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Scores
Standings
CIN
@BRO		5
2
CHC
@BSN		2
0
PIT
@NYG		2
5
STL
@PHI		3
6
Wednesday, May 15, 1940,
, Braves Field
Attendance: 1,919, Time of Game: 1:43
Cubs
2
12-11
⇐ Won 3 ⇒
 at Braves
0
6-13
⇐ Lost 5 ⇒
W: Larry French (5-2)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cubs            0  0  0   0  0  0   0  2  0    2  7  3
Braves          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  2  4

Chicago Cubs

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Stan Hack 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .256 .700 1 2 3B
Billy Herman 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .264 .701 4 3 GDP
Jim Gleeson CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .412 1.180 3 0 2B
Hank Leiber RF 3 0 0 0 1 3 .356 .957 1 0
Dom Dallessandro LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .140 .475 3 0 GDP
Rip Russell 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .279 .683 9 0
Al Todd C 4 0 3 0 0 1 .299 .725 5 1
Bobby Mattick SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .503 1 0
Larry French P 3 1 0 0 0 1 .136 .318 0 1
Team Totals 33 2 7 2 2 7 .212 .560 27 7
2B: J Gleeson (3).
3B: S Hack (1).
TB: A Todd 3; J Gleeson 3; S Hack 3; B Herman.
GIDP: D Dallessandro (1); B Herman (2).
RBI: S Hack (4); B Herman (11).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
E: L French (1); B Mattick 2 (7).

Boston Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Sibby Sisti 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .238 0 3 SB
Rabbit Warstler 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .389 .865 1 3
Bob Loane CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .624 1 0 SB
Max West RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .206 .636 2 0
Chet Ross LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .338 .907 2 1
Les Scarsella 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .327 .827 8 0
Al Lopez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .711 8 2
Eddie Miller SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .309 .856 5 3
Nick Strincevich P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0
   Buddy Hassett PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .257 .582
   Dick Errickson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .571 0 1
Team Totals 30 0 2 0 1 5 .067 .163 27 13
TB: E Miller; C Ross.
Team LOB: 4.
Fielding
DP: 2. R Warstler-E Miller-L Scarsella 2.
E: D Errickson (2); M West (1); E Miller (4); R Warstler (1).
Baserunning
SB: B Loane (1, -1st base off  POCS); S Sisti (1, -1st base off  POCS).

Chicago Cubs

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Larry French, W (5-2) 9 2 0 0 1 5 0 1.43 31 87
Team Totals 9 2 0 0 1 5 0 0.00 31 87

Boston Braves

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Nick Strincevich, L (1-3) 8 6 2 0 2 7 0 5.32 31 71
Dick Errickson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.43 4
Team Totals 9 7 2 0 2 7 0 0.00 35 71
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Magerkurth, 1B - Bill Stewart, 2B - (none), 3B - George Barr.
Time of Game: 1:43.
Attendance: 1,919.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Chicago Cubs         Boston Braves
1 Stan Hack 3B 1 Sibby Sisti 3B
2 Billy Herman 2B 2 Rabbit Warstler 2B
3 Jim Gleeson CF 3 Bob Loane CF
4 Hank Leiber RF 4 Max West RF
5 Dom Dallessandro LF 5 Chet Ross LF
6 Rip Russell 1B 6 Les Scarsella 1B
7 Al Todd C 7 Al Lopez C
8 Bobby Mattick SS 8 Eddie Miller SS
9 Larry French P 9 Nick Strincevich P

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