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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1940-08-18 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7597 · 1:59

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 9–1. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 1st. Larry French earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6
CHN	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	2		9	11

W: Larry French L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	3	1	2	0	1	0
Spud Davis	3	0	1	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Brubaker	3	0	0	0	0	2
Rip Sewell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Butcher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Stan Hack	2	2	1	0	2
Billy Herman	5	0	1	0	0
Zeke Bonura	4	0	1	2	1
Hank Leiber	5	2	1	0	0
Jim Gleeson	5	3	2	1	0
Dom Dallessandro	3	1	1	1	0
Al Todd	4	0	1	2	0
Bobby Mattick	4	0	2	0	0
Larry French	3	1	1	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Rip Sewell	4.2	9	3
Russ Bauers	0.1	0	0
Max Butcher	3.0	2	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	6	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: 6/P
Bob Elliott: 3/P
Frankie Gustine: 8

Bot 1

Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: 43.1-2
Zeke Bonura: W
Hank Leiber: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Jim Gleeson: S8.3-H;1-3
Dom Dallessandro: E8/F8S.3-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Al Todd: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Arky Vaughan: 3/G
Maurice Van Robays: W
Spud Davis: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bobby Mattick: 9
Larry French: 7
Stan Hack: S4
Billy Herman: S5.1-2
Zeke Bonura: 8

Top 3

Vince DiMaggio: 63
Bill Brubaker: K
Rip Sewell: 63

Bot 3

Hank Leiber: 8
Jim Gleeson: 43
Dom Dallessandro: 43

Top 4

Lee Handley: 53
Bob Elliott: 31
Frankie Gustine: 7

Bot 4

Al Todd: D/89
Bobby Mattick: S9.2-3;B-2(E9/TH)
Larry French: 3/G
Stan Hack: IW
Billy Herman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Arky Vaughan: 5/P
Maurice Van Robays: D8
Spud Davis: D/78.2-H
Vince DiMaggio: 53
Bill Brubaker: 7

Bot 5

Zeke Bonura: 53
Hank Leiber: S/78
Jim Gleeson: E4/TH.1-2
Dom Dallessandro: S/78.2-H(UR);1-3
Al Todd: 9.3-H(UR)
Bobby Mattick: S7.1-2
Larry French: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
Stan Hack: 7

Top 6

Paul Waner: 63
Lee Handley: T8
Bob Elliott: 7
Frankie Gustine: 8

Bot 6

Billy Herman: 7
Zeke Bonura: 7
Hank Leiber: 8

Top 7

Arky Vaughan: S
Maurice Van Robays: D8.1-3
Spud Davis: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Bill Brubaker: K

Bot 7

Jim Gleeson: D7
Dom Dallessandro: 14/SH.2-3
Al Todd: 9.3-H
Bobby Mattick: 3/FL

Top 8

Max Butcher: 13
Lee Handley: S
Bob Elliott: K
Frankie Gustine: E6.1-2
Arky Vaughan: 3/G

Bot 8

Larry French: W
Stan Hack: E1/SH.1-2
Billy Herman: 5/P
Zeke Bonura: D9.2-H;1-H(UR)
Hank Leiber: 5/P
Jim Gleeson: 5/P

Top 9

Maurice Van Robays: E5/TH
Ed Fernandes: 54(1)3/GDP
Vince DiMaggio: K