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Braves 5 @ Cubs 2
Wrigley Field
May 9, 1946

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Braves, played on May 9, 1946 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 9, 1946 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 2 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherLefty Wallace  
Losing PitcherRay Prim  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 9, 1946 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherLefty Wallace  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Schmitz  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance13,682 
Time of Game2 hours 37 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: Beans Reardon
2B: (none)
3B: Larry Goetz

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Connie Ryan  Second Baseman 
Johnny Hopp  First Baseman 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Nanny Fernandez  Shortstop 
Bama Rowell  Left Fielder 
Carden Gillenwater  Center Fielder 
Stew Hofferth  Catcher 
Skippy Roberge  Third Baseman 
Lefty Wallace  Pitcher 
Billy Southworth  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Peanuts Lowrey  Third Baseman 
Lou Stringer  Second Baseman 
Eddie Waitkus  First Baseman 
Phil Cavarretta  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Bill Nicholson  Right Fielder 
Mickey Livingston  Catcher 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Johnny Schmitz  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Cubs 2
Wrigley Field
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/9/1946 -- Boston at Chicago (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Ryan C, 2b            5  0  2  0   Lowrey P, 3b          4  1  2  1   
Hopp J, 1b            5  1  0  0   Stringer L, 2b        6  0  0  0   
Holmes T, rf          5  1  2  0   Waitkus E, 1b         6  1  1  0   
Fernandez N, ss-lf    5  2  0  0   Cavarretta P, lf      5  0  1  0   
Rowell B, lf          4  1  0  0   Pafko A, cf           5  0  2  1   
Masi P, ph            1  0  0  0   Nicholson B, rf       5  0  0  0   
Culler D, ss          1  0  0  0   Livingston M, c       3  0  1  0   
Gillenwater C, cf     5  0  1  1   Merullo L, pr         0  0  0  0   
Hofferth S, c         5  0  3  2   McCullough C, c       1  0  0  0   
Roberge S, 3b         6  0  2  1   Jurges B, ss          3  0  1  0   
Wallace L, p          4  0  0  0   Schmitz J, p          4  0  0  0   
                                   Kush E, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Chipman B, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Ostrowski J, ph       1  0  0  0   
                                   Prim R, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Fleming B, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  5 10  4                        43  2  8  2

Boston           000 200 000 003 --  5
Chicago          000 200 000 000 --  2

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wallace L (W)        12.0  8  2  2  3  2

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Schmitz J*            9.0  7  2  1  3  9
Kush E                0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Chipman B             1.2  1  0  0  0  1
Prim R (L)            0.1  1  3  3  2  0
Fleming B             0.2  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 10th

E -- Lowrey P, Hopp J, Cavarretta P 2, Ryan C
DP -- Boston 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Boston 12, Chicago 10
2B -- Pafko A, Livingston M
HR -- Lowrey P
SB -- Lowrey P, Holmes T, Hopp J
SH -- Livingston M, Jurges B, Hopp J
WP -- Schmitz J 2
T -- 2:37
A -- 13682

    

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