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Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs

1947-07-31 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 6372 · 1:56

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Chicago Cubs 3–0. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 2nd. Dutch Leonard earned the win. Johnny Wyrostek went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dutch Leonard L: Paul Erickson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	0	0	1	1
Harry Walker	4	0	2	0	1	0
Del Ennis	4	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	2	2	1	1	1
Al Lakeman	5	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Schultz	4	1	1	1	0	0
Lee Handley	2	0	0	0	1	0
Emil Verban	4	0	1	1	0	0
Dutch Leonard	4	0	1	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Peanuts Lowrey	3	0	0	2
Eddie Waitkus	4	1	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	0	0	1
Phil Cavarretta	3	0	1	0
Bob Scheffing	4	1	0	0
Cliff Aberson	3	0	0	2
Don Johnson	3	1	1	0
Lennie Merullo	3	1	0	0
Paul Erickson	3	1	0	1
Bill Nicholson	1	0	0	0
Dom Dallessandro	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	9.0	5	2	6

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Erickson	9.0	8	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skeeter Newsome: 9
Harry Walker: S8
Del Ennis: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Peanuts Lowrey: K
Eddie Waitkus: 43
Andy Pafko: 63

Top 2

Johnny Wyrostek: D9
Al Lakeman: 13.2-3
Howie Schultz: FC6.3-H
Lee Handley: 53/SH.1-2
Emil Verban: S9.2-H
Dutch Leonard: K

Bot 2

Phil Cavarretta: 7
Bob Scheffing: 7
Cliff Aberson: K

Top 3

Skeeter Newsome: 8
Harry Walker: 53
Del Ennis: S5
Johnny Wyrostek: SB2
Johnny Wyrostek: W
Al Lakeman: 9

Bot 3

Don Johnson: W
Lennie Merullo: 6/P
Paul Erickson: S5/BG.1-2
Peanuts Lowrey: 13.1-2;2-3
Eddie Waitkus: 43

Top 4

Howie Schultz: 53
Lee Handley: 3/FL
Emil Verban: 63

Bot 4

Andy Pafko: K
Phil Cavarretta: 63
Bob Scheffing: S8
Cliff Aberson: K

Top 5

Dutch Leonard: 9/FL
Skeeter Newsome: W
Harry Walker: 9/FL
Del Ennis: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Don Johnson: 63
Lennie Merullo: S8
Paul Erickson: 9
Peanuts Lowrey: K

Top 6

Johnny Wyrostek: 5/P
Al Lakeman: 43
Howie Schultz: S8
Lee Handley: 3/G

Bot 6

Eddie Waitkus: S6
Andy Pafko: E6/G.1-2
Phil Cavarretta: 9
Bob Scheffing: 6/P
Cliff Aberson: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Emil Verban: 7
Dutch Leonard: S8
Skeeter Newsome: WP.1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 8
Harry Walker: IW
Del Ennis: 13

Bot 7

Don Johnson: S8
Lennie Merullo: 54(1)3/GDP
Paul Erickson: K

Top 8

Johnny Wyrostek: HR/9
Al Lakeman: K
Howie Schultz: 63
Lee Handley: W
Emil Verban: 43

Bot 8

Bill Nicholson: 31
Eddie Waitkus: 63
Andy Pafko: 2/FL

Top 9

Dutch Leonard: 43
Skeeter Newsome: K
Harry Walker: T7
Del Ennis: W
Johnny Wyrostek: K+E2.B-1;1-2
Al Lakeman: 9/L

Bot 9

Phil Cavarretta: W
Bob Scheffing: 7
Dom Dallessandro: 7
Don Johnson: 4/L