Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
June 16, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 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 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 2 1 0
Criscola rf 4 2 1 0
Walker cf 5 0 1 2
McCormick 1b 5 1 3 4
Tipton lf 4 2 1 1
Mesner 3b 4 1 2 0
Miller ss 5 1 1 2
Mueller c 4 1 3 1
Shoun p 1 0 0 0
  Crabtree ph 1 0 0 0
  Heusser p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 13 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hughes 3b 5 0 3 0
Cavarretta 1b 5 1 1 0
Novikoff lf 5 1 1 1
Nicholson rf 3 1 1 2
Pafko cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 1
York ss 3 0 0 0
Holm c 2 0 0 0
  Easterwood c 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Vandenberg p 3 0 1 1
  Fleming p 0 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 1 0 0 0
  Alderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Cincinnati 200 000 50310133
Chicago 000 131 0005100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Shoun  W(6-2) 6.0 10 5 5 1 0
  Heusser  SV(2) 3.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Vandenberg  L(2-3) 6.2 6 5 5 3 2
  Fleming   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Alderson   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
5
2

  E–Walker (1), Tipton (2), Miller (6).  2B–Cincinnati McCormick (11); Mesner (4); Miller (9), Chicago Pafko (5).  3B–Cincinnati Williams (2).  HR–Cincinnati McCormick (4,7th inning off Vandenberg 2 on); Tipton (2,7th inning off Vandenberg 0 on), Chicago Nicholson (8,5th inning off Shoun 1 on).  SH–Shoun (3); York (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Williams (5).  U–Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda, Beans Reardon.  T–2:11.  A–5,227.
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