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Chicago Cubs @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1944-07-26 · Night game · Ebbets Field · Att: 11738 · 2:10

Chicago Cubs defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 4–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 4th. Bill Fleming earned the win. Phil Cavarretta went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Fleming L: Clyde King SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Hughes	4	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	2	3	1	1	0
Bill Nicholson	5	1	2	1	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	0	1	0	1	1
Lou Novikoff	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dewey Williams	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bill Fleming	4	0	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Barney Koch	3	0	0	0	0
Goody Rosen	4	0	0	0	1
Augie Galan	4	0	2	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	0	0	0
Jack Bolling	4	0	0	0	0
Luis Olmo	4	1	1	0	0
Bobby Bragan	3	0	3	0	0
Eddie Stanky	1	0	0	1	0
Clyde King	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy Warren	1	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Fleming	9.0	6	2	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clyde King	8.0	11	4	1
Ralph Branca	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: S8
Roy Hughes: CS2(26)
Roy Hughes: 7
Phil Cavarretta: S3
Bill Nicholson: 7

Bot 1

Barney Koch: 53
Goody Rosen: 31
Augie Galan: 5

Top 2

Ival Goodman: 4
Lou Novikoff: S8
Don Johnson: 54(1)/FO
Dewey Williams: 43

Bot 2

Dixie Walker: 7
Jack Bolling: 7
Luis Olmo: S7
Bobby Bragan: SB2
Bobby Bragan: S4.2-H(E4)(NR)(UR)
Eddie Stanky: CS2(26)

Top 3

Bill Fleming: 4
Stan Hack: 43
Roy Hughes: 63

Bot 3

Eddie Stanky: 9
Clyde King: 3
Barney Koch: 7

Top 4

Phil Cavarretta: S7
Bill Nicholson: S9.1-2
Ival Goodman: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Novikoff: 8.3-H
Don Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Dewey Williams: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bill Fleming: 3
Stan Hack: 3/FL

Bot 4

Goody Rosen: 9
Augie Galan: S5
Dixie Walker: 9(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 5

Roy Hughes: 9
Phil Cavarretta: W
Bill Nicholson: 46(1)/FO
Ival Goodman: S9.1-3;BX2(96)

Bot 5

Jack Bolling: 3/G
Luis Olmo: 9
Bobby Bragan: D7
Eddie Stanky: W
Clyde King: 3

Top 6

Lou Novikoff: 53
Don Johnson: 13
Dewey Williams: 8

Bot 6

Barney Koch: 53
Goody Rosen: 7
Augie Galan: 2/FL

Top 7

Bill Fleming: 7/L
Stan Hack: 3/FL
Roy Hughes: S9
Phil Cavarretta: D9.1-H
Bill Nicholson: D9.2-H
Ival Goodman: K

Bot 7

Dixie Walker: 5
Jack Bolling: 63
Luis Olmo: 8

Top 8

Lou Novikoff: 8
Don Johnson: 5/FL
Dewey Williams: S7
Bill Fleming: S9.1-2
Stan Hack: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Bobby Bragan: D7
Paul Waner: W
Tommy Warren: 3/G.1-2;2-3
Frenchy Bordagaray: 9
Goody Rosen: K

Top 9

Roy Hughes: HP
Phil Cavarretta: CS2(26)
Phil Cavarretta: 3
Bill Nicholson: 5

Bot 9

Augie Galan: D9
Dixie Walker: 53
Jack Bolling: 43
Luis Olmo: 9