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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1942-06-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7420 · 1:48

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 8–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Hal Schumacher earned the win. Babe Barna went 2-for-2 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	5
NY1	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0		8	10

W: Hal Schumacher L: Claude Passeau SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lennie Merullo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rip Russell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	3	0	1	0	1	0
Lou Novikoff	3	0	2	0	1	0
Clyde McCullough	2	0	0	0	0	1
Claude Passeau	2	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	1	1	0	1	1
Willard Marshall	5	2	2	1	0	0
Mel Ott	4	2	2	3	0	0
Johnny Mize	3	1	0	0	1	1
Babe Barna	2	1	2	3	2	0
Harry Danning	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Schumacher	3	1	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	7.0	9	4	1
Ed Hanyzewski	1.0	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	9.0	5	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: HR/9
Lennie Merullo: 6
Phil Cavarretta: 2/FL
Rip Russell: 63

Bot 1

Billy Werber: W
Willard Marshall: S8.1-3
Mel Ott: E3.1-2;3-H(RBI)
Johnny Mize: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Babe Barna: HR.3-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Harry Danning: 43

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: 63
Jimmie Foxx: S5
Lou Novikoff: W.1-2
Clyde McCullough: K
Claude Passeau: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Billy Jurges: 43
Mickey Witek: 23
Hal Schumacher: 3

Top 3

Stan Hack: 7
Lennie Merullo: 63
Phil Cavarretta: 8

Bot 3

Billy Werber: S8
Willard Marshall: 4
Mel Ott: 9
Johnny Mize: 9

Top 4

Rip Russell: 5/FL
Bill Nicholson: 43
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Bot 4

Babe Barna: W
Harry Danning: WP.1-2
Harry Danning: 63
Billy Jurges: 13
Mickey Witek: 63

Top 5

Lou Novikoff: S8
Clyde McCullough: E1/SH.1-2
Claude Passeau: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Stan Hack: 4(B)6(3)/LDP

Bot 5

Hal Schumacher: S7
Billy Werber: 14/SH.1-2
Willard Marshall: S9.2-H
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Johnny Mize: K
Babe Barna: W
Harry Danning: 53

Top 6

Lennie Merullo: 31
Phil Cavarretta: K/C
Rip Russell: 7

Bot 6

Billy Jurges: 143
Mickey Witek: 43
Hal Schumacher: 63

Top 7

Bill Nicholson: 7
Jimmie Foxx: 13
Lou Novikoff: S9
Clyde McCullough: 2/FL

Bot 7

Billy Werber: 2/FL
Willard Marshall: 43
Mel Ott: D7
Johnny Mize: W
Babe Barna: S9.1-2;2-H
Harry Danning: S9.1-2;2-H
Billy Jurges: 3/G

Top 8

Charlie Gilbert: K
Stan Hack: K/C
Lennie Merullo: 63

Bot 8

Mickey Witek: S8
Hal Schumacher: 14/SH.1-3(E4)
Billy Werber: K
Willard Marshall: 7

Top 9

Phil Cavarretta: 4
Rip Russell: S7
Bill Nicholson: 3/G.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: W
Lou Novikoff: 3/G