Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
August 19, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1945 at Polo Grounds V. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Giants 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Lowrey lf 4 0 1 1
Becker 1b 4 0 0 1
  Hughes 1b 0 0 0 0
Pafko cf 4 0 1 0
Nicholson rf 3 1 1 0
Gillespie c 4 0 1 0
Merullo ss 4 1 3 1
Prim p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 4 0 1 0
Hausmann 2b 4 1 1 0
Ott rf 4 0 2 1
Gardella lf 4 0 1 0
Lombardi c 4 0 1 0
Schemer 1b 4 0 1 0
Kerr ss 3 0 1 0
Reyes 3b 4 0 1 0
Feldman p 3 0 0 0
  Mallory ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Chicago 000 000 102390
New York 001 000 000191
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prim  W(9-5) 9.0 9 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Feldman  L(10-12) 9.0 9 3 3 6 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
6
3

  E–D. Gardella (8).  DP–Chicago 1. Johnson-Merullo-Becker.  2B–Chicago Nicholson (23), New York Hausmann (14).  SH–Lowrey (10); Prim 2 (2).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  U–George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart, Lee Ballanfant.
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