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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs

1947-06-28 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 2:13

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 3rd. Russ Meyer earned the win. Peanuts Lowrey went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Russ Meyer L: Preacher Roe SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	4	1	1	0	0	0
Culley Rikard	3	0	1	0	1	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	3	1	2	0	1	0
Dixie Howell	3	0	1	1	1	0
Eddie Basinski	3	0	0	0	0	1
Preacher Roe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Johnson	5	0	1	0	0	3
Peanuts Lowrey	3	2	2	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	1	2	1	0
Andy Pafko	4	1	1	0	0	2
Bob Scheffing	3	1	0	0	1	2
Dom Dallessandro	2	0	0	1	2	0
Bobby Sturgeon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Rickert	4	0	2	2	0	0
Russ Meyer	4	1	2	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	2.1	5	3	4
Rip Sewell	5.2	4	1	4

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Russ Meyer	9.0	8	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: S8
Culley Rikard: S9.1-3
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Ralph Kiner: 53

Bot 1

Don Johnson: K
Peanuts Lowrey: HR/L
Bill Nicholson: 31
Andy Pafko: K

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 43
Wally Westlake: W
Dixie Howell: 8
Eddie Basinski: 13

Bot 2

Bob Scheffing: K
Dom Dallessandro: W
Bobby Sturgeon: 8
Marv Rickert: 3/FL

Top 3

Preacher Roe: K
Billy Cox: 53
Culley Rikard: W
Frankie Gustine: 5/FL

Bot 3

Russ Meyer: S/78
Don Johnson: K
Peanuts Lowrey: S9.1-2
Bill Nicholson: WP.2-3;1-2
Bill Nicholson: S9.3-H;2-H
Andy Pafko: D5/BG.1-3
Bob Scheffing: IW
Dom Dallessandro: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Sturgeon: 6
Marv Rickert: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Russ Meyer: K

Top 4

Ralph Kiner: D7
Hank Greenberg: 8/FDP.2X3(85)
Wally Westlake: D7
Dixie Howell: D9.2-H
Eddie Basinski: 63

Bot 4

Don Johnson: 7
Peanuts Lowrey: 2
Bill Nicholson: 43

Top 5

Rip Sewell: 9
Billy Cox: 2/FL
Culley Rikard: 8

Bot 5

Andy Pafko: 53
Bob Scheffing: K
Dom Dallessandro: 9

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: S7
Ralph Kiner: 54(1)/FO
Hank Greenberg: 7
Wally Westlake: 63

Bot 6

Bobby Sturgeon: 63
Marv Rickert: 13
Russ Meyer: 13

Top 7

Dixie Howell: 53
Eddie Basinski: K
Rip Sewell: 43

Bot 7

Don Johnson: S7
Peanuts Lowrey: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Nicholson: W
Andy Pafko: K
Bob Scheffing: 6

Top 8

Billy Cox: 5/FL
Culley Rikard: K
Frankie Gustine: 4

Bot 8

Dom Dallessandro: 9
Bobby Sturgeon: 63
Marv Rickert: S8
Russ Meyer: S9.1-2
Don Johnson: K

Top 9

Ralph Kiner: 9
Hank Greenberg: S7
Wally Westlake: S7.1-2
Dixie Howell: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Russell: 1(B)6(2)/LDP

Notes & reviews

Gustine let bunt roll and it became a double

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