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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1946-09-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 1872 · 1:40

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Dave Koslo earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Dave Koslo L: Hank Wyse SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Peanuts Lowrey	4	0	0	0
Bobby Sturgeon	4	0	0	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	2	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	0	0	0
Clarence Maddern	2	0	0	0
Bob Scheffing	3	0	0	1
Hank Schenz	3	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	3	0	0	0
Hank Wyse	2	1	0	0
Cy Block	0	0	1	0
Mickey Livingston	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	3	1	0	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	1	0	0
Willard Marshall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Young	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Grasso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Lajeskie	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Koslo	3	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Wyse	7.0	5	1	1
Ray Prim	1.0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Koslo	9.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Peanuts Lowrey: 4/L
Bobby Sturgeon: 53
Eddie Waitkus: S8
Bill Nicholson: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: W
Buddy Kerr: 46(1)3/GDP
Willard Marshall: 13

Top 2

Clarence Maddern: HP
Bob Scheffing: K
Hank Schenz: 64(1)/FO
Lennie Merullo: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Babe Young: 3/G
Sid Gordon: 63
Bobby Thomson: 63

Top 3

Lennie Merullo: 43
Hank Wyse: 63
Peanuts Lowrey: 3/G

Bot 3

Mickey Grasso: 63
Dick Lajeskie: HP
Dave Koslo: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bobby Sturgeon: 3/FL
Eddie Waitkus: S4
Bill Nicholson: 2/FL
Clarence Maddern: 7

Bot 4

Johnny Rucker: 9
Buddy Kerr: 53
Willard Marshall: 7

Top 5

Bob Scheffing: 7
Hank Schenz: 53
Lennie Merullo: 3/P

Bot 5

Babe Young: S8
Sid Gordon: 9
Bobby Thomson: 3/P
Mickey Grasso: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Hank Wyse: S6
Peanuts Lowrey: 9
Bobby Sturgeon: 6/L
Eddie Waitkus: 3/L

Bot 6

Dick Lajeskie: S8
Dave Koslo: K/BF
Johnny Rucker: 46(1)/FO
Buddy Kerr: BK.1-2
Buddy Kerr: S8.2-H
Willard Marshall: 63

Top 7

Bill Nicholson: 7
Clarence Maddern: 6/P
Bob Scheffing: 9

Bot 7

Babe Young: 3/G
Sid Gordon: S9
Bobby Thomson: S.1-2
Mickey Grasso: 7
Dick Lajeskie: 8

Top 8

Hank Schenz: 43
Lennie Merullo: 2/FL
Cy Block: W
Peanuts Lowrey: 7

Bot 8

Dave Koslo: K/C
Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
Buddy Kerr: 7

Top 9

Bobby Sturgeon: 13
Eddie Waitkus: 2/FL
Mickey Livingston: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Rucker broke for second causing Wyse to balk

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