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Scores
Standings
BOS
@NYY		0
5
NYG
@BSN		4
13
STL
@CIN		5
3
STL
@CIN		6
2
CHC
@PIT		4
3
CHC
@PIT		5
0		 
(7)
Saturday, September 29, 1945,
, Forbes Field
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:36
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Cubs
4
96-56
⇐ Won 3 ⇒
 at Pirates
3
82-70
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Hank Borowy (21-7)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cubs            1  0  0   0  1  0   1  0  1    4 10  0
Pirates         1  0  0   0  0  2   0  0  0    3  8  2

Chicago Cubs

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Stan Hack 3B 4 2 1 0 1 1 .323 .826 3 1 2B
Roy Hughes 2B 4 0 3 0 1 0 .261 .617 2 3
Peanuts Lowrey LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .282 .732 3 0 SH
Phil Cavarretta 1B 4 0 0 0 1 0 .355 .948 8 0
Andy Pafko CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 .299 .820 2 0
Bill Nicholson RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 .245 .739 2 0
Mickey Livingston C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .641 3 1
   Ed Sauer 1 0 0 0 0 1 .258 .702
   Dewey Williams C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .739 1 0
Lennie Merullo SS 2 1 0 0 2 0 .236 .594 3 2
Hank Borowy P 3 1 1 0 0 1 .198 .508 0 3 SH
   Bob Chipman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .517 0 0
   Paul Erickson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 .461 0 0
Team Totals 35 4 10 2 5 3 .286 .689 27 10
2B: S Hack (29).
SH: H Borowy (10); P Lowrey (21).
TB: R Hughes 3; A Pafko 2; S Hack 2; B Nicholson 2; P Lowrey; H Borowy.
RBI: P Lowrey (89); A Pafko (110).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
DP: 1. R Hughes-L Merullo-P Cavarretta.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Al Gionfriddo CF 5 1 3 0 0 0 .284 .759 3 1 2·2B
Johnny Barrett RF 2 0 1 1 3 0 .258 .781 3 0
Jim Russell LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .285 .811 3 0
Bill Salkeld C 2 0 0 0 2 0 .312 .973 4 1
   Tommy O'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 1 .335 .814
Bob Elliott 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .291 .794 1 0
Frankie Gustine SS-2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .281 .706 3 2 SH
Babe Dahlgren 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .672 6 3
Pete Coscarart 2B 1 0 0 0 1 0 .244 .702 1 2 GDP
   Frank Colman 1 0 0 1 0 0 .212 .642
   Frankie Zak SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .523 1 1
Fritz Ostermueller P 3 0 1 1 0 0 .321 .709 2 3
   Nick Strincevich P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 .453 0 0
   Jack Saltzgaver 1 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .773
Team Totals 32 3 8 3 7 2 .250 .697 27 13
2B: A Gionfriddo 2 (17).
SH: F Gustine (6).
TB: A Gionfriddo 5; B Elliott 2; F Gustine; F Ostermueller; J Barrett.
GIDP: P Coscarart (10).
RBI: F Colman (30); F Ostermueller (4); J Barrett (68).
Team LOB: 10.
Fielding
DP: 1. B Salkeld-F Zak.
E: F Gustine (41); B Elliott (23).

Chicago Cubs

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Hank Borowy, W (21-7) 8.1 8 3 3 7 1 0 2.65 38 49
Bob Chipman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.09 1
Paul Erickson, S (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.16 1
Team Totals 9 8 3 3 7 2 0 3.00 40 49

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Fritz Ostermueller, L (5-4) 8.1 10 4 3 5 3 0 4.57 40 47
Nick Strincevich 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.27 2
Team Totals 9 10 4 3 5 3 0 3.00 42 47
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Barr, 1B - Tom Dunn, 2B - Ziggy Sears, 3B - Beans Reardon.
Time of Game: 2:36.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Chicago Cubs         Pittsburgh Pirates
1 Stan Hack 3B 1 Al Gionfriddo CF
2 Roy Hughes 2B 2 Johnny Barrett RF
3 Peanuts Lowrey LF 3 Jim Russell LF
4 Phil Cavarretta 1B 4 Bill Salkeld C
5 Andy Pafko CF 5 Bob Elliott 3B
6 Bill Nicholson RF 6 Frankie Gustine SS
7 Mickey Livingston C 7 Babe Dahlgren 1B
8 Lennie Merullo SS 8 Pete Coscarart 2B
9 Hank Borowy P 9 Fritz Ostermueller P

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