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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 29, 1945
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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 April 29, 1945 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 29, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 29, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Preacher Roe |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Chipman |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Barr 1B: Ziggy Sears 2B: (none) 3B: Jocko Conlan |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Coscarart | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Barrett | Center Fielder |
| Tommy O'Brien | Right Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Frank Colman | Left Fielder |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Frankie Gustine | Shortstop |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Preacher Roe | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
| Roy Hughes | Shortstop |
| Phil Cavarretta | First Baseman |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Ed Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Don Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
| Bob Chipman | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
April 29, 1945
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Chipman
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Chipman
Barrett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Chipman
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Chipman, and towards Hughes, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Barrett moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Chipman
Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barrett scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colman vs. Chipman
Colman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Roe
Hack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Roe
Hughes hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Roe
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Chipman
Dahlgren strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Chipman
Gustine hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Chipman
Lopez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Lopez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Roe vs. Chipman
Roe strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Roe
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Roe
Sauer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Roe
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Roe
Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Chipman
Coscarart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Chipman
Barrett hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Chipman
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson misplays the ball. That's an error on Johnson. Coscarart moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Chipman
Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colman vs. Chipman
Colman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Roe
Livingston hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chipman vs. Roe
Chipman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Roe
Hack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Roe
Hughes hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Chipman
Dahlgren hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Chipman
Gustine takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Chipman
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chipman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Chipman. Gustine moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roe vs. Chipman
Roe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coscarart vs. Chipman
Coscarart takes first base on ball four. Gustine moves to third. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Barrett vs. Chipman
Barrett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Barrett reaches second base with a double. Gustine scores. Lopez scores. Coscarart moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
O'Brien vs. Chipman
O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Coscarart scores. Barrett scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Chipman
Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cavarretta vs. Roe
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Roe
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Roe
Sauer strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colman vs. Chipman
Colman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Chipman
Dahlgren takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Chipman
Gustine hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Lowrey chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Hughes. Hughes fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Hughes. Dahlgren goes all the way around to score. Gustine moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lopez vs. Stewart
Mack Stewart now pitching.
Lopez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roe vs. Stewart
Roe bunts towards the mound. Stewart fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Coscarart vs. Stewart
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to home to get Gustine. Lopez moves to third. Roe moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Barrett vs. Stewart
Barrett 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
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Roe
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Roe
Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Roe
Livingston hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Stewart
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Stewart
Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lowrey throws the ball in to Johnson who tags Elliott trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colman vs. Stewart
Colman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Roe
Len Rice pinch hits for Mack Stewart.
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Roe
Hack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. Roe
Hughes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cavarretta vs. Roe
Cavarretta hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Prim
Ray Prim now pitching.
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Prim
Gustine strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Prim
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roe vs. Prim
Roe strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Roe
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart misplays the ball. That's an error on Coscarart. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sauer vs. Roe
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Roe
Lowrey takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Roe
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Prim
Coscarart strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Prim
Barrett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Prim
O'Brien strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Prim
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hughes misplays the ball. That's an error on Hughes. Barrett moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colman vs. Prim
Colman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Roe
Al Gionfriddo now playing left field.
Livingston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Roe
Andy Pafko pinch hits for Ray Prim.
Pafko is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ostrowski vs. Roe
Johnny Ostrowski pinch hits for Stan Hack.
Ostrowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Roe
Hughes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ostrowski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cavarretta vs. Roe
Cavarretta hits a fly ball towards right. O'Brien settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on O'Brien. Ostrowski scores. Hughes goes all the way around to score. Cavarretta moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Roe
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Vandenberg
Johnny Ostrowski now playing third base. Hy Vandenberg now pitching.
Dahlgren strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Vandenberg
Gustine strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Vandenberg
Lopez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Roe
Sauer strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Roe
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Roe
Johnson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/29/1945, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Coscarart P, 2b 3 1 0 0 Hack S, 3b 3 0 1 0
Barrett J, cf 4 2 2 2 Ostrowski J, ph-3b 1 1 0 0
O'Brien T, rf 5 0 1 2 Hughes R, ss 4 1 2 0
Elliott B, 3b 5 0 2 1 Cavarretta P, 1b 4 0 0 0
Colman F, lf 5 0 0 0 Nicholson B, rf 4 0 0 0
Gionfriddo A, lf 0 0 0 0 Sauer E, lf 4 0 1 0
Dahlgren B, 1b 4 1 0 0 Lowrey P, cf 3 0 0 0
Gustine F, ss 4 1 1 1 Johnson D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Lopez A, c 4 1 2 0 Livingston M, c 3 0 1 0
Roe P, p 4 0 1 0 Chipman B, p 1 0 0 0
Stewart M, p 0 0 0 0
Rice L, ph 1 0 0 0
Prim R, p 0 0 0 0
Pafko A, ph 1 0 0 0
Vandenberg H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 6 9 6 33 2 5 0
Pittsburgh 100 410 000 -- 6
Chicago 000 000 020 -- 2
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Roe P (W) 9.0 5 2 0 1 6
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Chipman B (L) 4.1 6 6 2 4 5
Stewart M 1.2 2 0 0 1 0
Prim R 2.0 1 0 0 1 4
Vandenberg H 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
E -- Johnson D, Chipman B, Hughes R 2, Coscarart P, O'Brien T
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, Chicago 5
2B -- Lopez A, Barrett J, Gustine F
T -- 2:06
A -- 0
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