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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1947-04-15 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 29427 · 2:00

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Rip Sewell earned the win.

Line score

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

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

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	3	1	0	0	1	0
Billy Herman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	3	0	1	0	0	1
Wally Westlake	3	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Jarvis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Basinski	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Stan Hack	4	3	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	1	0
Andy Pafko	4	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0
Bob Scheffing	3	0	0
Don Johnson	3	1	0
Lennie Merullo	3	0	0
Hank Borowy	3	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	5	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Borowy	9.0	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: 43
Billy Herman: 43
Jim Russell: 2/G

Bot 1

Stan Hack: S6
Eddie Waitkus: 43.1-2
Andy Pafko: 53
Phil Cavarretta: 53

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 4/P
Frankie Gustine: 63
Ralph Kiner: K

Bot 2

Bill Nicholson: 43
Bob Scheffing: 63
Don Johnson: 13/BG

Top 3

Wally Westlake: 63
Roy Jarvis: 23
Rip Sewell: S8
Billy Cox: 53

Bot 3

Lennie Merullo: 3/P
Hank Borowy: K
Stan Hack: S7
Eddie Waitkus: 6(1)/FO

Top 4

Billy Herman: 63
Jim Russell: 3/G
Hank Greenberg: 8

Bot 4

Andy Pafko: 8/8D/L
Phil Cavarretta: 43
Bill Nicholson: 31

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: 63
Ralph Kiner: S7
Wally Westlake: 43.1-2
Roy Jarvis: 13

Bot 5

Bob Scheffing: 2/FL
Don Johnson: S6/6D
Lennie Merullo: 53.1-2
Hank Borowy: 23

Top 6

Rip Sewell: 13
Billy Cox: W
Billy Herman: 13.1-2
Jim Russell: W
Hank Greenberg: D8.1-3;2-H
Frankie Gustine: 7/7D/L

Bot 6

Stan Hack: 7/7L
Eddie Waitkus: 8
Andy Pafko: 63

Top 7

Ralph Kiner: 53
Wally Westlake: S8
Roy Jarvis: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Phil Cavarretta: 8
Bill Nicholson: 6/P
Bob Scheffing: 3/G

Top 8

Rip Sewell: S8
Billy Cox: 64(1)/FO
Eddie Basinski: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 8

Don Johnson: 13
Lennie Merullo: 13
Hank Borowy: 53

Top 9

Jim Russell: K
Hank Greenberg: 5/L
Frankie Gustine: 5/P

Bot 9

Stan Hack: S/9S
Eddie Waitkus: S9.1-2
Andy Pafko: 8/8S
Phil Cavarretta: 2/FL
Bill Nicholson: 43