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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1945-09-23 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 43753 · 1:48

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–3. Chicago Cubs put up 6 in the 3rd. Hank Wyse earned the win. Andy Pafko went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
CHN	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0		7	10

W: Hank Wyse L: Preacher Roe SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Gionfriddo	5	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Salkeld	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	1	0
Preacher Roe	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gerheauser	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	1	2	2	0	0
Don Johnson	3	1	0	0	1	2
Peanuts Lowrey	3	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Cavarretta	3	1	2	1	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	1	1	4	0	1
Bill Nicholson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mickey Livingston	4	2	2	0	0	0
Roy Hughes	3	1	3	0	0	0
Hank Wyse	4	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	3.0	5	1	3
Al Gerheauser	5.0	5	2	4

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Wyse	9.0	8	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Gionfriddo: 43
Johnny Barrett: 43
Jim Russell: 8

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 9
Don Johnson: 8
Peanuts Lowrey: K

Top 2

Bill Salkeld: 8
Frankie Gustine: S7
Bob Elliott: D7.1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Pete Coscarart: W
Preacher Roe: 99

Bot 2

Phil Cavarretta: 7
Andy Pafko: K
Bill Nicholson: 8

Top 3

Al Gionfriddo: S8
Johnny Barrett: 34/SH.1-2
Jim Russell: HR/8.2-H
Bill Salkeld: W
Frankie Gustine: K
Bob Elliott: 6

Bot 3

Mickey Livingston: S7
Roy Hughes: S/78.1-2
Hank Wyse: K
Stan Hack: S8.2-H;1-3
Don Johnson: W.1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 4/P
Phil Cavarretta: S2.3-H;2-3;1-2
Andy Pafko: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bill Nicholson: 7

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: S
Pete Coscarart: 99
Frank Colman: 99(1)/FO
Al Gionfriddo: 7

Bot 4

Mickey Livingston: S7
Roy Hughes: 99/SH.1-2
Hank Wyse: 13
Stan Hack: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Don Johnson: K

Top 5

Johnny Barrett: 7
Jim Russell: 3
Bill Salkeld: 8

Bot 5

Peanuts Lowrey: W
Phil Cavarretta: 99/SH.1-2
Andy Pafko: 8
Bill Nicholson: W
Mickey Livingston: 99

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 63
Bob Elliott: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 7

Bot 6

Roy Hughes: S
Hank Wyse: 6
Stan Hack: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 7

Pete Coscarart: 8
Al Gerheauser: 9
Al Gionfriddo: 6

Bot 7

Don Johnson: K
Peanuts Lowrey: 9
Phil Cavarretta: S
Andy Pafko: 8

Top 8

Johnny Barrett: 3
Jim Russell: 6
Bill Salkeld: S
Frankie Gustine: 99

Bot 8

Bill Nicholson: K
Mickey Livingston: 7
Roy Hughes: S
Hank Wyse: K

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 53
Pete Coscarart: D
Tommy O'Brien: S.2-3
Al Gionfriddo: 8