Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
May 3, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1944 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 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Clay cf 5 3 3 0
Williams 2b 5 1 4 1
Criscola rf 5 0 1 3
McCormick 1b 5 0 1 1
Tipton lf 5 2 2 0
Fausett 3b 5 1 1 0
Miller ss 5 1 3 2
Mueller c 4 1 1 0
de la Cruz p 3 1 1 2
Totals 42 10 17 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Schuster ss 4 0 0 0
Hughes 3b 3 1 1 0
  Dallessandro ph 1 0 0 0
  York 3b 0 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 1 1 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 1 1
Sauer lf 4 1 2 1
Pafko cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 1 2
Holm c 3 0 0 0
  Foxx ph 1 0 0 0
Derringer p 1 0 0 0
  Passeau p 2 0 1 0
  Vandenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Cincinnati 012 320 020–10170
Chicago 210 100 000–483
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
de la Cruz  W(2-0) 9.0 8 4 4 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer  L(0-3) 3.1 7 6 4 1 1
  Passeau   4.1 9 4 4 2 2
  Vandenberg   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
8
3
4
  E–Schuster (4), Hughes (1), Johnson (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Cavarretta-Schuster-Cavarretta.  2B–Cincinnati de la Cruz (1), Chicago Sauer 2 (4).  HR–Cincinnati Miller (1,4th inning off Derringer 1 on), Chicago Johnson (1,2nd inning off de la Cruz 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–4.  U–Ziggy Sears, Jocko Conlan.  T–1:56.  A–2,721.
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