totals
18.0
19
10
10
15
7
  E–Stringer (24), Sturgeon (2).  DP–Chicago 2. Sturgeon-Stringer-Cavarretta, Hack-Stringer-Cavarretta.  PB–West 2 (2).  2B–Chicago Hack (32); Dallessandro (7); Sturgeon 2 (4), Cincinnati Walker (16); Joost (24); West (2).  SH–Hack (8); Cavarretta (8); Gilbert (2); F. McCormick (2); West (1).  HBP–Novikoff (3); F. McCormick (1).  Team LOB–23.  Team–21.  SB–Nicholson (7); West (1).  U–Bill Stewart, Tom Dunn, Ziggy Sears.
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