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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1946-06-21 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6929 · 2:33

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 6th. Paul Erickson earned the win. Phil Cavarretta 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	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	6
NY1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	9

W: Paul Erickson L: Monty Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Butch Henline · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3	2	1	0	1	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	2	2	3	0	0
Frank Secory	2	0	1	2	1	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde McCullough	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Sturgeon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Schmitz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Stringer	3	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Erickson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Marv Rickert	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Blattner	5	1	3	0	0	0
Goody Rosen	4	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny Rucker	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	4	2	2	3	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	0	0	0
Garland Lawing	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	4	0	2	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	1	0	1	0
Monty Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Schmitz	2.1	5	2	2
Paul Erickson	6.2	4	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	5.1	5	2	2
Ken Trinkle	1.2	1	0	1
Mike Budnick	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 53
Don Johnson: 43
Peanuts Lowrey: 63

Bot 1

Buddy Blattner: S
Goody Rosen: 9
Johnny Rucker: SB2
Johnny Rucker: K
Johnny Mize: 7

Top 2

Phil Cavarretta: 7
Frank Secory: 63
Eddie Waitkus: K23

Bot 2

Walker Cooper: 53
Garland Lawing: 9
Sid Gordon: D7
Buddy Kerr: IW
Monty Kennedy: K

Top 3

Clyde McCullough: 63
Bobby Sturgeon: 63
Johnny Schmitz: 3/FL

Bot 3

Buddy Blattner: S8
Goody Rosen: W.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Johnny Mize: HR/9L.3-H;2-H
Walker Cooper: S8
Garland Lawing: K
Sid Gordon: 9

Top 4

Stan Hack: 53
Lou Stringer: 43
Peanuts Lowrey: S8
Phil Cavarretta: HR/9.1-H
Frank Secory: W
Eddie Waitkus: 43

Bot 4

Buddy Kerr: 1/P
Monty Kennedy: K/C
Buddy Blattner: 9

Top 5

Clyde McCullough: 9
Bobby Sturgeon: 63
Paul Erickson: K

Bot 5

Goody Rosen: 8
Johnny Rucker: 3/FL
Johnny Mize: 3/P

Top 6

Stan Hack: 63
Lou Stringer: S9
Peanuts Lowrey: W.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: D8/89.2-H;1-3
Frank Secory: S8.3-H;2-H
Eddie Waitkus: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Walker Cooper: 9
Garland Lawing: 9
Sid Gordon: E4/G.B-2(E8)
Buddy Kerr: S6.2XH(632)

Top 7

Clyde McCullough: 43
Bobby Sturgeon: S
Paul Erickson: K
Stan Hack: 43

Bot 7

Jack Graham: 9
Buddy Blattner: S
Goody Rosen: 8
Johnny Rucker: 2/FL

Top 8

Lou Stringer: 9
Peanuts Lowrey: 63
Phil Cavarretta: 8/L

Bot 8

Johnny Mize: D7
Walker Cooper: 8
Willard Marshall: 5/FL
Sid Gordon: S8/G.2-H
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Marv Rickert: 7
Eddie Waitkus: 43
Clyde McCullough: 5/L

Bot 9

Mel Ott: W
Buddy Blattner: 36(1)/FO/BG
Goody Rosen: 6(1)3/GDP