Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 8, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1944 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merullo ss 4 1 1 0
Hughes 3b 5 1 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 5 2 3 0
Nicholson rf 4 2 2 1
Pafko cf 5 0 2 1
Dallessandro lf 5 1 2 1
Johnson 2b 5 1 1 1
Holm c 3 1 1 0
Wyse p 2 1 1 2
  Vandenberg p 3 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 13 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Barrett rf 5 1 2 2
Gustine 2b,ss 5 1 2 0
Russell lf 4 1 2 1
Elliott 3b 4 1 2 1
Dahlgren 1b 5 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 5 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 1 0
  Coscarart 2b 1 0 0 0
Zak ss 2 1 1 0
  Colman ph 1 0 0 1
  Camelli c 0 0 0 0
  Sewell pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopez c 0 0 0 0
Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Cuccurullo p 2 1 2 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 0 0
  Butcher p 0 0 0 0
  Rubeling ph 1 0 0 0
  Strincevich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 5
Chicago 080 000 002–10132
Pittsburgh 002 220 000–6124
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wyse   4.0 9 6 5 0 0
  Vandenberg  W(2-2) 5.0 3 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
2
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Roe  L(4-4) 1.1 4 5 3 2 0
  Cuccurullo   3.2 4 3 0 1 0
  Butcher   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Strincevich   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
5
3
2
  E–Hughes (5), Dallessandro (2), Elliott 2 (10), Cuccurullo 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Zak-Gustine-Dahlgren, Barrett-Zak.  2B–Pittsburgh Cuccurullo (2).  3B–Chicago Dallessandro (2).  SH–Nicholson (4).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Russell (2).  Team–9.  SB–Hughes (1).  U–Tom Dunn, Bill Stewart, George Magerkurth.  T–2:24.  A–2,616.
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