Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 16, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1946 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Corbitt ss 5 0 0 1
Zientara 2b 5 1 2 0
Haas 1b 5 0 2 0
Hatton 3b 3 0 1 0
Mueller c 5 0 1 1
Lukon lf 5 1 2 0
  Usher lf 0 0 0 0
Libke rf 2 1 2 0
  Frey rf 1 0 0 0
Clay cf 4 0 1 0
Hetki p 3 0 2 1
  Gumbert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 13 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ostrowski 3b 5 0 2 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Rickert lf 4 0 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 0 0 0
Lowrey cf 3 1 0 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 0 0
Scheffing c 4 0 1 1
  Stringer pr 0 1 0 0
Merullo ss 3 0 0 0
  Waitkus ph 1 0 1 0
Bithorn p 2 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 1 0 1 0
  Bauers p 0 0 0 0
  Livingston ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 34 2 7 2
Cincinnati 020 000 100–3130
Chicago 000 000 002–273
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hetki  W(4-3) 8.2 6 2 2 3 1
  Gumbert  SV(3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bithorn  L(5-5) 8.0 11 3 2 4 3
  Bauers   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
3
2
4
4
  E–Ostrowski (2), Johnson (8), Merullo (11).  DP–Chicago 2. Bithorn-Merullo-Cavarretta, Johnson-Merullo-Cavarretta.  2B–Cincinnati Haas (20); Mueller (11), Chicago Rickert (10).  3B–Cincinnati Haas (3).  SH–Hetki (4).  Team LOB–13.  Team–8.  U–Jocko Conlan, Dusty Boggess, George Barr.
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