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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-08-27 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:42

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 4th. Boom-Boom Beck earned the win. Rip Russell 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	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8
PHI	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		4	6

W: Boom-Boom Beck L: Bill Lee SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ziggy Sears · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charlie Moran · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	1	0	0	0	0
Billy Herman	4	1	1	0	1	0
Augie Galan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	3	0	2	1	1	1
Bill Nicholson	3	0	1	1	1	0
Gabby Hartnett	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rip Russell	4	1	2	1	0	1
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Lee	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Gleeson	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hersh Martin	4	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Marty	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Hughes	3	0	0	0	1	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	2	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	0	1	0	1	1
Pinky May	2	1	0	0	0	0
George Scharein	3	1	1	1	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	1	2	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	3	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	8.0	6	2	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	9.0	8	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 43
Billy Herman: S8
Augie Galan: 4/FL
Hank Leiber: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: S9.2-H;1-3
Gabby Hartnett: K

Bot 1

Hersh Martin: S8
Joe Marty: 14/SH.1-2
Roy Hughes: K.2-H(NR)(UR)(PB);B-1(E2)
Morrie Arnovich: CS2(26)#
Morrie Arnovich: 6/L

Top 2

Rip Russell: HR/7
Dick Bartell: K
Bill Lee: K
Stan Hack: 13

Bot 2

Gus Suhr: W
Pinky May: 13/SH.1-2
George Scharein: 2/FL
Spud Davis: 3/FL

Top 3

Billy Herman: 53
Augie Galan: 8
Hank Leiber: D8
Bill Nicholson: W
Gabby Hartnett: 8

Bot 3

Boom-Boom Beck: 53
Hersh Martin: K
Joe Marty: 3/FL

Top 4

Rip Russell: 8
Dick Bartell: 9
Bill Lee: 7

Bot 4

Roy Hughes: 5
Morrie Arnovich: S4
Gus Suhr: S7.1-2
Pinky May: 54(1)/FO.2-3
George Scharein: S8.3-H;1-2
Spud Davis: S8.2-H;1-H
Boom-Boom Beck: K

Top 5

Stan Hack: E5/G.B-1
Billy Herman: W.1-2
Augie Galan: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Hank Leiber: S7.3-H(UR)
Bill Nicholson: 8

Bot 5

Hersh Martin: 8
Joe Marty: 13
Roy Hughes: W
Morrie Arnovich: 5/L

Top 6

Gabby Hartnett: 7
Rip Russell: D7
Dick Bartell: 5/FL
Bill Lee: 7/FL

Bot 6

Gus Suhr: K
Pinky May: 5
George Scharein: 63

Top 7

Stan Hack: 63
Billy Herman: 6
Augie Galan: 8

Bot 7

Spud Davis: 63
Boom-Boom Beck: 63
Hersh Martin: 5/L

Top 8

Hank Leiber: K
Bill Nicholson: 31
Gabby Hartnett: S7
Rip Russell: K

Bot 8

Joe Marty: 63
Roy Hughes: 13
Morrie Arnovich: S8
Gus Suhr: 4

Top 9

Dick Bartell: 9
Jim Gleeson: S8
Stan Hack: 6
Billy Herman: 4