Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 9, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1947 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 0 0
Waitkus 1b 5 1 2 0
Pafko cf 5 1 3 0
Cavarretta lf 4 0 0 0
Scheffing c 4 1 1 1
Nicholson rf 4 2 2 2
Johnson 2b 2 0 0 0
Merullo ss 4 0 2 2
Schmitz p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 4 0 0 0
Adams 2b 4 0 0 0
Hatton 3b 4 0 1 0
Haas 1b 3 1 1 1
Mueller c 4 0 2 0
Vollmer cf 4 0 0 0
Miller ss 2 0 1 0
Usher lf 3 0 0 0
Vander Meer p 2 0 0 0
  Zientara ph 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Chicago 000 004 010–5100
Cincinnati 000 100 000–151
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  W(3-1) 9.0 5 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer  L(0-1) 7.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Shoun   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
3
  E–Baumholtz (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Merullo-Johnson-Waitkus.  2B–Chicago Pafko (3), Cincinnati Miller (2).  HR–Chicago Nicholson (4,8th inning off Shoun 0 on), Cincinnati Haas (2,4th inning off Schmitz 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  SB–Waitkus (1).  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan.  T–1:43.  A–2,113.
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