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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1949-07-22 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5719 · 2:28

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 6–5. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 5th. Johnny Schmitz earned the win. Hank Sauer went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	6	9
NY1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11

W: Johnny Schmitz L: Red Webb SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Jeffcoat	4	2	1	1	1	0
Emil Verban	4	0	0	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	5	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	5	1	1	2	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	0	1	0	0	0
Herman Reich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Roy Smalley	3	1	1	0	0	1
Rube Walker	3	1	1	1	1	1
Johnny Schmitz	4	0	1	1	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hank Thompson	5	0	1	0	0	1
Whitey Lockman	5	1	2	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3	1	1	0	2	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	1	1	1	1
Sid Gordon	5	1	2	1	0	0
Monte Irvin	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Rigney	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ray Mueller	2	0	0	0	0	0
Monty Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Westrum	0	0	0	0	2	0
Red Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Haas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mueller	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Schmitz	9.0	11	5	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	4.2	6	0	2
Red Webb	2.1	2	2	0
Kirby Higbe	1.0	1	0	1
Clint Hartung	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hal Jeffcoat: 9
Emil Verban: 43
Frankie Gustine: T/78
Hank Sauer: 7

Bot 1

Hank Thompson: 31
Whitey Lockman: S8
Bobby Thomson: CS2(24)
Bobby Thomson: W
Johnny Mize: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 53

Top 2

Andy Pafko: S8
Herman Reich: E6.1-2
Roy Smalley: K/C
Rube Walker: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Schmitz: 53

Bot 2

Monte Irvin: 53
Bill Rigney: 13
Ray Mueller: 53

Top 3

Hal Jeffcoat: 2/BG/BINT
Emil Verban: 63
Frankie Gustine: 4

Bot 3

Monty Kennedy: 8/8D
Hank Thompson: 43
Whitey Lockman: S5/BG.B-3(E5/TH)
Bobby Thomson: W
Johnny Mize: S9.3-H;1-3
Sid Gordon: S8.3-H;1-H(E8);B-H(NR)
Monte Irvin: S8
Bill Rigney: S9.1-3
Ray Mueller: 5/FL

Top 4

Hank Sauer: E6
Andy Pafko: 64(1)3/GDP
Herman Reich: 8

Bot 4

Monty Kennedy: 63
Hank Thompson: 3/G
Whitey Lockman: 3/G

Top 5

Roy Smalley: T7
Rube Walker: D/78.3-H
Johnny Schmitz: K
Hal Jeffcoat: T7.2-H
Emil Verban: 9.3-H
Frankie Gustine: D7/7L
Hank Sauer: 53

Bot 5

Bobby Thomson: 43
Johnny Mize: K
Sid Gordon: S9
Monte Irvin: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Andy Pafko: 9
Herman Reich: S/BG/5S
Roy Smalley: 13.1-2
Rube Walker: IW
Johnny Schmitz: 9

Bot 6

Bill Rigney: 8
Wes Westrum: W
Red Webb: 5/FL
Hank Thompson: S8/P.1-3
Whitey Lockman: 8

Top 7

Hal Jeffcoat: W
Emil Verban: 14/SH.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 6
Hank Sauer: HR/7D.2-H
Andy Pafko: 63

Bot 7

Bobby Thomson: 53
Johnny Mize: 13
Sid Gordon: 53

Top 8

Herman Reich: E5
Roy Smalley: 14/SH.1-2
Rube Walker: K
Johnny Schmitz: WP.2-3
Johnny Schmitz: S8.3-H(UR)
Hal Jeffcoat: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Bert Haas: 53
Bill Rigney: HR/7D
Wes Westrum: W
Don Mueller: S9.1-3
Hank Thompson: K
Whitey Lockman: 43

Top 9

Emil Verban: 6
Frankie Gustine: 43
Hank Sauer: 5/L

Bot 9

Bobby Thomson: S7/7D
Johnny Mize: 6
Sid Gordon: 64(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Mickey Owen suffered a broken finger froma foul ball
Hal Jeffcoat called for interference for running into his own bunt
Ray Mueller suffered a bruised instep from Hal Jeffcoat's slide and was carried from the field
over the roof

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