Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 8, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1947 at Shibe Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 1 2 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 3 1
Pafko cf 5 0 1 0
Cavarretta lf 3 0 0 0
Scheffing c 4 0 1 1
Nicholson rf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Merullo ss 4 0 0 0
Wyse p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
LaPointe ss 3 0 0 0
  Gilbert ph 1 0 0 0
  Donnelly p 0 0 0 0
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
Wyrostek rf 2 1 1 0
Ennis lf 4 0 1 0
Etten 1b 4 0 2 0
Padgett c 3 0 2 0
  Hughes pr 0 0 0 0
  Seminick c 1 0 0 0
Handley 3b 3 0 1 0
  Adams ph 1 0 1 1
Verban 2b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt p 2 0 0 0
  Finney ph 1 0 0 0
  Newsome ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1
Chicago 000 001 100–280
Philadelphia 000 000 001–191
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wyse  W(2-2) 9.0 9 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L(0-1) 8.0 6 2 2 5 2
  Donnelly   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
4
  E–Etten (1).  DP–Chicago 2. Waitkus-Merullo-Wyse, Wyse-Merullo-Waitkus.  2B–Chicago Waitkus (1).  SH–Waitkus (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  U–Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon.
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