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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1941-05-08 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1223 · 1:56

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–1. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 4th. Vern Olsen earned the win. Vern Olsen went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	10

W: Vern Olsen L: Ike Pearson SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	2	0	1	0
Lou Stringer	5	0	1	1	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	0	0	0	2	1
Hank Leiber	3	0	0	0	2	2
Phil Cavarretta	4	1	3	0	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	1	1	0	0	1
Billy Myers	4	1	2	1	0	1
Vern Olsen	4	1	1	3	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nagel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Marty	4	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	1	1	1	0	0
Nick Etten	4	0	1	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Warren	2	0	1	0	2	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ike Pearson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Marnie	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Jumonville	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Olsen	9.0	10	2	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ike Pearson	4.0	8	1	1
Boom-Boom Beck	3.0	3	3	2
Roy Bruner	2.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 7
Lou Stringer: 13
Dom Dallessandro: 7

Bot 1

Pinky May: 53
Bill Nagel: S1/BG
Joe Marty: 36(1)/FO
Danny Litwhiler: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: W
Hank Leiber: K
Phil Cavarretta: 7
Clyde McCullough: 7

Bot 2

Nick Etten: K
Heinie Mueller: 63
Bennie Warren: S9
Bobby Bragan: 53

Top 3

Billy Myers: 53
Vern Olsen: 53
Stan Hack: S8
Lou Stringer: T9.1-H
Dom Dallessandro: 7

Bot 3

Ike Pearson: S8
Pinky May: 54(1)3/GDP
Bill Nagel: 9

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: 99
Hank Leiber: 99
Phil Cavarretta: S3
Clyde McCullough: S5.1-2
Billy Myers: S8.2-H;1-2
Vern Olsen: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Stan Hack: S
Lou Stringer: SB2
Lou Stringer: 99

Bot 4

Joe Marty: S
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Nick Etten: S.1-2
Heinie Mueller: K
Bennie Warren: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Bragan: 99

Top 5

Dom Dallessandro: S
Bill Nicholson: K+CS2(26)/DP
Hank Leiber: W
Phil Cavarretta: S.1-2
Clyde McCullough: K23#

Bot 5

Boom-Boom Beck: K
Pinky May: 99
Bill Nagel: 99

Top 6

Billy Myers: S7
Vern Olsen: 7
Stan Hack: 3/G.1-2
Lou Stringer: 43

Bot 6

Joe Marty: 8/L
Danny Litwhiler: 13
Nick Etten: 9

Top 7

Dom Dallessandro: 53
Bill Nicholson: W
Hank Leiber: W.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: S8.2XH(8432);1-2
Clyde McCullough: 63

Bot 7

Hal Marnie: 13
Bennie Warren: W
Bobby Bragan: D9.1-3
Mickey Livingston: K
Pinky May: 13

Top 8

Billy Myers: K
Vern Olsen: 23
Stan Hack: W
Lou Stringer: K

Bot 8

Bill Nagel: 53
Joe Marty: 4/P
Danny Litwhiler: HR/7
Nick Etten: 8

Top 9

Dom Dallessandro: 63
Bill Nicholson: 7
Hank Leiber: K

Bot 9

Hal Marnie: S
Bennie Warren: 54(1)3/GDP
Bobby Bragan: S
George Jumonville: S.1-2
Pinky May: 99