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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1944-05-30 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:47

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 6–5. New York Giants put up 2 in the 1st. Harry Feldman earned the win. Mel Ott went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Feldman L: Paul Derringer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Schuster	3	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	1	1	0	2
Dom Dallessandro	4	0	1	1	0	2
Roy Hughes	4	1	2	1	0	0
Don Johnson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Holm	2	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Derringer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Sauer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Pafko	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Novikoff	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	1	0	0	1	0	0
Roy Easterwood	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Hausmann	4	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	4	2	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	3	3	4	0	0
Phil Weintraub	3	0	1	0	0	1
Nap Reyes	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	1	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	2	1	0	0
Harry Feldman	4	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Derringer	6.0	8	0	1
Bill Fleming	2.0	2	1	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	9.0	7	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Schuster: 8
Phil Cavarretta: 4/P
Ival Goodman: 5/FL

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: 13
Danny Gardella: S9
Mel Ott: HR/7.1-H
Phil Weintraub: 9/L

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: HR/8
Dom Dallessandro: K/C
Roy Hughes: 4/P
Don Johnson: 3/FL

Bot 2

Nap Reyes: S5/BG
Gus Mancuso: 13/SH.1-2
Buddy Kerr: T/89.2-H
Harry Feldman: 53
Johnny Rucker: 2/P

Top 3

Billy Holm: K/C
Paul Derringer: 8
Bill Schuster: 7

Bot 3

George Hausmann: 53
Danny Gardella: 3/G
Mel Ott: E4.B-1
Phil Weintraub: D7.1-3
Nap Reyes: 43

Top 4

Phil Cavarretta: T8
Ival Goodman: W
Bill Nicholson: K
Dom Dallessandro: S8.3-H;1-2
Roy Hughes: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Don Johnson: IW
Billy Holm: 3/P
Paul Derringer: 7/L

Bot 4

Gus Mancuso: 5/P
Buddy Kerr: 63
Harry Feldman: 53

Top 5

Bill Schuster: 7/L
Phil Cavarretta: 43
Ival Goodman: 3/G

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: 9
George Hausmann: 53
Danny Gardella: S/89
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Phil Weintraub: K

Top 6

Bill Nicholson: K
Dom Dallessandro: 3/G
Roy Hughes: 63

Bot 6

Nap Reyes: S1/BG
Gus Mancuso: 53/SH.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 643
Harry Feldman: 8

Top 7

Don Johnson: 6/P
Ed Sauer: K/C
Andy Pafko: 8

Bot 7

Johnny Rucker: K/C
George Hausmann: 9
Danny Gardella: 43

Top 8

Lou Novikoff: HR/9
Phil Cavarretta: 63
Ival Goodman: 8
Bill Nicholson: 7

Bot 8

Mel Ott: S9
Phil Weintraub: 13/SH.1-2
Nap Reyes: 9
Gus Mancuso: W
Buddy Kerr: S9.2XH(9E2)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Harry Feldman: 8

Top 9

Dom Dallessandro: K
Roy Hughes: S8
Don Johnson: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Jimmie Foxx: 63.3-H
Roy Easterwood: 7

Notes & reviews

Mel Ott kicked the ball out of the catcher's glove

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