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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1945-08-01 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 17780 · 1:49

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Max Butcher earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Max Butcher L: Claude Passeau SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Russell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	0	0
Max Butcher	2	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	1	1	1
Don Johnson	3	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0	0
Andy Pafko	3	1	0	0
Peanuts Lowrey	3	0	0	0
Paul Gillespie	3	1	0	0
Lennie Merullo	3	0	0	0
Claude Passeau	2	0	0	0
Heinz Becker	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	9.0	4	1	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	8.0	4	1	3
Ray Prim	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: 99/G
Johnny Barrett: K
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 99/P

Bot 1

Stan Hack: K
Don Johnson: 99/F
Bill Nicholson: 99/G

Top 2

Frank Colman: 99/G
Bill Salkeld: 99/G
Frankie Gustine: 99/P

Bot 2

Phil Cavarretta: 99/G
Andy Pafko: S
Peanuts Lowrey: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: 8
Max Butcher: 99/G
Lee Handley: 99/P

Bot 3

Paul Gillespie: 99/F
Lennie Merullo: 99/P
Claude Passeau: 99/F

Top 4

Johnny Barrett: 99/G
Jim Russell: 99/G
Bob Elliott: 99/G

Bot 4

Stan Hack: S
Don Johnson: 99/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 8.2-3
Phil Cavarretta: 5/P

Top 5

Frank Colman: 99/G
Bill Salkeld: 99/G
Frankie Gustine: 99/G

Bot 5

Andy Pafko: 99/FL
Peanuts Lowrey: 99/F
Paul Gillespie: 99/F

Top 6

Pete Coscarart: S5
Max Butcher: 99/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: FC1.2X3(156);B-1
Johnny Barrett: 3/FL

Bot 6

Lennie Merullo: 99/G
Claude Passeau: 7
Stan Hack: W
Don Johnson: 99/G

Top 7

Jim Russell: S8
Bob Elliott: K/C
Frank Colman: D8/78.1-H
Bill Salkeld: 31.2-3
Frankie Gustine: 43

Bot 7

Bill Nicholson: 4/P
Phil Cavarretta: 53
Andy Pafko: 99/G

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 99/G
Max Butcher: 99/F
Lee Handley: S8
Johnny Barrett: SB2
Johnny Barrett: K

Bot 8

Peanuts Lowrey: 8
Paul Gillespie: S
Lennie Merullo: 8
Heinz Becker: K

Top 9

Jim Russell: 9
Bob Elliott: 99/F
Frank Colman: D9
Bill Salkeld: K

Bot 9

Stan Hack: 99/P
Don Johnson: S7
Bill Nicholson: K+SB2
Phil Cavarretta: 7