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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

1945-07-29 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 43786 · sunny, dry · 1:45

Chicago Cubs defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–2. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 1st. Hank Borowy earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hank Borowy L: Vern Kennedy SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Williams	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dain Clay	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Sipek	3	0	1	1	1	0
Frank McCormick	4	1	3	0	0	0
Al Libke	4	0	1	1	0	1
Eddie Miller	4	0	2	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Unser	3	0	0	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gee Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Stan Hack	4	1	1	0	0
Don Johnson	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	1	2	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	1	3	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3	0	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	3	0	0	0	1
Lennie Merullo	3	0	1	1	0
Hank Borowy	2	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	8.0	6	3	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Borowy	9.0	7	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 13
Dain Clay: 43
Dick Sipek: 43

Bot 1

Stan Hack: S7
Don Johnson: 23/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: HR/9.2-H
Phil Cavarretta: 6/L
Andy Pafko: 7

Top 2

Frank McCormick: D9
Al Libke: D8.2-H
Eddie Miller: 63
Steve Mesner: 3/FL
Al Unser: K

Bot 2

Peanuts Lowrey: 43
Mickey Livingston: W
Lennie Merullo: 9
Hank Borowy: W.1-2
Stan Hack: 65(2)/FO

Top 3

Vern Kennedy: K
Woody Williams: 3/G
Dain Clay: W
Dick Sipek: D7.1-H
Frank McCormick: 9

Bot 3

Don Johnson: 43
Bill Nicholson: W
Phil Cavarretta: 7
Andy Pafko: S9.1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 13

Top 4

Al Libke: K
Eddie Miller: S5
Steve Mesner: 9
Al Unser: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Mickey Livingston: 63
Lennie Merullo: 13
Hank Borowy: 53

Top 5

Vern Kennedy: 8
Woody Williams: K/C
Dain Clay: 63

Bot 5

Stan Hack: 8
Don Johnson: HP
Bill Nicholson: 8
Phil Cavarretta: 9

Top 6

Dick Sipek: 43
Frank McCormick: S8
Al Libke: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Andy Pafko: S8
Peanuts Lowrey: 14/SH.1-2
Mickey Livingston: 13.2-3
Lennie Merullo: S8.3-H
Hank Borowy: SB2.1-3(E4)
Hank Borowy: 13

Top 7

Eddie Miller: 63
Steve Mesner: 4/L
Al Unser: 4

Bot 7

Stan Hack: 43
Don Johnson: 53
Bill Nicholson: 7

Top 8

Vern Kennedy: 43
Woody Williams: 63
Dain Clay: 53

Bot 8

Phil Cavarretta: 31
Andy Pafko: D8
Peanuts Lowrey: 8
Mickey Livingston: 8

Top 9

Dick Sipek: W
Frank McCormick: S5.1-2
Al Libke: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Eddie Miller: S7.2XH(72);1-3;B-2(THH)
Gee Walker: 7

Notes & reviews

Steve Mesner and Reds manager Bill McKechnie ejected by HP umpire Lou Jorda

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