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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1943-06-16 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 12389 · 1:56

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Hank Gornicki earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9
PIT	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		5	12

W: Hank Gornicki L: Hi Bithorn SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Stanky	3	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Novikoff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ival Goodman	4	1	3	0	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	4	0	2	1	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lon Warneke	2	0	0	0	0	1
Stu Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Colman	4	2	2	1	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	1	4	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	2	2	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	1	0	0
Huck Geary	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Gornicki	3	0	0	0	0	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hi Bithorn	0.0	4	0	0
Lon Warneke	6.0	7	1	3
Hank Wyse	2.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Gornicki	9.0	9	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 63
Eddie Stanky: 7/F
Phil Cavarretta: 3/FL

Bot 1

Frankie Gustine: D7/F7D
Frank Colman: T/78.2-H
Jim Russell: S7/L.3-H
Bob Elliott: S8.1-3
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G.3-3;1-2
Al Lopez: IW
Vince DiMaggio: 64(1)/DP.3-H;2X3(45)

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: K
Lou Novikoff: 63
Ival Goodman: D7
Peanuts Lowrey: S9.2-H
Clyde McCullough: K

Bot 2

Huck Geary: 9/L
Hank Gornicki: K
Frankie Gustine: S8/L
Frank Colman: 313

Top 3

Lon Warneke: K
Stan Hack: 43
Eddie Stanky: K/C

Bot 3

Jim Russell: 9/F
Bob Elliott: S8
Elbie Fletcher: SB2
Elbie Fletcher: S9.2-H
Al Lopez: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 4

Phil Cavarretta: 9/F
Bill Nicholson: 13
Lou Novikoff: S5/G
Ival Goodman: S7.1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 43

Bot 4

Vince DiMaggio: 5/P
Huck Geary: 8/F
Hank Gornicki: K

Top 5

Clyde McCullough: 63
Lon Warneke: 143
Stan Hack: 63

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: 8/F
Frank Colman: S8
Jim Russell: K
Bob Elliott: S7.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: S9.2-H;1-3
Al Lopez: 53

Top 6

Eddie Stanky: W
Phil Cavarretta: 8/F
Bill Nicholson: 9/F
Lou Novikoff: 13

Bot 6

Vince DiMaggio: 13
Huck Geary: S8
Hank Gornicki: 36(1)/BG/FO
Frankie Gustine: 4/P

Top 7

Ival Goodman: S7
Peanuts Lowrey: 4(1)/FO
Clyde McCullough: 54(1)/FO
Stu Martin: S7.1-2
Stan Hack: 63

Bot 7

Frank Colman: 43
Jim Russell: 13
Bob Elliott: S7
Elbie Fletcher: 43

Top 8

Eddie Stanky: 63
Phil Cavarretta: S8
Bill Nicholson: S8.1-3
Lou Novikoff: 9/F.3-H
Ival Goodman: 53

Bot 8

Al Lopez: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 53
Huck Geary: 13

Top 9

Peanuts Lowrey: S5/F
Clyde McCullough: 54(1)3/GDP
Dom Dallessandro: 4/L

Notes & reviews

ball deflected off Cavarretta to pitcher.

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