Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 18, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1945 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 0 0
Lowrey lf 4 1 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 0 0
Pafko cf 4 0 2 2
Nicholson rf 3 0 0 0
Gillespie c 3 0 2 0
  Schuster pr 0 0 0 0
Hughes ss 3 0 0 0
  Becker ph 1 0 0 0
Passeau p 3 0 0 0
  Secory ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bergamo rf 3 1 0 0
Schoendienst ss 4 1 1 0
Hopp lf 2 1 2 0
Kurowski 3b 4 0 3 3
Sanders 1b 4 0 2 0
Adams cf 4 0 1 0
Verban 2b 4 0 1 0
Rice c 4 0 0 0
Barrett p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Chicago 200 000 000271
St. Louis 100 020 00x3103
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau  L(17-8) 8.0 10 3 3 3 5
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Barrett  W(22-12) 9.0 7 2 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
0
2
6

  E–Hughes (11), Schoendienst (8), Sanders (19), Adams (9).  DP–Chicago 1. Hughes-Johnson-Cavarretta.  2B–Chicago Hack (28); Pafko (22); Gillespie 2 (6), St. Louis Hopp 2 (20); Adams (28).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  SB–Sanders (3).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Butch Henline.  T–1:54.  A–22,174.
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