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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 9, 1948
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, played on June 9, 1948 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | June 9, 1948 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 9, 1948 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Giants |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
Home Starting Pitcher | Hank Borowy |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Beans Reardon 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
Mel Ott | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Hank Schenz | Second Baseman |
Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
Hal Jeffcoat | Center Fielder |
Andy Pafko | Third Baseman |
Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
Bob Scheffing | Catcher |
Gene Mauch | Shortstop |
Hank Borowy | Pitcher |
Charlie Grimm | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 9, 1948
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Borowy
Rigney hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Borowy
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Borowy covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Borowy
Thomson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Borowy
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pafko fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schenz vs. Koslo
Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Koslo covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Koslo
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Koslo
Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Borowy
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Borowy
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Borowy
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Koslo
Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Koslo
Nicholson bunts towards third. Gordon juggles the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lowrey vs. Koslo
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Pafko moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Scheffing vs. Koslo
Scheffing hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Borowy
Livingston hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koslo vs. Borowy
Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borowy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Borowy
Rigney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Borowy
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mauch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Borowy
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mauch vs. Koslo
Mauch hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borowy vs. Koslo
Borowy strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schenz vs. Koslo
Schenz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Borowy
Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Borowy
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schenz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Borowy
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kerr vs. Borowy
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marshall scores. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Livingston vs. Borowy
Livingston is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koslo vs. Borowy
Koslo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Koslo reaches second base with a double. Gordon scores. Livingston goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rigney vs. Borowy
Rigney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Koslo scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. McCall
Dutch McCall now pitching.
There goes Rigney. The throw from Scheffing and he is safe. Rigney steals second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. McCall
Lockman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Koslo
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Koslo
Jeffcoat hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Koslo
Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. McCall
Thomson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Jeffcoat. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. McCall
Mize hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomson scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. McCall
Marshall hits a fly ball towards left. Lowrey catches it and throws to Schenz who relays to Waitkus to double up Mize. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. McCall
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Koslo
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Koslo
Lowrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scheffing vs. Koslo
Scheffing hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mauch vs. Koslo
Mauch hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddern vs. Koslo
Clarence Maddern pinch hits for Dutch McCall.
Maddern hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lowrey scores. Scheffing moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schenz vs. Koslo
Schenz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Scheffing scores. Maddern moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waitkus vs. Koslo
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Dobernic
Jess Dobernic now pitching.
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Dobernic
Livingston hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schenz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koslo vs. Dobernic
Koslo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jeffcoat vs. Koslo
Jeffcoat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Koslo
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. Jeffcoat moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Koslo
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out. Jeffcoat moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lowrey vs. Koslo
Lowrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jeffcoat scores. Nicholson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scheffing vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Scheffing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Lowrey moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mauch vs. Jones
Jones fires to first and picks off Scheffing. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mauch vs. Jones
Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Dobernic
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Dobernic
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dobernic fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Dobernic
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Dobernic
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Jeffcoat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Jones
Rube Walker pinch hits for Jess Dobernic.
Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schenz vs. Jones
Dick Culler pinch runs for Rube Walker.
Schenz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Culler moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waitkus vs. Jones
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize juggles the ball. That's an error on Mize. Culler scores. Schenz moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jeffcoat vs. Jones
Jeffcoat bunts towards the mound. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones. Schenz moves to third. Waitkus moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pafko vs. Newsom
Bobo Newsom now pitching.
Pafko takes first base on ball four. Schenz scores. Waitkus moves to third. Jeffcoat moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nicholson vs. Newsom
Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waitkus scores. Jeffcoat moves to third. Pafko moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lowrey vs. Newsom
Lowrey hits a line drive into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Scheffing vs. Newsom
Scheffing hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Newsom covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Schmitz
Johnny Schmitz now pitching.
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Schmitz
Gordon bunts towards the mound. Schmitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Schmitz
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Livingston vs. Schmitz
Livingston is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Layton vs. Schmitz
Les Layton pinch hits for Bobo Newsom.
Layton is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mauch vs. Trinkle
Ken Trinkle now pitching.
Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmitz vs. Trinkle
Schmitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schenz vs. Trinkle
Schenz hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Schmitz
Rigney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Schmitz
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Schmitz
Thomson strikes out. There goes Rigney. The throw from Scheffing to second, and Rigney is out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Trinkle
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gordon. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jeffcoat vs. Trinkle
Jeffcoat strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Trinkle
Pafko takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Trinkle
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Waitkus moves to third. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lowrey vs. Trinkle
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Livingston can't make a play. That's a base hit. Waitkus scores. Pafko moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/9/1948, game 1 -- New York at Chicago (D) New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Rigney B, 2b 5 0 3 1 Schenz H, 2b 5 1 2 1 Lockman W, lf 5 0 0 0 Waitkus E, 1b 5 2 0 0 Thomson B, cf 5 2 3 1 Jeffcoat H, cf 4 1 1 0 Mize J, 1b 4 0 1 1 Pafko A, 3b 3 0 1 1 Marshall W, rf 4 1 2 0 Nicholson B, rf 4 1 0 1 Gordon S, 3b 3 1 1 0 Lowrey P, lf 5 1 3 2 Kerr B, ss 4 0 0 1 Scheffing B, c 4 1 2 1 Livingston M, c 2 2 1 1 Mauch G, ss 4 0 0 0 Koslo D, p 3 1 1 2 Borowy H, p 1 0 0 0 Jones S, p 0 0 0 0 McCall D, p 0 0 0 0 Newsom B, p 0 0 0 0 Maddern C, ph 1 0 1 1 Layton L, ph 1 0 0 0 Dobernic J, p 0 0 0 0 Trinkle K, p 0 0 0 0 Walker R, ph 1 0 1 0 Culler D, pr 0 1 0 0 Schmitz J, p 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 7 12 7 38 8 11 7 New York 001 410 100 -- 7 Chicago 000 022 301 -- 8 2 outs when winning run was scored. New York IP H R ER BB SO Koslo D 5.1 7 4 3 0 2 Jones S* 0.2 3 3 0 0 0 Newsom B 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Trinkle K (L) 1.2 1 1 0 1 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Borowy H 3.2 7 5 5 1 1 McCall D 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 Dobernic J 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 Schmitz J (W) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 * Pitched to 4 batters in 7th E -- Gordon S 2, Kerr B, Mize J, Jones S DP -- New York 1, Chicago 2 LOB -- New York 5, Chicago 8 2B -- Koslo D, Thomson B HR -- Livingston M, Thomson B SB -- Rigney B CS -- Rigney B SH -- Nicholson B, Jeffcoat H, Gordon S T -- 2:21 A -- 0
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