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Cubs
@ Reds
Crosley Field
August 6, 1946
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 6, 1946 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 6, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Claude Passeau |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ewell Blackwell |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 27,396 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Lou Jorda 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Peanuts Lowrey | Third Baseman |
| Don Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Waitkus | First Baseman |
| Phil Cavarretta | Left Fielder |
| Andy Pafko | Center Fielder |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
| Lennie Merullo | Shortstop |
| Claude Passeau | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Benny Zientara | Second Baseman |
| Lonny Frey | Center Fielder |
| Grady Hatton | Third Baseman |
| Al Libke | Right Fielder |
| Bert Haas | First Baseman |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Max West | Left Fielder |
| Claude Corbitt | Shortstop |
| Ewell Blackwell | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Reds
Crosley Field
August 6, 1946
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Blackwell
Lowrey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Blackwell
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waitkus vs. Blackwell
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Passeau
Zientara hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Livingston settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Livingston. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Passeau
Zientara hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Zientara reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Passeau
Frey hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hatton vs. Passeau
Hatton hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Libke vs. Passeau
Libke hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Blackwell
Cavarretta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Blackwell
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Blackwell
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Passeau
Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Passeau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Passeau
Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Passeau
West hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Blackwell
Livingston hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Libke. Livingston reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merullo vs. Blackwell
Merullo hits a line driveMerullo is thrown out after the base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Blackwell
Passeau hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Blackwell
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Passeau moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Blackwell
There's a wild pitch. Passeau moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Blackwell
Johnson hits a line drive into center field. Frey picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Frey. Passeau scores. Lowrey scores. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Waitkus vs. Blackwell
Waitkus hits a popup towards first. Haas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbitt vs. Passeau
Johnny Ostrowski now playing third base.
Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Passeau
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Passeau
Zientara hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Blackwell
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Blackwell
Pafko bunts towards first. Haas scoops it up and throws to first, with Zientara covering, for the out. Cavarretta moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Blackwell
Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Livingston vs. Blackwell
Livingston hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cavarretta scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merullo vs. Blackwell
Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Passeau
Frey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Passeau
Hatton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Libke vs. Passeau
Libke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hatton moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haas vs. Passeau
Haas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Blackwell
Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ostrowski vs. Blackwell
Ostrowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Blackwell
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ostrowski moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waitkus vs. Blackwell
Waitkus hits a popup towards short. Corbitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cavarretta vs. Blackwell
Cavarretta takes first base on ball four. Ostrowski moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pafko vs. Blackwell
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Passeau
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Passeau
West hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Corbitt vs. Passeau
Corbitt hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blackwell vs. Passeau
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Blackwell
Nicholson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zientara settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Blackwell
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merullo vs. Blackwell
Merullo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blackwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zientara vs. Passeau
Zientara hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Passeau
Frey hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatton vs. Passeau
Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Libke vs. Passeau
Libke hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Blackwell
Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ostrowski vs. Blackwell
Ostrowski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Libke. Ostrowski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Blackwell
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Waitkus vs. Blackwell
Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zientara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haas vs. Passeau
Haas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko. Haas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mueller vs. Passeau
Mueller hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
West vs. Passeau
West takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Corbitt vs. Passeau
Corbitt hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Passeau
Bobby Adams pinch hits for Ewell Blackwell.
Adams takes first base on ball four. Haas moves to third. West moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zientara vs. Passeau
Zientara is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Hetki
Johnny Hetki now pitching.
Cavarretta hits a fly ball into center field. Frey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Hetki
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corbitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Hetki
Nicholson hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Passeau
Frey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatton vs. Passeau
Hatton hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Libke vs. Passeau
Libke hits a fly ball into left field. Cavarretta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Passeau
Haas hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Hetki
Livingston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merullo vs. Hetki
Merullo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Passeau vs. Hetki
Passeau bunts towards the mound. Hetki juggles the ball. That's an error on Hetki. Merullo moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ostrowski vs. Hetki
Ostrowski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Hetki
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hetki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Passeau
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ostrowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Passeau
West hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corbitt vs. Passeau
Corbitt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/6/1946 -- Chicago at Cincinnati (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Lowrey P, 3b 2 1 1 0 Zientara B, 2b 4 0 1 0
Ostrowski J, 3b 2 0 1 0 Frey L, cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson D, 2b 5 0 2 2 Hatton G, 3b 3 0 1 0
Waitkus E, 1b 4 0 0 0 Libke A, rf 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta P, lf 3 1 2 0 Haas B, 1b 4 0 1 0
Pafko A, cf 3 0 0 0 Mueller R, c 4 0 0 0
Nicholson B, rf 4 0 0 0 West M, lf 3 0 1 0
Livingston M, c 4 0 2 1 Corbitt C, ss 4 0 0 0
Merullo L, ss 4 0 2 0 Blackwell E, p 2 0 0 0
Passeau C, p 3 1 1 0 Adams B, ph 0 0 0 0
Hetki J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 11 3 31 0 4 0
Chicago 002 100 000 -- 3
Cincinnati 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau C (W) 9.0 4 0 0 4 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Blackwell E (L) 7.0 10 3 3 2 2
Hetki J 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Livingston M, Frey L, Hetki J
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Chicago 8, Cincinnati 8
2B -- Zientara B, Livingston M, Ostrowski J, Haas B
SH -- Pafko A, Passeau C
WP -- Blackwell E
T -- 2:08
A -- 27396
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