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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-04-21 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2397 · 1:52

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 3rd. Rip Sewell earned the win. Bob Elliott went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rip Sewell L: Hi Bithorn SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	3	0	1	1	1	1
Lou Novikoff	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Stringer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hi Bithorn	2	0	0	0	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alf Anderson	5	0	1	0	0	2
Stu Martin	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	2	2	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	3	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	2	0	0	2
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	0	0	1	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Phelps	1	0	0	0	3	0
Rip Sewell	3	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hi Bithorn	6.0	8	4	3
Johnny Schmitz	2.0	0	1	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	6	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 23/BG
Phil Cavarretta: W
Lou Novikoff: E2/TH/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: W.2-3;1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 9
Lou Stringer: 2/FL

Bot 1

Alf Anderson: 53
Stu Martin: 43
Jimmy Wasdell: S8
Bob Elliott: 43

Top 2

Clyde McCullough: 4/P
Lennie Merullo: K/C
Hi Bithorn: 3/P

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: S5/BG
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 143(B)6(1)/GDP.2-3
Babe Phelps: IW
Rip Sewell: 4/P

Top 3

Stan Hack: 7
Phil Cavarretta: K
Lou Novikoff: 53

Bot 3

Alf Anderson: K
Stu Martin: 13/BG
Jimmy Wasdell: W
Bob Elliott: HR/9.1-H
Vince DiMaggio: S8
Elbie Fletcher: K

Top 4

Bill Nicholson: 9
Babe Dahlgren: 7
Lou Stringer: HR8/IPHR
Clyde McCullough: 63

Bot 4

Maurice Van Robays: 9/L
Babe Phelps: W
Rip Sewell: 23.1-2
Alf Anderson: 7

Top 5

Lennie Merullo: 6/FL
Hi Bithorn: 43
Stan Hack: D9
Phil Cavarretta: D9.2-H
Lou Novikoff: 7

Bot 5

Stu Martin: HR8/IPHR
Jimmy Wasdell: S7.B-2(E7)
Bob Elliott: S8.2-H(UR)
Vince DiMaggio: K
Elbie Fletcher: 4/P
Maurice Van Robays: 3/P

Top 6

Bill Nicholson: S9
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)/FO
Lou Stringer: 8
Clyde McCullough: S6.1-2
Lennie Merullo: 7

Bot 6

Babe Phelps: 2/FL
Rip Sewell: E6/TH
Alf Anderson: S9.1-3
Stu Martin: 7.3-H(UR);1-2(TH)
Jimmy Wasdell: 13

Top 7

Peanuts Lowrey: 2/FL
Stan Hack: 8
Phil Cavarretta: 7

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: 7
Vince DiMaggio: K23
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G

Top 8

Lou Novikoff: 53
Bill Nicholson: 9
Babe Dahlgren: 5/FL

Bot 8

Maurice Van Robays: K/C
Babe Phelps: W
Rip Sewell: 13/SH.1-2
Alf Anderson: K/C

Top 9

Lou Stringer: 53
Clyde McCullough: S1
Lennie Merullo: 4/P
Dom Dallessandro: 6(1)/FO