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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1943-07-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 18135 · 2:26

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 4–3. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 7th. Claude Passeau earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5
NY1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	10

W: Claude Passeau L: Johnnie Wittig SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Stanky	1	2	0	0	4	0
Phil Cavarretta	2	1	0	0	2	1
Bill Nicholson	3	1	1	2	1	1
Lou Novikoff	4	0	2	2	0	1
Peanuts Lowrey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde McCullough	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lennie Merullo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Passeau	4	0	2	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Jurges	5	0	1	1	0	1
Mickey Witek	5	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	2	1
Sid Gordon	5	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	4	1	1	0	0	1
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Orengo	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ken Chase	2	0	1	0	0	0
Johnnie Wittig	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	10	4	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	4.0	4	6	3
Johnnie Wittig	4.0	1	2	2
Ace Adams	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: K
Eddie Stanky: W
Phil Cavarretta: K
Bill Nicholson: W.1-2
Lou Novikoff: S7.2-H;1-3(E7)
Peanuts Lowrey: 2/P

Bot 1

Billy Jurges: K
Mickey Witek: S1
Johnny Rucker: 7
Mel Ott: 9

Top 2

Clyde McCullough: 63
Lennie Merullo: 7
Claude Passeau: D8
Stan Hack: 23

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: S9
Buster Maynard: K
Gus Mancuso: 6/P
Joe Orengo: W.1-2
Ken Chase: S6.2-3;1-2
Billy Jurges: 4/P

Top 3

Eddie Stanky: W
Phil Cavarretta: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: K
Lou Novikoff: S8.2-H;1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Mickey Witek: 7
Johnny Rucker: 7
Mel Ott: HR
Sid Gordon: 7

Top 4

Clyde McCullough: 8
Lennie Merullo: 6
Claude Passeau: S7
Stan Hack: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Buster Maynard: S8
Gus Mancuso: 7
Joe Orengo: T9.1-H
Ken Chase: 3/P
Billy Jurges: S8.3-H
Mickey Witek: 3/G

Top 5

Eddie Stanky: W
Phil Cavarretta: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Lou Novikoff: 5/P

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: W
Mel Ott: K
Sid Gordon: 143.1-2
Buster Maynard: 8

Top 6

Peanuts Lowrey: 53
Clyde McCullough: W
Lennie Merullo: 4/P
Claude Passeau: K

Bot 6

Gus Mancuso: 7
Joe Orengo: 13
Johnnie Wittig: K

Top 7

Stan Hack: 63
Eddie Stanky: W
Phil Cavarretta: 46(1)/FO
Bill Nicholson: HR.1-H
Lou Novikoff: K

Bot 7

Billy Jurges: 53
Mickey Witek: S8
Johnny Rucker: 3/G.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Sid Gordon: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Peanuts Lowrey: 63
Clyde McCullough: 5/P
Lennie Merullo: 53

Bot 8

Buster Maynard: 63
Gus Mancuso: 8
Joe Orengo: S7
Ernie Lombardi: 2/P

Top 9

Claude Passeau: 8
Stan Hack: 8
Eddie Stanky: 6

Bot 9

Billy Jurges: 63
Mickey Witek: 7
Johnny Rucker: D9
Mel Ott: W
Sid Gordon: 53