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Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds

1943-05-07 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 1638 · 82°F, cloudy, dry · 1:55

Cincinnati Reds defeated Chicago Cubs 5–4. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 1st. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win and Joe Beggs picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	8
CIN	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0		5	10

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Dick Barrett SV: Joe Beggs

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Stanky	2	2	0	0	3	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	4	0	1	2	0	0
Heinz Becker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Todd	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Platt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Hanyzewski	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	1	0	0	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lonny Frey	3	2	1	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	4	2	2	1	0	0
Max Marshall	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frank McCormick	3	1	2	1	1	0
Gee Walker	4	0	2	2	0	0
Bert Haas	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eric Tipton	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ray Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	4	0	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Barrett	4.0	5	3	2
Ed Hanyzewski	4.0	5	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	8.2	8	4	1
Joe Beggs	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 6/L
Eddie Stanky: 63
Bill Nicholson: 9

Bot 1

Lonny Frey: W
Eddie Miller: E6/TH1.1-2
Max Marshall: K
Frank McCormick: WP.2-H;1-3
Frank McCormick: W
Gee Walker: 4(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Bert Haas: CS2(16)

Top 2

Dom Dallessandro: 13
Heinz Becker: 63
Peanuts Lowrey: 53

Bot 2

Bert Haas: 7
Eric Tipton: D7
Ray Mueller: 63
Johnny Vander Meer: S4.2XH(452)

Top 3

Lennie Merullo: 53
Al Todd: 8/L
Dick Barrett: 4/L

Bot 3

Lonny Frey: T8
Eddie Miller: S8.3-H
Max Marshall: 2/FL/FDP.1X2(26)
Frank McCormick: 63

Top 4

Stan Hack: 43
Eddie Stanky: W
Bill Nicholson: S8.1-2
Dom Dallessandro: S9.2-H;1-3
Heinz Becker: FC1.3-H(E1/THH)(UR)(NR);1-3;B-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 8/FDP.3XH(852)

Bot 4

Gee Walker: 5
Bert Haas: D8
Eric Tipton: W
Ray Mueller: 7
Johnny Vander Meer: K

Top 5

Lennie Merullo: 63
Al Todd: 8
Whitey Platt: S6
Stan Hack: S9.1-3
Eddie Stanky: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: K/C

Bot 5

Lonny Frey: 6
Eddie Miller: D7
Max Marshall: K/C
Frank McCormick: S7.2-H
Gee Walker: S7.1-2
Bert Haas: W.2-3;1-2
Eric Tipton: 8

Top 6

Dom Dallessandro: 3/G
Heinz Becker: 8
Peanuts Lowrey: 53

Bot 6

Ray Mueller: 63
Johnny Vander Meer: 63
Lonny Frey: 43

Top 7

Lennie Merullo: D7
Al Todd: 9.2-3
Ed Hanyzewski: 6(B)5(3)/LDP

Bot 7

Eddie Miller: 2/FL
Max Marshall: 8
Frank McCormick: S7
Gee Walker: D7.1-H
Bert Haas: 63

Top 8

Stan Hack: 43
Eddie Stanky: W
Bill Nicholson: S9.1-3
Dom Dallessandro: 8.3-H
Heinz Becker: 3/FL

Bot 8

Eric Tipton: 13
Ray Mueller: 7
Johnny Vander Meer: 9

Top 9

Peanuts Lowrey: S4
Lennie Merullo: 4
Al Todd: S9.1-3
Phil Cavarretta: 13.3-H;1-2
Stan Hack: W
Eddie Stanky: 64(1)/FO