Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 15, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1945 at Ebbets Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 20, Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 6 2 3 2
Johnson 2b 4 2 2 1
  Hughes 2b,1b 1 0 0 0
Lowrey lf 5 4 3 2
Becker 1b 3 3 1 2
  Schuster 2b 1 1 1 1
Pafko cf 5 2 2 3
Nicholson rf 4 2 2 3
Gillespie c 3 3 3 6
  Livingston c 2 0 1 0
Merullo ss 6 1 1 0
Borowy p 3 0 0 0
Totals 43 20 19 20
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 0
  Basinski 2b 1 1 1 1
Rosen cf 4 1 0 0
Galan 3b 2 2 1 0
  Bordagaray 3b,rf 2 0 0 1
Walker rf 4 1 2 1
  Sandlock 3b 1 0 0 0
Stevens 1b 3 0 0 0
Olmo lf 4 0 1 2
Peacock c 4 0 1 1
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Herring p 1 0 0 0
  Buker p 0 0 0 0
  King p 2 0 1 0
  Herman ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Chicago 502 802 00320190
Brooklyn 202 000 002694
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Borowy  W(3-1) 9.0 9 6 6 5 3
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Herring  L(6-3) 2.1 3 7 7 6 1
  Buker   0.2 3 4 4 2 1
  King   6.0 13 9 9 1 0
Totals
9.0
19
20
20
9
2

  E–Stanky (25), Basinski (34), Olmo (18), Peacock (3).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Stevens-Brown-Herring, Brown-Basinski-Stevens.  2B–Chicago Hack (22); Schuster (1); Nicholson (21), Brooklyn Galan (26); Walker (34).  3B–Brooklyn Basinski (4).  HR–Chicago Becker (2,3rd inning off Herring 1 on); Pafko (8,4th inning off King 2 on); Gillespie 2 (2,1st inning off Herring 3 on,4th inning off King 1 on).  SH–Borowy (2).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Olmo (13).  U–Tom Dunn, Ziggy Sears, George Barr.  T–2:40.  A–18,891.
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