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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1947-05-30 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 37451 · 1:48

Chicago Cubs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 9th. Hank Borowy earned the win. Bill Nicholson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hank Borowy L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Butch Henline · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	5	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Waitkus	5	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Rickert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	2	2	0	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Nicholson	4	1	3	2	0	0
Don Johnson	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lennie Merullo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Borowy	4	0	1	2	0	3
Lonny Frey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	0	1	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Culley Rikard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	3	0	0	0	1	1
Frankie Gustine	4	2	3	1	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	3	0	0	0	0	2
Eddie Basinski	3	0	1	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	3	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Borowy	9.0	7	1	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	9.0	9	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 99/F
Eddie Waitkus: 99/F
Marv Rickert: 99/G

Bot 1

Billy Cox: 99/G
Culley Rikard: 99/G
Ralph Kiner: K

Top 2

Phil Cavarretta: D
Clyde McCullough: 23
Bill Nicholson: HR/9.2-H
Don Johnson: W
Lennie Merullo: 99/G.1-2
Hank Borowy: K

Bot 2

Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: S.1-2
Clyde Kluttz: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Wally Westlake: K

Top 3

Stan Hack: 99/G
Eddie Waitkus: 99/G
Marv Rickert: S
Phil Cavarretta: 99/G

Bot 3

Eddie Basinski: 99/F
Kirby Higbe: 99/G
Billy Cox: 99/F

Top 4

Clyde McCullough: 99/G
Bill Nicholson: S
Lonny Frey: K
Lennie Merullo: 99/F

Bot 4

Culley Rikard: 99/F
Ralph Kiner: S
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Hank Borowy: K
Stan Hack: 99/F
Eddie Waitkus: 99/G

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: HR/7
Clyde Kluttz: 99/G
Wally Westlake: 99/F
Eddie Basinski: S
Kirby Higbe: S.1-2
Billy Cox: 9/F

Top 6

Marv Rickert: 99/F
Phil Cavarretta: 99/G
Clyde McCullough: 99/F

Bot 6

Culley Rikard: T8.BXH(8642)
Ralph Kiner: 9/F
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 7

Bill Nicholson: S
Lonny Frey: 99/F
Lennie Merullo: 99/F
Hank Borowy: K

Bot 7

Frankie Gustine: D
Clyde Kluttz: 99/SH.2-3
Wally Westlake: K
Eddie Basinski: SBH
Eddie Basinski: 99/F

Top 8

Stan Hack: 99/F
Eddie Waitkus: 99/F
Marv Rickert: 99/G

Bot 8

Kirby Higbe: 99/G
Billy Cox: 99/F
Culley Rikard: 99/G

Top 9

Phil Cavarretta: S
Clyde McCullough: S.1-2
Bill Nicholson: 2/FL
Lonny Frey: 8.2-3
Dom Dallessandro: IW.1-2
Hank Borowy: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Stan Hack: S.2-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Eddie Waitkus: 99/G

Bot 9

Ralph Kiner: 99/G
Hank Greenberg: 99/G
Frankie Gustine: 99/F