Cubs @ Giants
September 11, 1942

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 7 0
Giants 3 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 7 0
Giants 4 12 1

Hank Leiber Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .213
OBP .000 .314
At Bats 0 136
Hits 0 29
• Singles 0 20
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 20

Hi Bithorn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 11 2
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Polo Grounds - September 11, 1942
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Walk
Hi Bithorn
Chico Hernandez
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Stringer
Cy Block
Lennie Merullo
Lou Novikoff
Marv Rickert
Bill Nicholson
Hank Leiber
Buster Maynard
Billy Jurges
Johnny Mize

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 7 0 7
New York Giants 4 12 1 15
Winning Pitcher Ace Adams
Losing Pitcher Hi Bithorn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Leiber
Attendance 1,704
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Hank Leiber pinch hits for Ace Adams. Leiber takes first base on ball four. Mize scores. Jurges moves to third. Maynard moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Buster Maynard pinch hits for Ray Berres. Maynard is walked intentionally. Jurges moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Block fields it and throws to second for the out. Mize moves to third.
Bottom 9 Marshall is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Young bunts in front of the plate. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out. Mize moves to second.
Bottom 9 Chico Hernandez now catching. Mize takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Merullo hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bithorn takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Stringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ace Adams now pitching. Ray Berres now catching. Block hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx fields it, tags the runner, and races towards first, beating Ott, for the double play.
Bottom 8 Witek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schumacher scores. Barna scores. Bartell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hal Schumacher pinch runs for Gus Mancuso. Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Block fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schumacher moves to third. Barna moves to second.
Bottom 8 Babe Barna pinch hits for Harry Feldman. Barna hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mancuso moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jurges hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gillespie hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Foxx hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mize takes first base on ball four. Witek moves to third. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Witek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Witek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Block fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rickert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Merullo moves to second.
Top 7 Merullo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stringer scores.
Top 7 Bithorn bunts towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Witek covering, for the out. Stringer moves to second.
Top 7 Stringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Feldman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mancuso is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gillespie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Young takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Block hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gillespie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Novikoff scores. Foxx moves to third.
Top 6 Foxx takes first base on ball four. Novikoff moves to second.
Top 6 Novikoff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 6 Rickert hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Witek moves to third.
Bottom 5 Witek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Feldman hits a fly ball into center field. Rickert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merullo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bithorn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stringer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mancuso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mancuso hits a fly ball into left field. Novikoff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a popup towards short. Merullo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Block hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 4 Gillespie takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Foxx strikes out.
Bottom 3 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer fields it and throws to second for the out. Bartell scores.
Bottom 3 Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bartell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Witek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Novikoff. Bartell reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Novikoff hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nicholson strikes out.
Top 3 Rickert strikes out.
Top 3 Merullo takes first base on ball four. Bithorn moves to second.
Top 3 Bithorn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Feldman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Block fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mancuso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There goes Jurges. The throw from Gillespie and he is out, Merullo applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Jurges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards third. Block settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stringer strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Block. The throw from Mancuso and he is out, Jurges applying the tag.
Top 2 Block hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges misplays the ball. That's an error on Jurges.
Top 2 Gillespie hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Foxx is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Mize takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards second. Stringer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Novikoff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Feldman fires to first and picks off Merullo.
Top 1 Rickert hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Merullo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.