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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1943-08-22 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:01

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 6–2. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 1st. Claude Passeau earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

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

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	2	1	0	0	2	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rube Fischer	2	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	1	1	1	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	6	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	0.0	3	1	0
Rube Fischer	8.0	7	2	3
Ace Adams	1.0	3	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: W
Stan Hack: S.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: S7.2-H;1-2
Bill Nicholson: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Ival Goodman: 99
Peanuts Lowrey: 99
Lennie Merullo: 99

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: S.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S.2-H;1-2
Joe Medwick: K
Ernie Lombardi: 99
Sid Gordon: 99

Top 2

Clyde McCullough: 99
Claude Passeau: K
Eddie Stanky: 99

Bot 2

Buster Maynard: 99
Billy Jurges: 99
Rube Fischer: 99

Top 3

Stan Hack: S
Phil Cavarretta: 99
Bill Nicholson: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: 64(1)3/GDP
Johnny Rucker: 99

Top 4

Ival Goodman: 99
Peanuts Lowrey: S
Lennie Merullo: S.1-2
Clyde McCullough: 99
Claude Passeau: K

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: 99
Ernie Lombardi: 99
Sid Gordon: 99

Top 5

Eddie Stanky: K
Stan Hack: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99

Bot 5

Buster Maynard: 99
Billy Jurges: S
Rube Fischer: S.1-2
Dick Bartell: 99
Mickey Witek: 99

Top 6

Bill Nicholson: S
Ival Goodman: 99
Peanuts Lowrey: 99
Lennie Merullo: S.1-2
Clyde McCullough: W.2-3;1-2
Claude Passeau: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: 99
Joe Medwick: 99
Ernie Lombardi: 99

Top 7

Eddie Stanky: W
Stan Hack: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99
Bill Nicholson: 99

Bot 7

Sid Gordon: S
Buster Maynard: 99
Billy Jurges: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Ival Goodman: 99
Dom Dallessandro: S
Lennie Merullo: S.1-3
Clyde McCullough: SB2
Clyde McCullough: 99
Claude Passeau: 99

Bot 8

Gus Mancuso: HR/7
Dick Bartell: 99
Mickey Witek: 99
Johnny Rucker: 99

Top 9

Eddie Stanky: 99
Stan Hack: S
Phil Cavarretta: D.1-3
Bill Nicholson: W
Ival Goodman: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Dom Dallessandro: W.2-3;1-2
Lennie Merullo: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 9

Joe Medwick: 99
Ernie Lombardi: E6/G
Sid Gordon: 99
Buster Maynard: 99

Notes & reviews

Lowry ejected by 1B umpire Barlick for arguing he was safe

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