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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1942-06-24 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 4309 · 1:38

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 2nd. Claude Passeau earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Claude Passeau L: Earl Naylor SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ziggy Sears · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	3	0	1	0	1	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Russell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lou Novikoff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Chico Hernandez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Claude Passeau	4	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pinky May	2	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Koy	4	0	0	1	0	1
Nick Etten	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Bragan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	2	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Naylor	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Northey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	4	1	6

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Naylor	9.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 43
Lennie Merullo: W
Phil Cavarretta: CS2(26)#
Phil Cavarretta: 4

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: S8
Danny Murtaugh: 54(1)/FO
Pinky May: 64(1)/FO
Danny Litwhiler: 13

Top 2

Rip Russell: S5
Bill Nicholson: K
Jimmie Foxx: D8.1-H
Lou Novikoff: D7.2-H
Chico Hernandez: 7
Claude Passeau: 7

Bot 2

Ernie Koy: 63
Nick Etten: 7
Bobby Bragan: 8

Top 3

Stan Hack: S8
Lennie Merullo: S7.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: 4
Rip Russell: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Bill Nicholson: 31

Bot 3

Mickey Livingston: 8
Earl Naylor: K
Lloyd Waner: 43

Top 4

Jimmie Foxx: K
Lou Novikoff: 53
Chico Hernandez: S8
Claude Passeau: 5/FL

Bot 4

Danny Murtaugh: 2/FL
Pinky May: 53
Danny Litwhiler: K

Top 5

Stan Hack: 8
Lennie Merullo: 53
Phil Cavarretta: 43

Bot 5

Ernie Koy: 8
Nick Etten: K
Bobby Bragan: 63

Top 6

Rip Russell: 53
Bill Nicholson: S9
Jimmie Foxx: 3
Lou Novikoff: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Mickey Livingston: K
Earl Naylor: 13
Lloyd Waner: 43

Top 7

Chico Hernandez: 4
Claude Passeau: 5
Stan Hack: 43

Bot 7

Danny Murtaugh: D7
Pinky May: W
Danny Litwhiler: 8/L.2-3
Ernie Koy: 4(1)/FO.B-2(E4);3-H
Nick Etten: 9/L

Top 8

Lennie Merullo: 5/FL
Phil Cavarretta: 8
Rip Russell: 8

Bot 8

Bobby Bragan: S9.B-2(E9)
Mickey Livingston: 53/SH.2-3
Earl Naylor: K
Lloyd Waner: 7

Top 9

Bill Nicholson: HR/9
Jimmie Foxx: 53
Lou Novikoff: 7
Chico Hernandez: W
Claude Passeau: 8/L

Bot 9

Danny Murtaugh: S8
Ron Northey: 9
Danny Litwhiler: 9
Ernie Koy: K