Boston Braves vs Chicago Cubs
June 20, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1947 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 6
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 1 1 0
Hopp cf 3 1 1 0
Rowell lf 3 0 1 2
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 3 1 0 0
Masi c 3 1 1 0
Sisti ss 4 1 1 1
Ryan 2b 4 0 1 2
Spahn p 3 0 0 0
  Barrett p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 2b 5 0 1 0
Lowrey 3b 5 1 1 1
Pafko cf 3 1 1 1
  Rickert cf 1 1 0 0
Cavarretta rf 4 0 2 2
Livingston c 4 0 1 1
Dallessandro lf 4 1 1 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 1 0
Merullo ss 4 0 1 1
Erickson p 1 0 0 0
  McCullough ph 0 1 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Scheffing ph 1 0 0 0
  Kush p 1 1 1 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Boston 002 003 000–562
Chicago 100 001 121–6100
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   7.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Barrett  L(6-4) 1.2 3 2 1 0 1
Totals
8.2
10
6
5
1
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   6.0 6 5 5 3 0
  Meyer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kush  W(2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
3
2
  E–Sisti (10), Barrett (1).  DP–Boston 1. Ryan-Sisti-Torgeson.  2B–Boston Rowell (8); Ryan (12), Chicago Waitkus (14); Kush (1).  3B–Chicago Pafko (2).  HBP–Rowell (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Torgeson (7).  U–Butch Henline, Lee Ballanfant, Bill Stewart.
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