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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-09-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1000 · 1:40

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–1. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Larry French earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 4-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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

W: Larry French L: Si Johnson SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ham Schulte	3	0	1	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Marty	4	0	2	1	0	0
Neb Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Atwood	4	0	0	0	0	1
Art Mahan	3	0	0	0	0	2
Larry File	3	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty Smoll	2	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Rizzo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	5	1	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Si Johnson	2.1	6	1	0
Lefty Smoll	5.2	8	2	2
Max Wilson	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 7
Billy Herman: D7
Bill Nicholson: S8.2-H
Hank Leiber: 53.1-2
Zeke Bonura: S8.2-H
Jim Gleeson: 43

Bot 1

Pinky May: K/C
Ham Schulte: S4
Danny Litwhiler: K
Joe Marty: 43

Top 2

Al Todd: D7/L
Bobby Mattick: 8.2-3
Larry French: 3/G
Stan Hack: 63

Bot 2

Neb Stewart: 63
Bill Atwood: 13
Art Mahan: 4/P

Top 3

Billy Herman: 53
Bill Nicholson: HR
Hank Leiber: W
Zeke Bonura: S.1-3
Jim Gleeson: S78.3-H;1-2
Al Todd: 9
Bobby Mattick: S5.2-3;1-2
Larry French: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Stan Hack: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Larry File: K
Lefty Smoll: K
Pinky May: 5/P

Top 4

Billy Herman: 8
Bill Nicholson: S8
Hank Leiber: 7
Zeke Bonura: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Ham Schulte: 6/P
Danny Litwhiler: S9
Joe Marty: 13.1-2
Neb Stewart: 53

Top 5

Jim Gleeson: S7.B-2(E7)
Al Todd: 9
Bobby Mattick: 9
Larry French: K

Bot 5

Bill Atwood: 63
Art Mahan: K
Larry File: 53/BG

Top 6

Stan Hack: 43
Billy Herman: 5/FL
Bill Nicholson: S4
Hank Leiber: D7.1-3
Zeke Bonura: IW
Jim Gleeson: K

Bot 6

Lefty Smoll: S7/F
Pinky May: 5/FL
Ham Schulte: W.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 8.2-3
Joe Marty: S9.3-H;1-2
Neb Stewart: 8

Top 7

Al Todd: E6/TH
Bobby Mattick: S9.1X3(965)
Larry French: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bill Atwood: 43
Art Mahan: K
Larry File: 53

Top 8

Stan Hack: 53
Billy Herman: S7
Bill Nicholson: 13/SH.1-2
Hank Leiber: 7/P

Bot 8

Johnny Rizzo: 5/L
Pinky May: 63
Ham Schulte: 43

Top 9

Zeke Bonura: 53
Jim Gleeson: W
Al Todd: 8
Bobby Mattick: 3/FL

Bot 9

Danny Litwhiler: 63
Joe Marty: S9
Neb Stewart: 64(1)/FO
Bill Atwood: K