Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 8, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1943 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 2 2 0
Stanky 2b 4 2 2 2
Nicholson rf 5 0 1 1
Dallessandro lf 5 0 1 1
Becker 1b 4 0 1 1
Lowrey cf 4 0 1 0
Merullo ss 5 0 2 0
Hernandez c 2 0 0 0
Warneke p 3 1 2 0
  Bithorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Frey 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 0 2 0
Marshall rf 4 1 0 0
McCormick 1b 4 1 1 0
Walker cf 4 2 2 1
Haas 3b 4 1 2 1
Tipton lf 4 1 1 3
Mueller c 4 0 2 0
Shoun p 3 0 0 0
  Heusser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Chicago 000 020 0035122
Cincinnati 010 000 0056100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Warneke   8.2 8 5 4 0 2
  Bithorn  L(3-2) 0.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
10
6
4
0
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Shoun   8.0 9 4 4 5 0
  Heusser  W(1-0) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
5
0

  E–Becker (3), Merullo (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Stanky-Merullo-Becker.  2B–Chicago Hack 2 (4); Stanky (2); Dallessandro (4); Warneke (1), Cincinnati Walker (4); Tipton (6).  SH–Hack (3); Lowrey (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–3.  U–Beans Reardon, Lee Ballanfant, Larry Goetz.  T–2:06.  A–1,494.
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