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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

1942-04-17 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 10149 · 45°F, sunny, dry · Wind from CF · 1:57

Chicago Cubs defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 7th. Bill Lee earned the win. Lonny Frey went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lee L: Johnny Vander Meer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lonny Frey	4	0	3	1	0	0
Jim Gleeson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bert Haas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Vander Meer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Koy	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	2	0	0	0	2	1
Phil Cavarretta	3	0	0	1	1	0
Lou Novikoff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Stringer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Clyde McCullough	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lennie Merullo	3	2	2	0	0	0
Bill Lee	1	0	0	0	2	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	8.0	5	5	5

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	10	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Joost: D7
Lonny Frey: S9.2-H
Jim Gleeson: S8.1-2
Gee Walker: 7/L
Frank McCormick: 463/DP.2XH(32)

Bot 1

Stan Hack: W
Phil Cavarretta: 9
Lou Novikoff: 43.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 8

Top 2

Bert Haas: 9
Mike McCormick: S4
Rollie Hemsley: 6
Johnny Vander Meer: 6

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: 43
Lou Stringer: K
Clyde McCullough: 53

Top 3

Eddie Joost: 8
Lonny Frey: S8
Jim Gleeson: 3/G.1-2
Gee Walker: 53

Bot 3

Lennie Merullo: 63
Bill Lee: 53
Stan Hack: W
Phil Cavarretta: 13

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 7
Bert Haas: S7
Mike McCormick: K/C
Rollie Hemsley: D9.1XH(932)

Bot 4

Lou Novikoff: S8
Bill Nicholson: D9.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: 6
Lou Stringer: 63
Clyde McCullough: 63

Top 5

Johnny Vander Meer: 53
Eddie Joost: 6/L
Lonny Frey: 7/L

Bot 5

Lennie Merullo: S4.B-2(E4/TH1)
Bill Lee: W
Stan Hack: 5
Phil Cavarretta: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Lou Novikoff: E5/TH1.3-H(UR)(NR);1XH(92)

Top 6

Jim Gleeson: 31
Gee Walker: 13
Frank McCormick: S7
Bert Haas: S8.1-2
Mike McCormick: FC1.2-H(E1/TH3)(UR)(NR);1-3;B-2
Rollie Hemsley: IW
Johnny Vander Meer: K

Bot 6

Bill Nicholson: 8
Babe Dahlgren: K
Lou Stringer: K

Top 7

Eddie Joost: K/C
Lonny Frey: S3
Jim Gleeson: CS2(24)
Jim Gleeson: 9

Bot 7

Clyde McCullough: S7
Lennie Merullo: S3/BG.1-2
Bill Lee: W.2-3;1-2
Stan Hack: K
Phil Cavarretta: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lou Novikoff: 7.3-H
Bill Nicholson: 4

Top 8

Gee Walker: 53
Frank McCormick: 4
Bert Haas: 43

Bot 8

Babe Dahlgren: 3/FL
Lou Stringer: 4
Clyde McCullough: K/C

Top 9

Mike McCormick: 43
Rollie Hemsley: 4
Ernie Koy: K