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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1938-09-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:08

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 4–0. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 9th. Bill Lee earned the win. Ripper Collins went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	7
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13

W: Bill Lee L: Johnnie Wittig SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	2	0	0	2	0
Billy Herman	5	0	2	2	0	0
Frank Demaree	5	0	0	0	0	0
Augie Galan	3	0	2	0	1	0
Carl Reynolds	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gabby Hartnett	3	0	0	1	1	0
Ripper Collins	4	1	1	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	1	2	0	1	0
Bill Lee	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Mickey Haslin	5	4	0	0
George Myatt	4	2	0	1
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	0	1
Mel Ott	3	0	1	0
Harry Danning	4	1	0	1
Bob Seeds	4	3	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	1	0	0
Alex Kampouris	4	1	0	2
Johnnie Wittig	1	0	0	1
Sam Leslie	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	1	0	0	0
Les Powers	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	13	1	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	4.0	1	3	1
Jumbo Brown	3.0	3	1	1
Dick Coffman	2.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 3/P
Billy Herman: 63
Frank Demaree: 63

Bot 1

Mickey Haslin: S8
George Myatt: S7.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Mel Ott: 8/F

Top 2

Augie Galan: 2/FL
Carl Reynolds: 9/L
Gabby Hartnett: 8/F

Bot 2

Harry Danning: 63
Bob Seeds: S5/G
Johnny McCarthy: 8/F
Alex Kampouris: S7.1-2
Johnnie Wittig: K

Top 3

Ripper Collins: 9/F
Billy Jurges: 3/FL
Bill Lee: 8/F

Bot 3

Mickey Haslin: S/78
George Myatt: 4(1)3/GDP
Jo-Jo Moore: D8/8S
Mel Ott: 43

Top 4

Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: SB2
Billy Herman: D9/L.2-3
Frank Demaree: 53
Augie Galan: IW
Carl Reynolds: K
Gabby Hartnett: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ripper Collins: 8/F

Bot 4

Harry Danning: S9
Bob Seeds: S5/G.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Alex Kampouris: K
Sam Leslie: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Billy Jurges: S4/G
Bill Lee: 2/BP/FL
Stan Hack: SB2
Stan Hack: 63
Billy Herman: 53

Bot 5

Mickey Haslin: S7
George Myatt: 14/SH.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 43.2-3
Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: 6/P

Top 6

Frank Demaree: 43
Augie Galan: S8
Carl Reynolds: 2/FL
Gabby Hartnett: 63

Bot 6

Bob Seeds: 43
Johnny McCarthy: 43
Alex Kampouris: K/C

Top 7

Ripper Collins: HR/9
Billy Jurges: W
Bill Lee: K/C
Stan Hack: 36(1)/FO
Billy Herman: 7/7D/L

Bot 7

Jimmy Ripple: 43
Mickey Haslin: S7
George Myatt: S8.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: K
Mel Ott: 8/F

Top 8

Frank Demaree: E5/TH
Augie Galan: S2/BG.1-2
Carl Reynolds: 35(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Gabby Hartnett: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Harry Danning: K
Bob Seeds: S8
Johnny McCarthy: 3/FL
Alex Kampouris: 53

Top 9

Ripper Collins: 2/P
Billy Jurges: S9
Bill Lee: 14/SH.1-2
Stan Hack: IW
Billy Herman: D/78D.2-H;1-H
Frank Demaree: 53

Bot 9

Les Powers: 9/L
Mickey Haslin: 6/P
George Myatt: K/C

Notes & reviews

rain started
it was raining so hard that management let the bleacher crowd into grandstand

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