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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1941-08-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5364 · 1:40

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 7–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 5th. Cliff Melton earned the win. Morrie Arnovich went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Cliff Melton L: Larry French SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Hudson	3	1	0	0	1	1
Lou Stringer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Augie Galan	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Leiber	4	0	0	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Scheffing	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Sturgeon	3	0	2	0	0	0
Larry French	2	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	0	0
Johnny Rucker	5	1	3	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	0	1
Babe Young	5	1	1	1	0
Gabby Hartnett	4	2	2	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	3	1	2	3	1
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	2	0
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	2	0	0
Cliff Melton	3	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	8.0	13	2	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	4	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hudson: W
Lou Stringer: S.1-2
Augie Galan: W.2-3;1-2
Hank Leiber: 8/F.3-H
Babe Dahlgren: 7/F
Bob Scheffing: 64(1)/G/FO

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 5/P
Johnny Rucker: 13/G
Mel Ott: S
Babe Young: 43/G

Top 2

Dom Dallessandro: K
Bobby Sturgeon: S
Larry French: 7/F
Johnny Hudson: SB2
Johnny Hudson: K

Bot 2

Gabby Hartnett: 6/P
Morrie Arnovich: HR
Billy Jurges: 3/P/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 9/F

Top 3

Lou Stringer: 8/F
Augie Galan: K
Hank Leiber: 63/G

Bot 3

Cliff Melton: 43/G
Dick Bartell: S
Johnny Rucker: S.1-3
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Babe Young: 4/P
Gabby Hartnett: 8/F

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: 13/G
Bob Scheffing: 63/F
Dom Dallessandro: 6/P

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: W
Billy Jurges: E5.1-2
Burgess Whitehead: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Cliff Melton: 13/G

Top 5

Bobby Sturgeon: S
Larry French: FC3/B/SH.1-2;B-1
Johnny Hudson: PO2(26)
Johnny Hudson: 6/P
Lou Stringer: 43/G

Bot 5

Dick Bartell: 63/G
Johnny Rucker: S
Mel Ott: HP.1-2
Babe Young: 9/F.2-3
Gabby Hartnett: S.3-H;1-3
Morrie Arnovich: T.3-H;1-H
Billy Jurges: 7/F

Top 6

Augie Galan: 5/L
Hank Leiber: 63/G
Babe Dahlgren: S
Bob Scheffing: 46(1)/G/FO

Bot 6

Burgess Whitehead: S
Cliff Melton: 13/SH.1-2
Dick Bartell: 53/G
Johnny Rucker: 7/F

Top 7

Dom Dallessandro: 63/G
Bobby Sturgeon: 3/P/FL
Larry French: 7/L

Bot 7

Mel Ott: 3/L
Babe Young: HR
Gabby Hartnett: S
Morrie Arnovich: 53/G.1-2
Billy Jurges: HR.2-H
Burgess Whitehead: S
Cliff Melton: 6(1)/FO

Top 8

Johnny Hudson: 43
Lou Stringer: 13
Augie Galan: 9

Bot 8

Dick Bartell: 13
Johnny Rucker: S
Mel Ott: 8
Babe Young: 6

Top 9

Hank Leiber: 53
Babe Dahlgren: W
Bob Scheffing: 54(1)3/GDP