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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1944-05-30 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 21649 · 2:10

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 5–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 6th. Ewald Pyle earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Andy Pafko went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ewald Pyle L: Hank Wyse SV: Ace Adams

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Schuster	2	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Cavarretta	5	0	2	1	0	2
Ed Sauer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Nicholson	3	0	0	0	2	2
Andy Pafko	5	1	2	1	0	0
Roy Hughes	3	0	0	0	1	0
Don Johnson	4	1	0	0	0	1
Roy Easterwood	3	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Wyse	2	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Stanky	2	1	1	0	0	1
Lou Novikoff	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Holm	1	1	1	1	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	1	0	0	1	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	1	0	0
George Hausmann	3	1	0	0	1	1
Danny Gardella	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	4	1	1	1	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	1	2	1	0	1
Nap Reyes	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	1	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	2	1	0	0
Ewald Pyle	3	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Wyse	6.0	7	1	5
Hy Vandenberg	2.0	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ewald Pyle	8.0	7	3	9
Ace Adams	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Schuster: 7
Phil Cavarretta: K/C
Ed Sauer: 8

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 13
George Hausmann: 63
Danny Gardella: 3/G

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: 41
Andy Pafko: HR/78
Roy Hughes: 9
Don Johnson: 7

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 7
Phil Weintraub: K
Nap Reyes: S/78
Ernie Lombardi: 43

Top 3

Roy Easterwood: K/C
Hank Wyse: S/8
Bill Schuster: W.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: K/C
Ed Sauer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: 43
Ewald Pyle: K/C
Johnny Rucker: 3/G

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: K
Andy Pafko: D/7
Roy Hughes: 43
Don Johnson: K

Bot 4

George Hausmann: W
Danny Gardella: 43.1-2
Mel Ott: 3/P
Phil Weintraub: S/89.2-H
Nap Reyes: 13

Top 5

Roy Easterwood: 53
Hank Wyse: K
Bill Schuster: 7/L

Bot 5

Ernie Lombardi: E3.B-1
Buddy Kerr: S/8.1-2
Ewald Pyle: E1.2-3;1-2;B-1
Johnny Rucker: 8(B)354(2)/DP.3-H(UR)
George Hausmann: K

Top 6

Phil Cavarretta: S/8
Ed Sauer: K
Bill Nicholson: W.1-2
Andy Pafko: 13.2-3;1-2
Roy Hughes: IW
Don Johnson: 5(2)/FO

Bot 6

Danny Gardella: K/C
Mel Ott: HR/89
Phil Weintraub: S/78
Nap Reyes: S/8.1-H(E8)(NR);B-2
Ernie Lombardi: 7
Buddy Kerr: S7.2-H(UR)
Ewald Pyle: K/C

Top 7

Roy Easterwood: S/9
Eddie Stanky: K/C
Lou Novikoff: E6.1-2;B-1
Phil Cavarretta: 765(2)/FO.1-2
Ed Sauer: 9

Bot 7

Johnny Rucker: T8/89.BXH(8435)
George Hausmann: 6/P
Danny Gardella: 43

Top 8

Bill Nicholson: K/C
Andy Pafko: 53
Roy Hughes: 53

Bot 8

Mel Ott: 9
Phil Weintraub: 63
Nap Reyes: 8

Top 9

Don Johnson: E6/TH.B-2
Billy Holm: S/8.2-H(UR)
Eddie Stanky: S/89.1-2
Dom Dallessandro: 8
Phil Cavarretta: S/9.2-H;1-3
Ival Goodman: 9.3-H(UR)
Bill Nicholson: W.1-2
Andy Pafko: 2/FL