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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1942-08-16 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 1:56

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 8th. Bill Lee earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lee L: Hank Gornicki SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frankie Gustine	3	1	1	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Gornicki	2	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Phelps	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	2	2	1	0	0
Lennie Merullo	1	0	0	0	2	1
Bill Nicholson	4	1	1	1	0	0
Lou Novikoff	4	1	2	1	0	0
Rip Russell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	2	1	0	1
Chico Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Sturgeon	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Lee	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Gornicki	7.0	4	3	4
Luke Hamlin	1.0	4	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	6	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 43
Jimmy Wasdell: 63
Johnny Barrett: 63

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 9/F
Lennie Merullo: W
Bill Nicholson: 9/F
Lou Novikoff: 9/F

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 9/F

Bot 2

Rip Russell: W
Phil Cavarretta: K
Chico Hernandez: 8/F
Bobby Sturgeon: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Frankie Gustine: D7
Al Lopez: 41.2-3
Hank Gornicki: K
Pete Coscarart: D8.3-H
Jimmy Wasdell: S/G.2-3
Johnny Barrett: CS2(263)

Bot 3

Bill Lee: 53
Stan Hack: 7/F
Lennie Merullo: W
Bill Nicholson: 43

Top 4

Johnny Barrett: S
Bob Elliott: 7/F
Elbie Fletcher: 53/SH.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 4

Lou Novikoff: 7/F
Rip Russell: 9/F
Phil Cavarretta: S
Chico Hernandez: 8/F

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: 53
Al Lopez: T
Hank Gornicki: 2/FL
Pete Coscarart: 8/F

Bot 5

Bobby Sturgeon: S7
Bill Lee: SB2
Bill Lee: K
Stan Hack: T9.2-H;B-H(NR)(E9/TH)(UR)
Lennie Merullo: K
Bill Nicholson: 3/G

Top 6

Jimmy Wasdell: E3/G.B-1
Johnny Barrett: 2/F
Bob Elliott: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Lou Novikoff: S
Rip Russell: K
Phil Cavarretta: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: D
Vince DiMaggio: K
Frankie Gustine: 43.2-3
Al Lopez: 53

Bot 7

Chico Hernandez: 7/F
Bobby Sturgeon: 9/F
Bill Lee: 63

Top 8

Babe Phelps: 63
Pete Coscarart: 6/F
Jimmy Wasdell: 43

Bot 8

Stan Hack: S
Lennie Merullo: 54/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: D/78.2-H
Lou Novikoff: D/L7.2-H
Rip Russell: 3/P
Phil Cavarretta: S9.2-H
Chico Hernandez: K

Top 9

Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: 16(1)/FO
Vince DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO