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Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves

1942-09-14 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 901 · 2:01

Boston Braves defeated Chicago Cubs 4–2. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 8th. Bill Donovan earned the win. Max West went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Donovan L: Hi Bithorn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Jorda · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cy Block	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marv Rickert	4	0	1	0	0	2
Bill Nicholson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lou Novikoff	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rip Russell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Scheffing	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Stringer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lennie Merullo	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Lee	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	2	0	0	0	2	0
Sibby Sisti	2	1	0	0	1	0
Nanny Fernandez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	2	1	0	0
Paul Waner	4	1	2	1	0	0
Max West	3	1	1	2	1	1
Ducky Detweiler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	0	0	1	3
Bill Donovan	3	0	0	0	1	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	7.0	3	5	5
Hi Bithorn	0.1	3	2	0
Vern Olsen	0.2	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Donovan	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cy Block: 9/F
Marv Rickert: S7
Bill Nicholson: 2/FL
Lou Novikoff: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 43
Sibby Sisti: 163
Nanny Fernandez: 63

Top 2

Lou Novikoff: D8
Rip Russell: S9.2-H
Bob Scheffing: 4/FL
Lou Stringer: PO1(13)
Lou Stringer: K

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Paul Waner: 7/F
Max West: W.1-2
Ducky Detweiler: 8/F
Whitey Wietelmann: K/C

Top 3

Lennie Merullo: W
Bill Lee: BK.1-2
Bill Lee: FC1/SH/TH3.2-3
Cy Block: K
Marv Rickert: K
Bill Nicholson: S9.3-H;1-2
Lou Novikoff: 13

Bot 3

Bill Donovan: K
Tommy Holmes: W
Sibby Sisti: 13/SH.1-2
Nanny Fernandez: 31

Top 4

Rip Russell: 9/F
Bob Scheffing: K
Lou Stringer: S9
Lennie Merullo: D7.1XH(762)

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: S8
Paul Waner: S9.1-2
Max West: 9/F.2-3
Ducky Detweiler: FC5.3XH(5252);1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: K/C

Top 5

Bill Lee: 4/P
Cy Block: E5/TH.B-1
Marv Rickert: 16(1)/FO
Bill Nicholson: 3/P/BINT

Bot 5

Bill Donovan: 6/P
Tommy Holmes: W
Sibby Sisti: 8/F
Nanny Fernandez: 9/F

Top 6

Lou Novikoff: 9/L
Rip Russell: 43
Bob Scheffing: 63

Bot 6

Ernie Lombardi: 3/FL
Paul Waner: 63
Max West: K

Top 7

Lou Stringer: 13
Lennie Merullo: 4/P
Bill Lee: D8
Cy Block: 8/F

Bot 7

Ducky Detweiler: 13
Whitey Wietelmann: K
Bill Donovan: W
Tommy Holmes: 8/L

Top 8

Marv Rickert: K23
Bill Nicholson: 9/L
Lou Novikoff: W
Rip Russell: S7.1-2
Bob Scheffing: 8/F

Bot 8

Sibby Sisti: W
Nanny Fernandez: S5/BG.1-3(E6/TH);B-2
Ernie Lombardi: 163.3-H
Paul Waner: S7.2-H
Max West: HR.1-H
Ducky Detweiler: W
Whitey Wietelmann: W.1-2
Bill Donovan: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Lou Stringer: 43
Lennie Merullo: 4/P
Jimmie Foxx: 7