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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1938-09-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:46

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–2. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 5th. Jack Russell earned the win. Augie Galan went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jack Russell L: Hugh Mulcahy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tiny Parker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	0	0	0	2	0
Billy Herman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	1	0	0	0
Augie Galan	4	1	2	1	0	0
Carl Reynolds	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ken O'Dea	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ripper Collins	4	0	3	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	2	0	0	1	0	1
Kirby Higbe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Demaree	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Russell	2	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gibby Brack	4	0	0	0	1	1
Heinie Mueller	4	1	2	0	1	0
Alex Pitko	3	1	1	0	1	1
Phil Weintraub	4	0	1	1	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	1	1	0	1
George Scharein	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Atwood	3	0	0	0	1	0
Del Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hugh Mulcahy	1	0	0	0	1	0
Buck Jordan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	4.0	4	5	3
Jack Russell	5.0	2	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 99
Billy Herman: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99

Bot 1

Gibby Brack: 99
Heinie Mueller: S
Alex Pitko: W.1-2
Phil Weintraub: S.2-H;1-3
Morrie Arnovich: S.3-H;1-2
George Scharein: WP.2-3;1-2
George Scharein: K
Bill Atwood: 8/F

Top 2

Augie Galan: 99
Carl Reynolds: K
Ken O'Dea: 99

Bot 2

Del Young: S
Hugh Mulcahy: FC/SH.1-2
Gibby Brack: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Heinie Mueller: W.1-2
Alex Pitko: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Ripper Collins: 99
Billy Jurges: K
Kirby Higbe: K

Bot 3

Phil Weintraub: K
Morrie Arnovich: K
George Scharein: 99

Top 4

Stan Hack: 99
Billy Herman: 99
Phil Cavarretta: S
Augie Galan: 99

Bot 4

Bill Atwood: W
Del Young: 1(B)3(1)/DP
Hugh Mulcahy: W
Gibby Brack: W.1-2
Heinie Mueller: 99

Top 5

Carl Reynolds: T9/G
Ken O'Dea: S8/G.3-H
Ripper Collins: S.1-3
Billy Jurges: 9.3-H
Frank Demaree: 63.1-2
Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: 43

Bot 5

Alex Pitko: S
Phil Weintraub: E6.1-2
Morrie Arnovich: 99
George Scharein: 99
Bill Atwood: 99

Top 6

Phil Cavarretta: 99
Augie Galan: S
Carl Reynolds: 99
Ken O'Dea: 99

Bot 6

Del Young: 99
Hugh Mulcahy: 99
Gibby Brack: K

Top 7

Ripper Collins: S
Billy Jurges: 99/SH.1-2
Jack Russell: K
Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: 99

Bot 7

Heinie Mueller: S
Alex Pitko: K
Phil Weintraub: 99
Morrie Arnovich: 99

Top 8

Phil Cavarretta: 99
Augie Galan: HR
Carl Reynolds: 99
Ken O'Dea: 99

Bot 8

George Scharein: 99
Bill Atwood: 99
Del Young: 99

Top 9

Ripper Collins: S
Billy Jurges: 99/SH.1-2
Jack Russell: K
Stan Hack: 99

Bot 9

Buck Jordan: 99
Gibby Brack: 99
Heinie Mueller: 99