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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-04-20 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 9449 · 1:58

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Rip Sewell earned the win. Bob Elliott went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
PIT	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		5	14

W: Rip Sewell L: Hank Wyse SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Zak	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	3	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	2	1	2	1	0
Tommy O'Brien	3	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	1	1	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	4	1	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	2	1	0	0
Rip Sewell	4	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Wyse	7.2	13	2	1
Claude Passeau	0.1	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	9	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: W
Roy Hughes: K
Phil Cavarretta: WP.1-3
Phil Cavarretta: S8.3-H
Bill Nicholson: K
Ed Sauer: K

Bot 1

Frankie Zak: 99
Johnny Barrett: 99
Jim Russell: 99

Top 2

Andy Pafko: S
Don Johnson: 99
Mickey Livingston: S.1-2
Hank Wyse: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: W
Tommy O'Brien: 23/SH.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: T/89.2-H
Frankie Gustine: S9.3-H
Al Lopez: 63.1-2
Rip Sewell: 13

Top 3

Stan Hack: 63
Roy Hughes: E5/TH.B-2
Phil Cavarretta: T9.2-H(UR)
Bill Nicholson: IW
Ed Sauer: 7.3-H(UR)
Andy Pafko: K/C

Bot 3

Frankie Zak: 99
Johnny Barrett: D
Jim Russell: S.2-3
Bob Elliott: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Don Johnson: D7
Mickey Livingston: S8.2-H
Hank Wyse: K
Stan Hack: SB2
Stan Hack: 9
Roy Hughes: 63

Bot 4

Tommy O'Brien: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Frankie Gustine: S
Al Lopez: S.1-2
Rip Sewell: 99

Top 5

Phil Cavarretta: 99
Bill Nicholson: 99/F
Ed Sauer: S
Andy Pafko: PO1(23)

Bot 5

Frankie Zak: K/C
Johnny Barrett: 4/P
Jim Russell: S9
Bob Elliott: HR/7.1-H
Tommy O'Brien: 53

Top 6

Andy Pafko: S
Don Johnson: CS2(99)
Don Johnson: 99
Mickey Livingston: S
Hank Wyse: 99

Bot 6

Babe Dahlgren: W
Frankie Gustine: S.1-2
Al Lopez: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Rip Sewell: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Stan Hack: 63
Roy Hughes: 7
Phil Cavarretta: W
Bill Nicholson: 2/P

Bot 7

Frankie Zak: D7
Johnny Barrett: FC1.2X3(15);B-1
Jim Russell: S8.1X3(85)
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 8

Ed Sauer: K
Andy Pafko: 7
Don Johnson: 7

Bot 8

Tommy O'Brien: S8
Babe Dahlgren: 16(1)3/BG/GDP
Frankie Gustine: D7
Al Lopez: S8.2-H;B-2(THH)
Rip Sewell: K/C

Top 9

Mickey Livingston: 53
Paul Gillespie: 5/P
Stan Hack: 5/P