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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1940-09-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 1588 · 2:06

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 6–4. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 9th. Larry French earned the win. Stan Hack went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Larry French L: Hal Schumacher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	3	4	2	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	4	1	2	2	1	1
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0	1	1	1
Hank Leiber	4	0	2	1	1	0
Jim Gleeson	3	0	0	0	2	0
Rip Russell	5	0	1	0	0	1
Clyde McCullough	4	1	0	0	1	1
Bobby Mattick	4	1	0	0	0	0
Larry French	3	0	0	0	0	2

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buster Maynard	4	1	1	1	0	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	1	0	0	1
Frank Demaree	4	2	2	1	0	2
Babe Young	4	0	0	1	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	1	0	1
Mel Ott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Glen Stewart	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Schumacher	2	0	1	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	8	1	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	9.0	9	6	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: S8
Rabbit Warstler: SB2
Rabbit Warstler: 3/G.2-3
Bill Nicholson: 7/F.3-H
Hank Leiber: 53

Bot 1

Buster Maynard: HR/7
Burgess Whitehead: S7
Frank Demaree: D9.1-3
Babe Young: 8/F.3-H;2-3
Harry Danning: 8.3-H
Mel Ott: D9
Glen Stewart: FC.2X3(5)

Top 2

Jim Gleeson: 63
Rip Russell: 63
Clyde McCullough: 63

Bot 2

Mickey Witek: S7
Hal Schumacher: W.1-2
Buster Maynard: K
Burgess Whitehead: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Bobby Mattick: 9/F
Larry French: K
Stan Hack: HR/9
Rabbit Warstler: K

Bot 3

Frank Demaree: K/C
Babe Young: 8/F
Harry Danning: 9/F

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: 13
Hank Leiber: 7/F
Jim Gleeson: W
Rip Russell: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 8/F
Glen Stewart: 63
Mickey Witek: 63

Top 5

Clyde McCullough: W
Bobby Mattick: 7/F
Larry French: K
Stan Hack: S9.1-3
Rabbit Warstler: S9.3-H;1-2
Bill Nicholson: K

Bot 5

Hal Schumacher: 53
Buster Maynard: 13
Burgess Whitehead: K

Top 6

Hank Leiber: S7
Jim Gleeson: WP.1-2
Jim Gleeson: 43.2-3
Rip Russell: K
Clyde McCullough: 63

Bot 6

Frank Demaree: HR/9
Babe Young: 3/G
Harry Danning: 6/P
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Top 7

Bobby Mattick: E8
Larry French: 34/SH.1-2
Stan Hack: 3/P
Rabbit Warstler: S8.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Bill Nicholson: W
Hank Leiber: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Gleeson: 7/F

Bot 7

Glen Stewart: 53
Mickey Witek: 9/F
Hal Schumacher: S1
Buster Maynard: 53

Top 8

Rip Russell: S7
Clyde McCullough: K/C
Bobby Mattick: 9/F
Larry French: 8/F

Bot 8

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Frank Demaree: K/C
Babe Young: 8/F

Top 9

Stan Hack: HR/9
Rabbit Warstler: W
Bill Nicholson: 3/G.1-2
Hank Leiber: D7.2-H
Jim Gleeson: IW
Rip Russell: PB.2-3;1-2
Rip Russell: 13
Clyde McCullough: 7/F

Bot 9

Harry Danning: K
Mel Ott: 8/F
Glen Stewart: S9
Mickey Witek: 53