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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves

1940-05-15 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1919 · 1:43

Chicago Cubs defeated Boston Bees 2–0. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 8th. Larry French 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	2	0	2	7
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

W: Larry French L: Nick Strincevich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	1	1	0	0
Billy Herman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Gleeson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	3	0	0	0	1	3
Dom Dallessandro	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Russell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Todd	4	0	3	0	0	1
Bobby Mattick	4	0	0	0	0	2
Larry French	3	1	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	4	0	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	3	0	1	0
Bob Loane	4	0	0	0
Max West	4	0	0	1
Chet Ross	3	1	0	1
Les Scarsella	3	0	0	1
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	1	0	0
Nick Strincevich	2	0	0	1
Buddy Hassett	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	2	1	5

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	8.0	6	2	7
Dick Errickson	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 63
Billy Herman: 7
Jim Gleeson: 43

Bot 1

Sibby Sisti: 53
Rabbit Warstler: W
Bob Loane: CS2(26)
Bob Loane: 8

Top 2

Hank Leiber: W
Dom Dallessandro: 46(1)3/GDP
Rip Russell: E6
Al Todd: S.1-2
Bobby Mattick: K

Bot 2

Max West: 7
Chet Ross: 9
Les Scarsella: 3

Top 3

Larry French: K
Stan Hack: E9/F
Billy Herman: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Al Lopez: 7
Eddie Miller: S.B-2(E6)
Nick Strincevich: K
Sibby Sisti: 53

Top 4

Jim Gleeson: 3
Hank Leiber: K
Dom Dallessandro: 53

Bot 4

Rabbit Warstler: 43
Bob Loane: E1
Max West: SB2
Max West: 4
Chet Ross: K

Top 5

Rip Russell: W
Al Todd: CS2(24)
Al Todd: K
Bobby Mattick: 9

Bot 5

Les Scarsella: K
Al Lopez: 43
Eddie Miller: 5/FL

Top 6

Larry French: 3
Stan Hack: 6/L
Billy Herman: 8

Bot 6

Nick Strincevich: 43
Sibby Sisti: 8
Rabbit Warstler: 8

Top 7

Jim Gleeson: D
Hank Leiber: K
Dom Dallessandro: 7
Rip Russell: 53

Bot 7

Bob Loane: 4
Max West: 13
Chet Ross: S
Les Scarsella: 4

Top 8

Al Todd: S
Bobby Mattick: CS2(26)
Bobby Mattick: K
Larry French: E4
Stan Hack: T.1-H(UR)
Billy Herman: S.3-H(UR)
Jim Gleeson: S.1-2
Hank Leiber: K

Bot 8

Al Lopez: 3/FL
Eddie Miller: 7
Buddy Hassett: K

Top 9

Dom Dallessandro: E1
Rip Russell: 154(1)/FO
Al Todd: S.1XH(72)
Bobby Mattick: 9

Bot 9

Sibby Sisti: E6
Rabbit Warstler: SB2
Rabbit Warstler: 3/L
Bob Loane: 4
Max West: K