St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 15, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1944 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bergamo rf 5 0 0 0
Garms 3b 3 1 1 0
Hopp cf 3 1 1 0
Sanders 1b 4 1 1 0
O'Dea c 4 0 0 0
Litwhiler lf 3 0 1 2
Marion ss 3 0 1 0
Verban 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 1
  Fallon 2b 0 0 0 0
Wilks p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 0 0
Hughes ss 4 1 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 2 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 1 1
Dallessandro lf 4 1 1 0
Pafko cf 3 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 1
Williams c 3 0 1 0
Vandenberg p 2 0 0 0
  Secory ph 1 0 0 0
  Fleming p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
St. Louis 000 003 000350
Chicago 000 010 001283
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wilks  W(16-3) 9.0 8 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Vandenberg  L(6-4) 8.0 4 3 0 3 7
  Fleming   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
0
3
7

  E–Hack (18), Williams (7), Vandenberg (1).  DP–St. Louis 3. Wilks-Verban-Sanders, Marion-Fallon-Sanders, Wilks-Marion-Sanders.  2B–St. Louis Litwhiler (22), Chicago Williams (6).  SH–Hopp (3); Fallon (4).  Team LOB–7.  Team–3.  U–Jocko Conlan, George Barr, Ziggy Sears.
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