Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 5, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1943 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart ss 5 0 1 0
Russell rf,lf 7 1 2 2
Van Robays lf 2 1 1 0
  Barrett rf 4 0 1 0
Elliott 3b 5 0 4 2
Fletcher 1b 6 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 5 1 3 0
Rubeling 2b 4 0 0 0
Lopez c 6 1 3 1
Klinger p 4 0 1 0
  Rescigno p 0 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 1 0
  Brandt p 0 0 0 0
  Wyrostek ph 1 1 1 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 18 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 1 0 0 0
Hack 3b 4 0 1 1
Cavarretta 1b 5 0 1 0
Nicholson rf 5 1 1 1
Goodman lf 3 1 0 0
Lowrey cf 5 0 0 0
Livingston c 5 1 1 2
Merullo ss 5 0 1 0
Passeau p 1 0 0 0
  Burrows p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 1 1 0
  Erickson p 2 0 1 0
  Novikoff ph 1 0 1 0
  McCullough pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 8 4
Pittsburgh 111 001 000 0015181
Chicago 000 001 300 000481
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger   6.1 6 4 3 2 3
  Rescigno   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Brandt  W(3-1) 2.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Sewell  SV(3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
4
3
6
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau   4.1 11 3 0 0 1
  Burrows   1.2 2 1 0 3 1
  Erickson  L(0-3) 6.0 5 1 0 2 6
Totals
12.0
18
5
0
5
8

  E–Rescigno (3), Stanky (24).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. Coscarart, Fletcher-Coscarart-Fletcher, Rubeling-Fletcher, Chicago 1. Merullo-Stanky-Cavarretta.  PB–Livingston (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Elliott (27); DiMaggio 2 (34), Chicago Merullo (18); Martin (4).  HR–Chicago Nicholson (22,7th inning off Klinger 0 on); Livingston (7,7th inning off Klinger 1 on).  SH–Coscarart (7); Rubeling (4).  Team LOB–16.  Team–7.  U–Jocko Conlan, George Barr, Lou Jorda.
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