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New York Giants @ Chicago Cubs

1944-08-20 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 1:55

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 7–4. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 4th. Hy Vandenberg earned the win and Claude Passeau picked up the save. Lennie Merullo went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	8
CHN	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0		7	8

W: Hy Vandenberg L: Harry Feldman SV: Claude Passeau

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Treadway	4	1	1	0	1	1
George Hausmann	4	0	1	0	1	1
Buddy Kerr	4	2	0	1	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	4	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	1	2	0	0
Nap Reyes	3	0	1	0	1	1
Johnny Rucker	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Luby	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sloan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	0	1	1	0
Ival Goodman	2	1	0	0	2	0
Lou Novikoff	3	1	0	0	1	0
Lennie Merullo	4	2	2	4	0	0
Billy Holm	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hy Vandenberg	3	0	1	1	0	0
Claude Passeau	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	6.0	8	3	1
Ace Adams	1.0	0	1	0
Rube Fischer	1.0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hy Vandenberg	7.0	8	5	2
Claude Passeau	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Treadway: 8
George Hausmann: 13
Buddy Kerr: 8

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 7
Don Johnson: 3/P
Phil Cavarretta: 8

Top 2

Joe Medwick: S
Ernie Lombardi: 4/P
Nap Reyes: S.1-2
Johnny Rucker: W.2-3;1-2
Hal Luby: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bill Nicholson: 4/P
Ival Goodman: 9
Lou Novikoff: W
Lennie Merullo: SB2.1-2(E2/TH)
Lennie Merullo: 63

Top 3

Harry Feldman: 63/G
Red Treadway: W
George Hausmann: S.1-3
Buddy Kerr: 54(1)/FO.3-H;B-2(E6/TH)
Joe Medwick: S.2-H(UR)
Ernie Lombardi: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Billy Holm: 9
Hy Vandenberg: 5/P
Stan Hack: 6/P

Top 4

Nap Reyes: 6/F
Johnny Rucker: 43
Hal Luby: 13

Bot 4

Don Johnson: E6
Phil Cavarretta: S.1-3
Bill Nicholson: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Ival Goodman: W.1-2
Lou Novikoff: FC6.2-3;1X2(6E4);B-1
Lennie Merullo: HR/7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Billy Holm: S
Hy Vandenberg: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Harry Feldman: 13
Red Treadway: 6/P
George Hausmann: W
Buddy Kerr: 9/F

Bot 5

Stan Hack: S
Don Johnson: D.1-3
Phil Cavarretta: 7
Bill Nicholson: W
Ival Goodman: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Joe Medwick: S
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Nap Reyes: K
Johnny Rucker: 8

Bot 6

Lou Novikoff: 13
Lennie Merullo: S
Billy Holm: S.1-2
Hy Vandenberg: S.2-H;1-3
Stan Hack: 9.3-H
Don Johnson: K

Top 7

Hal Luby: 7
Bruce Sloan: 13
Red Treadway: S
George Hausmann: PB.1-2
George Hausmann: K

Bot 7

Phil Cavarretta: 7
Bill Nicholson: 9
Ival Goodman: W
Lou Novikoff: 3/F

Top 8

Buddy Kerr: W
Joe Medwick: D.1-3
Ernie Lombardi: S.3-H;2-H
Nap Reyes: W.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Hal Luby: 4/P
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Bot 8

Lennie Merullo: 8
Billy Holm: 4/P
Claude Passeau: K

Top 9

Red Treadway: K
George Hausmann: 13
Buddy Kerr: 43