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Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 8, 1950
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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 8, 1950 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | June 8, 1950 |
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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 8, 1950 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Giants |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
Home Starting Pitcher | Doyle Lade |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 9,154 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Lon Warneke 2B: Scotty Robb 3B: Babe Pinelli |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
Tookie Gilbert | First Baseman |
Wes Westrum | Catcher |
Al Dark | Shortstop |
Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
Mickey Owen | Catcher |
Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
Andy Pafko | Center Fielder |
Bill Serena | Third Baseman |
Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
Bob Borkowski | Right Fielder |
Doyle Lade | Pitcher |
Frankie Frisch | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Giants
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 8, 1950
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Lade
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lade
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Lade
The umpire calls a balk on Lade Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Lade
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Lade
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Lade
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gilbert vs. Lade
Gilbert hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Kennedy
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Kennedy
Owen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Kennedy
Cavarretta hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Kennedy
Sauer 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, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Lade
Westrum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Lade
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Lade
Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanky vs. Lade
Stanky takes first base on ball four. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Lade
Lockman hits a line drive into center field. Pafko picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pafko. Kennedy scores. Stanky goes all the way around to score. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Lade
Mueller hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Mueller reaches third base with a triple. Lockman scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thompson vs. Lade
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first, with Lade covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Kennedy
Pafko hits a popup towards the mound. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Serena vs. Kennedy
Serena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Kennedy
Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Serena moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Borkowski vs. Kennedy
Borkowski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Lade
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Voiselle
Bill Voiselle now pitching.
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Westrum vs. Voiselle
Westrum hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Voiselle
Owen fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Owen. Thomson scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Voiselle
Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Borkowski. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Voiselle
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Voiselle vs. Kennedy
Voiselle strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Kennedy
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Kennedy
Owen hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Voiselle
Stanky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Voiselle
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Voiselle
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Voiselle
Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Kennedy
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Kennedy
Sauer 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. Kennedy
Pafko hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Serena vs. Kennedy
Serena hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smalley vs. Kennedy
Smalley hits a popup towards first. Gilbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Voiselle
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Borkowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Voiselle
Gilbert strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Voiselle
Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Borkowski vs. Kennedy
Borkowski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramazzotti vs. Kennedy
Bob Ramazzotti pinch hits for Bill Voiselle.
Ramazzotti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Borkowski moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Terwilliger vs. Kennedy
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Borkowski scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Owen vs. Kennedy
Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Hiller
Frank Hiller now pitching.
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Hiller
Kennedy strikes out. Owen drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kennedy out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Hiller
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Kennedy
Cavarretta hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Kennedy
Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Hartung
Clint Hartung now pitching.
Pafko strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Serena vs. Hartung
Serena hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Serena reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smalley vs. Hartung
Smalley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Borkowski vs. Hartung
Borkowski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Serena scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Hartung
Hank Edwards pinch hits for Frank Hiller.
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Rush
Bob Rush now pitching.
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Rush
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Rush
Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Rush
Thomson hits a popup towards second. Terwilliger catches it and tags Thompson out, for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Hartung
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Hartung
Owen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Hartung
Emil Verban pinch runs for Mickey Owen.
Cavarretta hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Verban moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sauer vs. Hartung
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pafko vs. Hartung
Pafko hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Rush
Rube Walker now catching.
Gilbert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Rush
Westrum hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Rush
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hartung vs. Rush
There goes Dark. The throw from Walker and he is safe. Dark steals second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weatherly vs. Rush
Roy Weatherly pinch hits for Clint Hartung.
Weatherly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanky vs. Rush
There goes Weatherly. The throw from Walker and he is out, Smalley applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Serena vs. Hansen
Andy Hansen now pitching.
Serena hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Hansen
Smalley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Smalley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Borkowski vs. Hansen
Borkowski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Minner vs. Hansen
Paul Minner pinch hits for Bob Rush.
Minner strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Vander Meer
Johnny Vander Meer now pitching.
Stanky hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Borkowski. Stanky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Vander Meer
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Serena fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stanky moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Irvin vs. Vander Meer
Monte Irvin pinch hits for Don Mueller.
Irvin strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Vander Meer
Thompson hits a popup in front of the plate. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Vander Meer
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Hansen
Monte Irvin now playing right field.
Terwilliger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Hansen
Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Hansen
Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Hansen
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/8/1950 -- New York at Chicago (D) New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Stanky E, 2b 4 1 1 0 Terwilliger W, 2b 5 0 0 1 Lockman W, lf 4 2 3 1 Owen M, c 4 0 2 0 Mueller D, rf 4 0 2 2 Verban E, pr 0 0 0 0 Irvin M, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Walker R, c 1 0 0 0 Thompson H, 3b 5 0 2 0 Cavarretta P, 1b 4 1 2 1 Thomson B, cf 4 1 0 0 Sauer H, lf 5 1 1 1 Gilbert T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Pafko A, cf 4 1 1 1 Westrum W, c 4 0 0 0 Serena B, 3b 3 1 2 0 Dark A, ss 4 1 2 0 Smalley R, ss 4 0 2 0 Kennedy M, p 3 1 1 0 Borkowski B, rf 4 1 2 1 Hartung C, p 0 0 0 0 Lade D, p 0 0 0 0 Weatherly R, ph 1 0 1 1 Voiselle B, p 1 0 0 0 Hansen A, p 0 0 0 0 Ramazzotti B, ph 1 0 1 0 Hiller F, p 0 0 0 0 Edwards H, ph 1 0 0 0 Rush B, p 0 0 0 0 Minner P, ph 1 0 0 0 Vander Meer J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 6 12 4 38 5 13 5 New York 131 000 010 -- 6 Chicago 000 113 000 -- 5 New York IP H R ER BB SO Kennedy M* 5.0 8 4 4 1 1 Hartung C (W) 2.0 4 1 1 0 3 Hansen A (S) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Lade D+ 2.0 5 5 5 3 1 Voiselle B 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 Hiller F 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Rush B (L) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 Vander Meer J 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th + Pitched to 1 batter in 3rd E -- Pafko A, Owen M, Smalley R DP -- New York 2, Chicago 1 LOB -- New York 8, Chicago 8 2B -- Dark A, Serena B, Smalley R, Stanky E 3B -- Mueller D HR -- Pafko A, Cavarretta P, Sauer H SB -- Dark A CS -- Weatherly R Balk -- Lade D T -- 2:45 A -- 9154
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