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Pirates 5 @ Cubs 4
Wrigley Field
September 5, 1943

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 5, 1943 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 5, 1943 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 18 E: 1 LOB: 16
Runs: 5
Hits: 18
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 16
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBill Brandt  
Losing PitcherPaul Erickson  
SaveRip Sewell  
Game Winning RBIJim Russell 

Game Info

DateSeptember 5, 1943 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Klinger  
Home Starting PitcherClaude Passeau  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance19,999 
Time of Game2 hours 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jocko Conlan
1B: George Barr
2B: (none)
3B: Lou Jorda

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Coscarart  Shortstop 
Jim Russell  Right Fielder 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Al Rubeling  Second Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Bob Klinger  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Stan Hack  Third Baseman 
Phil Cavarretta  First Baseman 
Bill Nicholson  Right Fielder 
Ival Goodman  Left Fielder 
Peanuts Lowrey  Center Fielder 
Mickey Livingston  Catcher 
Lennie Merullo  Shortstop 
Claude Passeau  Pitcher 
Jimmie Wilson  Manager 

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Pirates 5 @ Cubs 4
Wrigley Field
September 5, 1943

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/5/1943 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Coscarart P, ss       5  0  1  0   Stanky E, 2b          3  0  0  0   
Russell J, rf-lf      7  1  2  2   Dallessandro D, ph    1  0  0  0   
Van Robays M, lf      2  1  1  0   Hack S, 3b            4  0  1  1   
Barrett J, rf         4  0  1  0   Cavarretta P, 1b      5  0  1  0   
Elliott B, 3b         5  0  4  2   Nicholson B, rf       5  1  1  1   
Fletcher E, 1b        6  0  0  0   Goodman I, lf         3  1  0  0   
DiMaggio V, cf        5  1  3  0   Lowrey P, cf          5  0  0  0   
Rubeling A, 2b        4  0  0  0   Livingston M, c       5  1  1  2   
Lopez A, c            6  1  3  1   Merullo L, ss         5  0  1  0   
Klinger B, p          4  0  1  0   Passeau C, p          1  0  0  0   
Rescigno X, p         0  0  0  0   Burrows J, p          0  0  0  0   
O'Brien T, ph         1  0  1  0   Martin S, ph          1  1  1  0   
Brandt B, p           0  0  0  0   Erickson P, p         2  0  1  0   
Wyrostek J, ph        1  1  1  0   Novikoff L, ph        1  0  1  0   
Sewell R, p           0  0  0  0   McCullough C, pr      0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     50  5 18  5                        41  4  8  4

Pittsburgh       111 001 000 001 --  5
Chicago          000 001 300 000 --  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Klinger B             6.1  6  4  4  2  3
Rescigno X            2.2  1  0  0  1  1
Brandt B (W)          2.0  0  0  0  3  1
Sewell R (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Passeau C             4.1 11  3  3  0  1
Burrows J             1.2  2  1  1  3  1
Erickson P (L)        6.0  5  1  0  2  6

E -- Rescigno X, Stanky E
DP -- Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 16, Chicago 7
2B -- Elliott B, DiMaggio V 2, Merullo L, Martin S
HR -- Nicholson B, Livingston M
SH -- Rubeling A, Coscarart P
PB -- Livingston M
T -- 2:58
A -- 19999

    

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