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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1940-05-11 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7211 · 2:23

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–5. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 5th. Vance Page earned the win. Rip Russell went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	10
CHN	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0		7	10

W: Vance Page L: Joe Bowman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	0	1	0	0	0
Debs Garms	5	1	2	0	0	1
Paul Waner	4	2	2	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	1	2	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	1	1	0
Lee Handley	4	0	1	1	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	0	0	1	3
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	5.2	8	5	5
Danny MacFayden	2.1	2	1	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	4.2	9	2	1
Vance Page	4.1	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: D7
Debs Garms: 4(B)6(2)/LDP
Paul Waner: D78
Arky Vaughan: S9.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 6/P

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 63
Billy Herman: 63
Jim Gleeson: T8
Hank Leiber: 6/F

Top 2

Lee Handley: 63
Spud Davis: K
Frankie Gustine: 13

Bot 2

Dom Dallessandro: E7/L.B-2
Rip Russell: 3/P
Al Todd: 53
Bobby Mattick: K/C

Top 3

Joe Bowman: 53
Lloyd Waner: 43
Debs Garms: S7
Paul Waner: 3/G

Bot 3

Claude Passeau: K
Stan Hack: 3/G
Billy Herman: W
Jim Gleeson: D78.1-H
Hank Leiber: W
Dom Dallessandro: 13

Top 4

Arky Vaughan: S3/G
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Lee Handley: 43.2-3;1-2
Spud Davis: IW
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-H(UR)(NR);B-1(E1)
Joe Bowman: 3/G

Bot 4

Rip Russell: K
Al Todd: W
Bobby Mattick: K
Claude Passeau: K

Top 5

Lloyd Waner: 5/L
Debs Garms: S6
Paul Waner: S9.1-3
Arky Vaughan: 6/P
Elbie Fletcher: S9.3-H;1-2
Lee Handley: S8.2-H;1-2
Spud Davis: K/C

Bot 5

Stan Hack: S9
Billy Herman: 36(1)/FO
Jim Gleeson: 9/L
Hank Leiber: E5.1-H(UR)(NR);B-2
Dom Dallessandro: S7.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Rip Russell: S9.2-H(UR)
Al Todd: E5.1-2
Bobby Mattick: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 63
Joe Bowman: 3/P
Lloyd Waner: 3/G

Bot 6

Vance Page: D7
Stan Hack: 4/P
Billy Herman: 43.2-3
Jim Gleeson: W
Hank Leiber: S7.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Dom Dallessandro: IW
Rip Russell: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Al Todd: 7/F

Top 7

Debs Garms: 2/FL
Paul Waner: 7/F
Arky Vaughan: 7/F

Bot 7

Bobby Mattick: D7/L
Vance Page: K/BF
Stan Hack: CS3(25)
Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: K

Top 8

Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Lee Handley: 3/P
Spud Davis: K

Bot 8

Jim Gleeson: S7
Hank Leiber: K
Dom Dallessandro: 8
Rip Russell: PO1(13)

Top 9

Frankie Gustine: S9
Joe Schultz: 9
Lloyd Waner: 64(1)/FO
Debs Garms: K