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New York Giants @ Chicago Cubs

1942-07-12 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 38725 · 2:02

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 8–3. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 2nd. Hi Bithorn earned the win. Lou Novikoff went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9
CHN	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	0		8	12

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

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	0	1	0	1	0
Willard Marshall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	1	1	1	1
Babe Young	4	1	2	0	0	1
Babe Barna	4	0	2	1	0	1
Gus Mancuso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mickey Witek	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Lohrman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	2	0	0	1	0	0
Harry Danning	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	1	2	0	1	0
Lou Novikoff	5	2	2	2	0	2
Jimmie Foxx	3	2	1	0	1	1
Bill Nicholson	4	2	2	1	0	1
Lou Stringer	4	1	2	2	0	0
Lennie Merullo	3	0	3	2	1	0
Chico Hernandez	3	0	0	1	1	0
Hi Bithorn	4	0	0	0	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	2.0	6	0	1
Harry Feldman	2.1	4	2	2
Bill McGee	1.2	0	1	2
Ace Adams	2.0	2	1	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hi Bithorn	9.0	9	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: D
Willard Marshall: CS3(99)
Willard Marshall: 99
Mel Ott: W
Babe Young: K

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99
Lou Novikoff: K23#

Top 2

Babe Barna: T7
Gus Mancuso: 99
Dick Bartell: K
Mickey Witek: 99

Bot 2

Jimmie Foxx: D9
Bill Nicholson: S3/G.2-3
Lou Stringer: S8/G.3-H;1-2
Lennie Merullo: S7.2-H;1-3
Chico Hernandez: 8/L.3-H
Hi Bithorn: 99
Stan Hack: 99

Top 3

Bill Lohrman: 99
Billy Werber: 99
Willard Marshall: 99

Bot 3

Phil Cavarretta: T9/L
Lou Novikoff: HR/7.3-H
Jimmie Foxx: K/C
Bill Nicholson: K/C
Lou Stringer: 99/F

Top 4

Mel Ott: K
Babe Young: D
Babe Barna: D.2-H
Gus Mancuso: 99
Dick Bartell: 99

Bot 4

Lennie Merullo: D
Chico Hernandez: W
Hi Bithorn: 99
Stan Hack: 99
Phil Cavarretta: 99

Top 5

Mickey Witek: 99
Harry Feldman: S
Billy Werber: 99
Willard Marshall: 99

Bot 5

Lou Novikoff: S8
Jimmie Foxx: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: S9.2-H;1-3
Lou Stringer: 8/F.3-H;1-3
Lennie Merullo: S.3-H
Chico Hernandez: SB2
Chico Hernandez: 8(B)5(2)/DP

Top 6

Mel Ott: 99
Babe Young: S
Babe Barna: K
Gus Mancuso: 99

Bot 6

Hi Bithorn: K
Stan Hack: 99
Phil Cavarretta: W
Lou Novikoff: K

Top 7

Dick Bartell: S
Mickey Witek: W.1-2
Johnny Mize: 99
Billy Werber: W.2-3;1-2
Buster Maynard: 99(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Mel Ott: S.3-H;1-2
Babe Young: 99

Bot 7

Jimmie Foxx: 99
Bill Nicholson: 99
Lou Stringer: D
Lennie Merullo: W
Chico Hernandez: 99

Top 8

Babe Barna: 99
Harry Danning: 99
Dick Bartell: 99

Bot 8

Hi Bithorn: K
Stan Hack: K
Phil Cavarretta: S
Lou Novikoff: 99

Top 9

Mickey Witek: 99
Hank Leiber: S
Billy Werber: 99
Buster Maynard: 99

Notes & reviews

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