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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-05-24 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 16746 · 2:22

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 11–4. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 6th. Claude Passeau earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 2-for-6 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	2	0	11	14
PIT	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8

W: Claude Passeau L: Ken Heintzelman SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	2	0	1	3	0
Lennie Merullo	5	2	3	1	1	1
Phil Cavarretta	5	2	3	2	1	0
Bill Nicholson	6	2	2	3	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	2	0	1	1	2	1
Lou Stringer	5	0	2	0	0	2
Peanuts Lowrey	5	1	2	1	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	1	1	0	1	1
Claude Passeau	4	1	0	0	0	1
Charlie Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	1	1	0	0	0
Stu Martin	3	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Wasdell	3	0	0	1	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	2	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	1	1	1	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ken Heintzelman	1	0	1	2	0	0
Dutch Dietz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	9.0	8	5	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	5.1	9	6	4
Dutch Dietz	3.2	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: W
Lennie Merullo: S1/BG.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Bill Nicholson: K+PO3(25)/DP

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 1/BG
Stu Martin: W
Bob Elliott: 64(1)3/GDP#

Top 2

Dom Dallessandro: K
Lou Stringer: S3
Peanuts Lowrey: 5/FL
Clyde McCullough: 7

Bot 2

Jimmy Wasdell: 2/FL
Elbie Fletcher: 8
Maurice Van Robays: 5E3
Vince DiMaggio: D7.1-3
Al Lopez: IW
Ken Heintzelman: S9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3;BX2(96)

Top 3

Claude Passeau: 63
Stan Hack: W
Lennie Merullo: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Phil Cavarretta: S9.3-H;2-H(E9)(UR);B-2(TH)#
Bill Nicholson: 2/FL
Dom Dallessandro: W
Lou Stringer: 7

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: T7
Stu Martin: 4/P
Bob Elliott: W
Jimmy Wasdell: 9.3-H;1-2(TH)
Elbie Fletcher: S4.2-3
Maurice Van Robays: S8.3-H;1-3(E8);B-2(TH)
Vince DiMaggio: 6/P

Top 4

Peanuts Lowrey: S6
Clyde McCullough: S8.1-3
Claude Passeau: K
Stan Hack: 43.3-H;1-2
Lennie Merullo: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Phil Cavarretta: 8/L

Bot 4

Al Lopez: S9
Ken Heintzelman: 34/SH.1-2
Pete Coscarart: 3/G.2-3
Stu Martin: 43

Top 5

Bill Nicholson: 6/P
Dom Dallessandro: W
Lou Stringer: K
Peanuts Lowrey: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: 7
Jimmy Wasdell: 4/P
Elbie Fletcher: D9
Maurice Van Robays: K/C

Top 6

Clyde McCullough: W
Claude Passeau: E3/SH.1-2
Stan Hack: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Lennie Merullo: W.2-3;1-2
Phil Cavarretta: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bill Nicholson: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Dom Dallessandro: S8.3-H;1-3
Lou Stringer: K
Peanuts Lowrey: E6/TH.3-H(NR);1-2
Clyde McCullough: CS3(25)

Bot 6

Vince DiMaggio: 6/L
Al Lopez: K
Dutch Dietz: 43

Top 7

Clyde McCullough: K
Claude Passeau: 8
Stan Hack: 9

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: 8
Stu Martin: 7
Bob Elliott: K

Top 8

Lennie Merullo: K
Phil Cavarretta: D9
Bill Nicholson: S9.2-H
Charlie Gilbert: 8
Lou Stringer: S7.1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: S9.2-H;1-3
Clyde McCullough: 7/L

Bot 8

Jimmy Wasdell: W
Elbie Fletcher: 2/FL
Maurice Van Robays: 2/FL
Vince DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Al Lopez: 6/P

Top 9

Claude Passeau: 63
Stan Hack: W
Lennie Merullo: 6/P
Phil Cavarretta: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 9

Bot 9

Bud Stewart: 43
Pete Coscarart: 63
Stu Martin: W
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO