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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1947-06-05 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 26537 · 2:12

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 9–3. New York Giants put up 8 in the 3rd. Monty Kennedy earned the win. Bill Rigney 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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
NY1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0		9	12

W: Monty Kennedy L: Johnny Schmitz SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: Artie Gore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lonny Frey	5	0	0	0	0	1
Peanuts Lowrey	5	0	1	0	0	0
Marv Rickert	3	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Cavarretta	3	1	1	0	1	0
Clyde McCullough	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	1	1	2	0	0
Lennie Merullo	4	0	2	1	0	1
Johnny Schmitz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Meyer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill Rigney	5	2	2	1	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	1	0
Bobby Thomson	4	1	1	1	2
Johnny Mize	4	1	1	1	0
Walker Cooper	4	1	1	2	1
Willard Marshall	4	1	2	1	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	2	0	0
Monty Kennedy	4	1	2	2	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Johnny Schmitz	2.0	4	1
Bill Lee	0.1	3	0
Russ Meyer	5.2	5	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	9.0	9	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lonny Frey: K
Peanuts Lowrey: 8
Marv Rickert: 43

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: 7
Mickey Witek: 4
Bobby Thomson: K

Top 2

Phil Cavarretta: S
Clyde McCullough: 7
Bill Nicholson: D7.1-3
Eddie Waitkus: D9.3-H;2-H
Lennie Merullo: S.2-H
Johnny Schmitz: 13.1-2
Lonny Frey: 3

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: 3
Walker Cooper: 7
Willard Marshall: 5/FL

Top 3

Peanuts Lowrey: 9
Marv Rickert: K
Phil Cavarretta: W
Clyde McCullough: WP.1-2#
Clyde McCullough: 6

Bot 3

Sid Gordon: S7
Buddy Kerr: S.1-2
Monty Kennedy: S.2-H;1-2
Bill Rigney: S.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: 9.3-H
Bobby Thomson: S.2-H;1-3
Johnny Mize: E9/F.3-H;1-2
Walker Cooper: T9.2-H;1-H(UR)
Willard Marshall: S.3-H
Sid Gordon: 7
Buddy Kerr: S/BG.1-2
Monty Kennedy: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Bill Rigney: 4

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: S
Eddie Waitkus: 4
Lennie Merullo: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Mickey Witek: 43
Bobby Thomson: 43
Johnny Mize: 9

Top 5

Russ Meyer: 63
Lonny Frey: 6
Peanuts Lowrey: 9

Bot 5

Walker Cooper: K
Willard Marshall: D
Sid Gordon: 63
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 6

Marv Rickert: W
Phil Cavarretta: 5/FL
Clyde McCullough: S.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 3
Eddie Waitkus: 43

Bot 6

Monty Kennedy: K
Bill Rigney: HR
Mickey Witek: 8
Bobby Thomson: K

Top 7

Lennie Merullo: K
Russ Meyer: 13
Lonny Frey: 23

Bot 7

Johnny Mize: S9
Walker Cooper: 6
Willard Marshall: 4
Sid Gordon: 9

Top 8

Peanuts Lowrey: S
Marv Rickert: 43.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: 3
Clyde McCullough: W
Bill Nicholson: 7

Bot 8

Buddy Kerr: 63
Monty Kennedy: K
Bill Rigney: 7

Top 9

Eddie Waitkus: 31
Lennie Merullo: S
Don Johnson: D.1-3
Lonny Frey: 43
Peanuts Lowrey: 8