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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1944-07-22 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7565 · 1:55

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 6–3. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 4th. Bill Fleming earned the win. Johnny Rucker went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Fleming L: Johnny Allen SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	0	0	1	2
Roy Hughes	5	0	1	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	2	2	1	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	4	1	1	0	0	1
Andy Pafko	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Johnson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dewey Williams	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Fleming	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	1	1	2	0	2
Billy Jurges	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	2	0	0	0	2	2
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	4	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	1	0	0
Hal Luby	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Allen	2	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	0	1	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Fleming	9.0	7	3	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	8.0	7	2	3
Ace Adams	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 3/G
Roy Hughes: S
Phil Cavarretta: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: K
Billy Jurges: 9
Mel Ott: K/C

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: S9
Dom Dallessandro: S.1-3
Andy Pafko: E6/TH.3-H;1-3;B-2
Don Johnson: IW
Dewey Williams: 7.3-H(UR)
Bill Fleming: PB.2-3;1-2
Bill Fleming: 43
Stan Hack: IW
Roy Hughes: K

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 43
Phil Weintraub: 6/P
Ernie Lombardi: S
Buddy Kerr: T7.1-H
Hal Luby: 4/P

Top 3

Phil Cavarretta: 43
Bill Nicholson: 43
Dom Dallessandro: 31

Bot 3

Johnny Allen: S
Johnny Rucker: 46(1)/FO
Billy Jurges: CS2(26)
Billy Jurges: K

Top 4

Andy Pafko: 43
Don Johnson: S
Dewey Williams: 9
Bill Fleming: S.1-3
Stan Hack: E3.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Roy Hughes: E6.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Phil Cavarretta: 3/G

Bot 4

Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: 46(1)3/GDP
Phil Weintraub: K

Top 5

Bill Nicholson: 9
Dom Dallessandro: K
Andy Pafko: 63

Bot 5

Ernie Lombardi: S
Buddy Kerr: 7
Hal Luby: 2/FL
Johnny Allen: 13

Top 6

Don Johnson: 2/FL
Dewey Williams: 13
Bill Fleming: 7

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: K
Billy Jurges: 4/P
Mel Ott: K

Top 7

Stan Hack: K
Roy Hughes: 7
Phil Cavarretta: 31

Bot 7

Joe Medwick: 53
Phil Weintraub: 8
Ernie Lombardi: S
Buddy Kerr: 4/P

Top 8

Bill Nicholson: HR/9
Dom Dallessandro: 99#
Andy Pafko: D#
Don Johnson: 99#
Dewey Williams: 99#

Bot 8

Hal Luby: 99#
Danny Gardella: W
Johnny Rucker: HR/78.1-H
Billy Jurges: 99#
Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: 99#

Top 9

Bill Fleming: 99#
Stan Hack: K
Roy Hughes: 99#

Bot 9

Phil Weintraub: 99#
Ernie Lombardi: S
Buddy Kerr: 99#
Hal Luby: 99#