Chicago Cubs vs New York Giants
May 21, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1948 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 8, New York Giants 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Schenz 2b 6 2 4 1
Waitkus 1b 4 1 2 3
Jeffcoat cf 5 0 3 0
Pafko 3b 3 1 0 0
Nicholson rf 3 1 0 0
Scheffing c 5 0 0 0
Maddern lf 5 2 3 4
Smalley ss 5 0 0 0
Borowy p 3 1 1 0
  Schmitz p 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 8
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 4 0 1 0
Lockman lf 5 0 2 1
Thomson cf 4 0 0 0
Mize 1b 4 0 1 1
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
Westrum c 4 0 1 0
Kerr ss 4 0 1 0
Lohrke 3b 4 1 1 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Hartung p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy ph 1 1 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon ph 1 0 0 0
  Newsom p 0 0 0 0
  Layton ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 37 3 10 3
Chicago 001 160 0008131
New York 000 020 0013102
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Borowy   4.1 8 2 2 1 3
  Schmitz  W(3-4) 4.2 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
6
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L(3-2) 4.0 6 4 4 5 2
  Hartung   0.2 4 4 4 0 0
  Hansen   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lee   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Newsom   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
4

  E–Smalley (7), Lockman (2), Newsom (1).  2B–Chicago Schenz (8); Jeffcoat (5); Borowy (1), New York Westrum (1).  3B–Chicago Waitkus (6).  HR–Chicago Waitkus (1,5th inning off Hartung 1 on); Maddern 2 (2,4th inning off Jones 0 on,5th inning off Hartung 2 on), New York Layton (1,9th inning off Schmitz 0 on).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  U–Scotty Robb, Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore.  T–2:18.  A–7,511.
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