Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
September 18, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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 4, New York Giants 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lowrey cf 4 0 0 0
Sturgeon 2b 4 1 2 1
Waitkus 1b 2 1 1 1
Nicholson rf 3 1 1 0
Rickert lf 4 0 1 1
Scheffing c 4 0 1 1
Schenz 3b 4 0 0 0
Merullo ss 3 0 0 0
Lade p 2 0 0 0
  Prim p 0 0 0 0
  Garriott ph 0 1 0 0
  Chipman p 1 0 0 0
  Schmitz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 4 0 1 0
Kerr ss 4 1 1 1
Marshall rf 4 0 2 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 1
Gordon lf 5 0 0 0
Thomson 3b 4 1 2 1
Grasso c 4 0 0 0
Lajeskie 2b 3 1 0 0
Grissom p 3 0 1 0
  Schumacher p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 0 0 0 0
  Blattner pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Chicago 000 100 030–464
New York 000 001 011–380
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lade   6.2 7 1 1 1 1
  Prim  W(2-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Chipman   1.0 1 2 1 3 0
  Schmitz  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
5
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Grissom  L(0-2) 7.2 6 4 4 4 6
  Schumacher   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
6
  E–Sturgeon (20), Waitkus 2 (4), Nicholson (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Schenz-Sturgeon-Waitkus.  2B–Chicago Sturgeon (10); Waitkus (21); Rickert (17), New York Thomson (2).  HR–New York Thomson (1,8th inning off Chipman 0 on).  SH–Lowrey (16).  HBP–Garriott (1); Rucker (2).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  U–Dusty Boggess, George Barr, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:11.  A–2,116.
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