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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1941-06-15 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7001 · 2:04

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 8–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 8 in the 6th. Johnny Podgajny earned the win. Danny Litwhiler went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Podgajny L: Charlie Root SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Heinie Mueller	5	1	3	1	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	2	2	2	0	0
Bobby Bragan	4	1	1	0	0	1
Nick Etten	3	0	0	1	2	1
Johnny Rizzo	3	1	1	1	1	1
Joe Marty	3	1	0	0	1	1
Pinky May	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bennie Warren	4	1	2	2	0	0
Johnny Podgajny	4	0	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bobby Sturgeon	3	1	1	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	5	1	3	2	0	0
Bill Nicholson	5	0	2	1	0	1
Hank Leiber	2	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde McCullough	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lou Stringer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Root	2	0	1	0	0	1
Larry French	1	1	1	0	0	0
Augie Galan	1	0	0	1	0	0
Lou Novikoff	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hudson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Myers	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Podgajny	9.0	9	3	5

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Root	5.1	8	2	3
Larry French	2.2	3	1	0
Paul Erickson	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Heinie Mueller: S
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Bobby Bragan: 99/SH.1-2
Nick Etten: W
Johnny Rizzo: K

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 99
Bobby Sturgeon: 99
Dom Dallessandro: 99

Top 2

Joe Marty: K
Pinky May: 99
Bennie Warren: S
Johnny Podgajny: K

Bot 2

Bill Nicholson: K
Hank Leiber: 99
Phil Cavarretta: K

Top 3

Heinie Mueller: S
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Bobby Bragan: 99
Nick Etten: 99

Bot 3

Clyde McCullough: K
Lou Stringer: W
Charlie Root: SB2
Charlie Root: K
Stan Hack: 99

Top 4

Johnny Rizzo: 99
Joe Marty: 99
Pinky May: 99

Bot 4

Bobby Sturgeon: T
Dom Dallessandro: S7.3-H
Bill Nicholson: S9.1-3
Hank Leiber: W.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: 5/P
Clyde McCullough: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Lou Stringer: 99(1)/FO

Top 5

Bennie Warren: 99
Johnny Podgajny: 99
Heinie Mueller: 99

Bot 5

Charlie Root: S
Stan Hack: PO1(E1).1-2
Stan Hack: 99
Bobby Sturgeon: 99
Dom Dallessandro: 99

Top 6

Danny Litwhiler: S6
Bobby Bragan: S7.1-3
Nick Etten: 8.3-H
Johnny Rizzo: D9.1-H
Joe Marty: IW
Pinky May: S7.2-H;1-2
Bennie Warren: D8.2-H;1-H
Johnny Podgajny: 13
Heinie Mueller: S7.2-H
Danny Litwhiler: HR.1-H
Bobby Bragan: 63

Bot 6

Bill Nicholson: E6
Hank Leiber: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99
Clyde McCullough: 99

Top 7

Nick Etten: W
Johnny Rizzo: 99/SH.1-2
Joe Marty: 99
Pinky May: 99

Bot 7

Lou Stringer: 99
Larry French: S
Stan Hack: D9.1-3
Augie Galan: 9.3-H
Dom Dallessandro: D/78.2-H
Bill Nicholson: S.2-H
Lou Novikoff: 53

Top 8

Bennie Warren: 99
Johnny Podgajny: D
Heinie Mueller: 99
Danny Litwhiler: 99

Bot 8

Phil Cavarretta: 99
Clyde McCullough: W
Lou Stringer: 99
Johnny Hudson: 99

Top 9

Bobby Bragan: K
Nick Etten: K
Johnny Rizzo: W
Joe Marty: CS2(99)

Bot 9

Stan Hack: 99
Billy Myers: K
Dom Dallessandro: S
Bill Nicholson: 99

Notes & reviews

May and Podgajny almost had a fight on the pitcher's mound. May walked the ball to the mound and said 'Don't give up'. Podgajny took offense and they had to be separated by 3B Umpire Goetz. May and Podgajny apologized to each other at the end of the inning.

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