Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 8, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1943 at Wrigley 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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Cincinnati Reds 10, Chicago Cubs 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Frey 2b 5 1 1 0
Marshall rf 5 1 1 1
Crabtree cf 5 1 3 1
Tipton lf 4 2 2 3
Mesner 3b 5 0 1 0
Haas 1b 4 2 2 2
Miller ss 5 1 1 1
Mueller c 4 1 1 1
Walters p 4 1 2 1
Totals 41 10 14 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 0 0
Martin 2b 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 5 1 2 1
Nicholson rf 3 2 2 1
Novikoff lf 5 1 1 0
Lowrey cf 5 0 0 1
Livingston c 4 2 2 2
Merullo ss 3 1 1 0
Erickson p 2 0 1 2
  Wyse p 0 0 0 0
  Burrows p 0 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 1 0 0 0
  Warneke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Cincinnati 020 070 00110141
Chicago 031 100 101791
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(8-11) 9.0 9 7 6 6 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L(0-1) 4.0 8 6 6 2 1
  Wyse   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  Burrows   3.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Warneke   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
2
2

  E–Crabtree (5), Cavarretta (12).  2B–Cincinnati Crabtree 2 (7); Haas (9); Mueller (10); Walters (3), Chicago Merullo (15).  HR–Cincinnati Tipton 2 (5,2nd inning off Erickson 0 on,9th inning off Warneke 0 on); Haas (3,2nd inning off Erickson 0 on), Chicago Nicholson (16,9th inning off Walters 0 on); Livingston (5,2nd inning off Walters 1 on).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U–Bill Stewart, Tom Dunn.  T–2:11.  A–33,092.
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