Boston Braves vs Chicago Cubs
June 2, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1945 at Wrigley Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Joost 3b 4 0 0 0
Mack 1b 4 1 0 0
Workman lf 4 1 1 0
Holmes rf,cf,rf 4 1 1 2
Gillenwater cf 0 0 0 0
  Nieman rf 1 1 0 0
  Ramsey pr,cf 3 0 1 0
Masi c 5 1 3 2
Drews 2b 4 0 3 1
Wietelmann ss 3 0 0 0
Hutchings p 3 0 1 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 1
Lowrey lf 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 0 0 0
Livingston c 5 0 2 0
Nicholson rf 4 2 0 0
Pafko cf 5 1 3 1
Merullo ss 3 0 0 0
  Gillespie ph 1 0 1 1
  Schuster pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
Derringer p 1 0 1 1
  Prim p 1 0 0 0
  Becker ph 1 0 0 0
  Chipman p 0 0 0 0
  Secory ph 1 0 0 0
  Vandenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Boston 013 000 000 15101
Chicago 020 010 010 0490
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchings   7.1 8 4 3 3 3
  Heving  W(1-0) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
4
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Derringer   3.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Prim   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Chipman   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Vandenberg  L(0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
5
4
4

  E–Drews (1).  DP–Boston 1. Joost-Drews-Mack, Chicago 2. Hack-Johnson-Cavarretta, Hack-Cavarretta.  2B–Chicago Derringer (2).  3B–Chicago Pafko (1).  HR–Boston Holmes (5,3rd inning off Derringer 1 on); Masi (1,3rd inning off Derringer 0 on), Chicago Johnson (1,5th inning off Hutchings 0 on).  SH–Workman (1); Heving (1); Johnson (3); Lowrey (3).  HBP–Gillenwater (2); Nicholson (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  U-HP–Butch Henline, 1B–Lou Jorda, 2B–Beans Reardon, 3B–Larry Goetz.  T–2:27.  A–2,718.
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