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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1942-09-16 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1287 · 1:37

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 4th. Hi Bithorn earned the win. Bobby Sturgeon went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hi Bithorn L: George Hennessey SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Cy Block	3	1	1	0	1
Marv Rickert	4	0	1	1	0
Bill Nicholson	1	1	0	0	3
Whitey Platt	4	0	0	0	0
Rip Russell	4	1	1	0	0
Paul Gillespie	4	1	1	0	0
Bobby Sturgeon	4	0	2	3	0
Lennie Merullo	4	0	0	0	0
Hi Bithorn	3	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Freed	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Northey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Naylor	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Murphy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Burich	3	1	2	0	1	0
Hal Marnie	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	3	0	1	1	0	0
George Hennessey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Litwhiler	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Etten	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hi Bithorn	9.0	8	2	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
George Hennessey	7.0	6	4
Boom-Boom Beck	1.0	0	0
Ike Pearson	1.0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cy Block: T9
Marv Rickert: S8.3-H
Bill Nicholson: W.1-2
Whitey Platt: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rip Russell: 53

Bot 1

Pinky May: 9/F
Ed Freed: 43
Ron Northey: S4/G
Earl Naylor: 13

Top 2

Paul Gillespie: 43
Bobby Sturgeon: 8/F
Lennie Merullo: 63

Bot 2

Ed Murphy: 43
Bill Burich: S6/G
Hal Marnie: 43.1-2
Mickey Livingston: D9.2-H
George Hennessey: 2/FL

Top 3

Hi Bithorn: 63
Cy Block: 43
Marv Rickert: 6/P

Bot 3

Pinky May: 43
Ed Freed: 63
Ron Northey: 63

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: W
Whitey Platt: 9/F
Rip Russell: S7.1-2
Paul Gillespie: 43.2-3;1-2
Bobby Sturgeon: S6/G.3-H;2-H;BX2(624)

Bot 4

Earl Naylor: 43
Ed Murphy: S8
Bill Burich: 3/P
Hal Marnie: 63

Top 5

Lennie Merullo: 3/P
Hi Bithorn: 53
Cy Block: 63

Bot 5

Mickey Livingston: 9/F
George Hennessey: K
Pinky May: S7
Ed Freed: S5/G.1-2
Ron Northey: 43

Top 6

Marv Rickert: 31
Bill Nicholson: W
Whitey Platt: 46(1)/FO
Rip Russell: 13

Bot 6

Earl Naylor: 43
Ed Murphy: 63
Bill Burich: W
Hal Marnie: 8/F

Top 7

Paul Gillespie: S9
Bobby Sturgeon: D9.1-H;B-3(E4)
Lennie Merullo: 4/P
Hi Bithorn: 63
Cy Block: W
Marv Rickert: 4/P

Bot 7

Mickey Livingston: 8/F
Danny Litwhiler: S8
Pinky May: 13.1-2
Ed Freed: 5/P

Top 8

Bill Nicholson: 99
Whitey Platt: 99
Rip Russell: 99

Bot 8

Ron Northey: 99
Ernie Koy: 99
Ed Murphy: 99

Top 9

Paul Gillespie: 99
Bobby Sturgeon: 99
Lennie Merullo: 99

Bot 9

Bill Burich: S
Hal Marnie: 54(1)3/GDP
Nick Etten: W
Danny Litwhiler: 99