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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves

1940-05-16 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1134 · 1:38

Chicago Cubs defeated Boston Bees 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Lee earned the win. Al Lopez went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lee L: Joe Sullivan SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Herman	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jim Gleeson	4	1	2	2	0	0
Hank Leiber	4	0	0	1	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	2	0	0	0	2	0
Rip Russell	4	1	1	1	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Mattick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lee	3	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sibby Sisti	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rabbit Warstler	4	1	1	0	1	1
Bob Loane	4	1	2	0	0	1
Max West	3	1	2	1	1	0
Chet Ross	4	0	1	1	0	1
Les Scarsella	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	4	1	1	2	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sullivan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	9	3	4

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Sullivan	7.2	6	1	2
Al Piechota	1.1	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 63
Billy Herman: D7/L
Jim Gleeson: S7.2-H;B-3(E7/TH)
Hank Leiber: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Dom Dallessandro: 43

Bot 1

Sibby Sisti: 3/G
Rabbit Warstler: S8
Bob Loane: S9.1-2
Max West: S8.2-H;1-3
Chet Ross: S8.3-H;1-2
Les Scarsella: 53.2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: 63

Top 2

Rip Russell: 8
Gabby Hartnett: 13
Bobby Mattick: 3/FL

Bot 2

Eddie Miller: 3/P
Joe Sullivan: 43
Sibby Sisti: W
Rabbit Warstler: 7

Top 3

Bill Lee: 5/L
Stan Hack: E6/TH
Billy Herman: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Bob Loane: 43
Max West: 43
Chet Ross: 3/FL

Top 4

Jim Gleeson: 8/F
Hank Leiber: 3/FL
Dom Dallessandro: W
Rip Russell: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Les Scarsella: 8/F
Al Lopez: 6/P
Eddie Miller: 7/F

Top 5

Gabby Hartnett: 2/G
Bobby Mattick: 7/F
Bill Lee: K

Bot 5

Joe Sullivan: 43
Sibby Sisti: 43
Rabbit Warstler: W
Bob Loane: D7.1-3
Max West: IW
Chet Ross: 13

Top 6

Stan Hack: 5/L
Billy Herman: K
Jim Gleeson: 53

Bot 6

Les Scarsella: 3/G
Al Lopez: 63
Eddie Miller: 6/L

Top 7

Hank Leiber: 8
Dom Dallessandro: 43
Rip Russell: HR/7
Gabby Hartnett: 43

Bot 7

Joe Sullivan: D9
Sibby Sisti: K/C
Rabbit Warstler: WP.2-3
Rabbit Warstler: K
Bob Loane: K

Top 8

Bobby Mattick: 43
Bill Lee: D7
Stan Hack: S4/G.2-3
Billy Herman: 8/F.3-H;1-2
Jim Gleeson: T/89.2-H
Hank Leiber: 63

Bot 8

Max West: D9
Chet Ross: K
Les Scarsella: 9
Al Lopez: HR/7.2-H
Eddie Miller: 63

Top 9

Dom Dallessandro: W
Rip Russell: 4/L
Gabby Hartnett: 7
Bobby Mattick: 8

Bot 9

Buddy Hassett: 7
Bama Rowell: S9.BX2(94)
Rabbit Warstler: 13