Chicago Cubs vs Boston Braves
July 4, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1945 at Braves Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 7, Boston Braves 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 5 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 2 2 0
Nicholson rf 4 2 2 3
Cavarretta 1b 3 1 1 0
Pafko cf 4 1 1 3
Lowrey lf 5 1 3 0
Livingston c 4 0 0 0
  Becker ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams c 0 0 0 0
Merullo ss 4 0 1 0
Vandenberg p 4 0 0 0
  Derringer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 10 6
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Culler ss 5 0 0 0
Masi 1b 5 0 1 1
Holmes rf 5 1 2 0
Nieman lf 5 1 2 0
Workman 3b 5 1 2 3
Gillenwater cf 3 1 1 0
Hofferth c 4 1 2 0
Drews 2b 2 0 0 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Wietelmann 2b 1 0 1 1
Hutchings p 2 1 2 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
  Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Ramsey ph 1 0 1 1
  Logan p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Chicago 210 030 001–7100
Boston 211 000 020–6141
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Vandenberg  W(3-2) 8.0 13 6 6 1 4
  Derringer  SV(3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
5
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchings   6.0 6 6 5 3 2
  Hendrickson   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Logan  L(4-4) 0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Cooper   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
5
5
2
  E–Nieman (9).  DP–Chicago 1. Cavarretta-Merullo-Cavarretta.  2B–Chicago Lowrey (8), Boston Masi (16); Nieman (11); Hutchings (2).  HR–Chicago Nicholson 2 (8,1st inning off Hutchings 1 on,9th inning off Logan 0 on); Pafko (7,5th inning off Hutchings 2 on), Boston Workman (12,3rd inning off Vandenberg 0 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Merullo (2).  U–George Barr, Tom Dunn, Ziggy Sears.  T–2:23.  A–21,159.
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