St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 17, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1945 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Chicago Cubs 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bergamo rf 4 0 1 0
Hopp cf 4 0 1 0
Schoendienst lf 4 1 1 0
Cooper c 4 1 2 1
Sanders 1b 4 0 1 0
Kurowski 3b 3 0 0 0
Marion ss 4 0 1 1
Verban 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilks p 2 0 0 0
  O'Dea ph 1 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merullo ss 4 0 0 0
Hack 3b 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 1 0 0
Nicholson rf 2 2 1 1
Sauer lf 2 0 0 0
Pafko cf 3 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 1
Livingston c 3 0 0 0
Derringer p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 4 3
St. Louis 000 100 010–271
Chicago 010 100 001–340
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wilks   6.0 3 2 1 2 2
  Byerly  L(0-1) 2.1 1 1 1 3 1
Totals
8.1
4
3
2
5
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer  W(1-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
4
  E–Schoendienst (1).  2B–St. Louis Sanders (1).  3B–St. Louis Schoendienst (1).  HR–Chicago Nicholson (1,2nd inning off Wilks 0 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Sauer (1).  Team–6.  SB–Hopp (1).  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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