Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
June 21, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1946 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 5, New York Giants 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0
  Stringer 2b 3 1 1 0
Lowrey cf 3 2 1 0
Cavarretta rf 4 2 2 3
Secory lf 2 0 1 2
  Rickert lf 1 0 0 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 0 0
McCullough c 4 0 0 0
Sturgeon ss 3 0 1 0
Schmitz p 1 0 0 0
  Erickson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blattner 2b 5 1 3 0
Rosen rf 4 1 0 0
Rucker cf 3 0 0 0
Mize 1b 4 2 2 3
Cooper c 4 0 1 0
Lawing lf 3 0 0 0
  Marshall lf 1 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 0 2 1
Kerr ss 3 0 1 0
Kennedy p 2 0 0 0
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
  Budnick p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 0 0 0 0
  Rigney pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 000 203 000–562
New York 003 000 010–490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz   2.1 5 3 3 2 2
  Erickson  W(2-0) 6.2 4 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(3-4) 5.1 5 5 5 2 2
  Trinkle   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Budnick   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
2
3
  E–Stringer (4), Lowrey (8).  DP–Chicago 1. Sturgeon-Waitkus, New York 1. Blattner-Kerr-Mize.  2B–Chicago Cavarretta (11), New York Mize (11); Gordon (5).  HR–Chicago Cavarretta (3,4th inning off Kennedy 1 on), New York Mize (12,3rd inning off Schmitz 2 on).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Rucker (4).  Team–7.  SB–Blattner (6).  U–Tom Dunn, George Magerkurth, Butch Henline.  T–2:33.  A–6,929.
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