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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1944-06-01 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 13265 · 2:10

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 5–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 3rd. Bill Voiselle earned the win. Danny Gardella 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
NY1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		5	7

W: Bill Voiselle L: Paul Erickson 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	5	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Hughes	4	2	2	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	2	1	1	1
Andy Pafko	4	0	0	1	0	2
Dom Dallessandro	4	0	3	1	0	0
Don Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Holm	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	2	0	0	0	1	1
Lou Novikoff	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ival Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Erickson	8.0	7	6	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	9.0	9	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Schuster: 4/P
Roy Hughes: S/8
Phil Cavarretta: 23.1-2
Bill Nicholson: D/7.2-H
Andy Pafko: K

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: HR/9
George Hausmann: 8/L
Danny Gardella: 8
Mel Ott: K23

Top 2

Dom Dallessandro: 5/FL
Don Johnson: S6
Billy Holm: 46(1)/FO
Paul Erickson: W.1-2
Bill Schuster: 7

Bot 2

Phil Weintraub: K
Nap Reyes: K
Gus Mancuso: K

Top 3

Roy Hughes: D/7
Phil Cavarretta: 43.2-3
Bill Nicholson: IW
Andy Pafko: 8/F8D.3-H
Dom Dallessandro: T/8.1-H
Don Johnson: 63

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: 63
Bill Voiselle: S/9
Johnny Rucker: S/9.1-2
George Hausmann: 9
Danny Gardella: W.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: S/9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Phil Weintraub: K/C

Top 4

Billy Holm: 7
Paul Erickson: 53
Bill Schuster: 6/P

Bot 4

Nap Reyes: S/9
Gus Mancuso: 14/SH.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 7
Bill Voiselle: 63

Top 5

Roy Hughes: 63
Phil Cavarretta: 31
Bill Nicholson: S6
Andy Pafko: K

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: W
George Hausmann: 14/SH.1-2
Danny Gardella: 3/G.2-3
Mel Ott: 13

Top 6

Dom Dallessandro: S/89
Don Johnson: 43.1-2
Billy Holm: WP.2-3
Billy Holm: 53
Paul Erickson: K

Bot 6

Phil Weintraub: 3/G
Nap Reyes: 1/P
Gus Mancuso: S/78
Buddy Kerr: 9

Top 7

Bill Schuster: S4
Roy Hughes: 46(1)3/GDP
Phil Cavarretta: 13

Bot 7

Bill Voiselle: W
Johnny Rucker: 14/SH.1-2
George Hausmann: 4/P
Danny Gardella: HR/78.2-H
Mel Ott: 9

Top 8

Bill Nicholson: K/C
Andy Pafko: 7
Dom Dallessandro: S/9
Don Johnson: 8

Bot 8

Phil Weintraub: 8/F8D
Nap Reyes: 43
Gus Mancuso: W
Buddy Kerr: WP.1-2
Buddy Kerr: IW
Bill Voiselle: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: 8/F8D

Top 9

Lou Novikoff: K/C
Ival Goodman: 3/G
Bill Schuster: 7