Brooklyn Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
May 18, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1947 at Wrigley Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 1 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Reiser cf 5 1 1 2
Furillo lf 4 0 1 0
Walker rf 5 0 1 1
Lavagetto 3b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 1
Reese ss 3 1 0 0
Hatten p 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 1 1 0
  Casey p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 2 0 1 0
Waitkus 1b 5 0 1 0
Pafko cf 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta lf 4 0 1 0
Scheffing c 3 1 1 0
  Rickert ph 1 0 0 0
  McCullough c 0 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 3 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0
Merullo ss 4 0 1 1
Schmitz p 3 0 0 1
  Wyse p 0 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 1 0 0 0
  Chipman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Brooklyn 000 000 400–463
Chicago 000 200 000–281
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hatten  W(4-1) 6.0 6 2 1 4 2
  Casey  SV(6) 3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
5
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  L(3-3) 6.2 6 4 4 8 9
  Wyse   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Chipman   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
8
11
  E–Robinson (3), Furillo (1), Reese (5), Merullo (9).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Stanky-Reese-Robinson.  PB–Scheffing (3).  2B–Brooklyn Reiser (7); Walker (8).  Team LOB–10.  Team–10.  SB–Furillo (1).  U–Babe Pinelli, Al Barlick, Artie Gore.  T–2:57.  A–46,572.
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