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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 21, 1945 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 21, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 21, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Claude Passeau |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Brewer |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,137 |
| Time of Game | 0 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Butch Henline 1B: George Magerkurth 2B: Bill Stewart 3B: Lee Ballanfant |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Hack | Third Baseman |
| Don Johnson | Second Baseman |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Left Fielder |
| Heinz Becker | First Baseman |
| Andy Pafko | Center Fielder |
| Bill Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Paul Gillespie | Catcher |
| Lennie Merullo | Shortstop |
| Claude Passeau | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Rucker | Center Fielder |
| George Hausmann | Second Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Danny Gardella | Left Fielder |
| Clyde Kluttz | Catcher |
| Mike Schemer | First Baseman |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Nap Reyes | Third Baseman |
| Jack Brewer | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1945
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Brewer
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Brewer
Johnson strikes out. There goes Hack. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lowrey vs. Brewer
Lowrey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Becker vs. Brewer
Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Passeau
Hausmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott takes first base on ball four. Hausmann moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardella vs. Passeau
Gardella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gillespie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluttz vs. Passeau
Kluttz hits a line drive towards third. Hack reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Brewer
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Brewer
Nicholson hits a line drive towards short. Kerr catches it and throws to first to double up Pafko. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gillespie vs. Brewer
Gillespie hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schemer vs. Passeau
Schemer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Passeau
Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schemer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reyes vs. Passeau
Reyes hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brewer vs. Passeau
Brewer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merullo vs. Brewer
Merullo hits a fly ball into left field. Gardella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Brewer
Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Brewer
Hack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brewer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker 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 -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Passeau
Hausmann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gillespie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Brewer
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowrey vs. Brewer
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Brewer
There's a wild pitch. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Becker vs. Brewer
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Brewer
There goes Lowrey. The throw from Kluttz and he is safe. Lowrey steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pafko vs. Brewer
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to second for the out. Lowrey scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Brewer
Nicholson hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Passeau
Gardella strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Passeau
Kluttz hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schemer vs. Passeau
Schemer hits a popup into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Passeau
Kerr hits a fly ball into center field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gillespie vs. Brewer
Gillespie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Gillespie reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merullo vs. Brewer
There goes Gillespie. The throw from Kluttz and he is safe. Gillespie steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merullo vs. Brewer
Merullo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Passeau vs. Brewer
Passeau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reyes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hack vs. Brewer
Hack hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardella. Hack reaches second base with a double. Gillespie scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Brewer
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reyes vs. Passeau
Reyes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brewer vs. Passeau
Brewer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Brewer
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Brewer
Becker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pafko vs. Brewer
Pafko takes first base on ball four. Becker moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Brewer
Nicholson hits a popup into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gillespie vs. Brewer
Gillespie hits a popup into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hausmann vs. Passeau
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Merullo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardella vs. Passeau
Gardella hits a line drive into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluttz vs. Passeau
Kluttz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merullo vs. Brewer
Merullo hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Passeau vs. Brewer
Passeau hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hack vs. Brewer
Hack strikes out. Kluttz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hack out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schemer vs. Passeau
Schemer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Passeau
Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schemer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jurges vs. Passeau
Billy Jurges pinch hits for Nap Reyes.
Jurges bunts, foul, towards third. Hack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Treadway vs. Passeau
Red Treadway pinch hits for Jack Brewer.
There's a wild pitch. Schemer moves to third. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Treadway vs. Passeau
Treadway strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schemer scores. Kerr scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hausmann vs. Passeau
Hausmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Adams
Ace Adams now pitching. Billy Jurges now playing third base.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Adams
Lowrey hits a line drive into right field. Ott picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ott. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Becker vs. Adams
Becker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gardella throws the ball in to Hausmann who tags Becker trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Lowrey scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Adams
Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Passeau
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Becker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardella vs. Passeau
Gardella strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Passeau
Kluttz hits a fly ball into left field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Adams
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gillespie vs. Adams
Gillespie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hausmann fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merullo vs. Adams
Bill Schuster pinch runs for Paul Gillespie.
Merullo hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Passeau vs. Adams
Passeau strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schemer vs. Passeau
Dewey Williams now catching.
Schemer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pafko who is chasing the ball. Schemer reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kerr vs. Passeau
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schemer scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurges vs. Passeau
Jurges bunts towards first. Becker can't make a play. That's a base hit. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mallory vs. Passeau
Jim Mallory pinch hits for Ace Adams.
Mallory bunts towards third. Hack fields it and throws to first for the out. Kerr moves to third. Jurges moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rucker vs. Passeau
Rucker is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hausmann vs. Passeau
Hausmann bunts towards the mound. Passeau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kerr scores. Jurges moves to third. Rucker moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/21/1945 -- Chicago at New York (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Hack S, 3b 4 0 2 1 Rucker J, cf 4 0 1 2
Johnson D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Hausmann G, 2b 5 0 2 1
Lowrey P, lf 4 2 1 0 Ott M, rf 3 0 1 0
Becker H, 1b 2 0 1 1 Gardella D, lf 4 0 0 0
Pafko A, cf 3 0 1 1 Kluttz C, c 4 0 0 0
Nicholson B, rf 4 0 1 0 Schemer M, 1b 4 2 4 0
Gillespie P, c 4 1 1 0 Kerr B, ss 4 2 3 1
Schuster B, pr 0 0 0 0 Reyes N, 3b 2 0 0 0
Williams D, c 0 0 0 0 Jurges B, ph-3b 2 0 1 0
Merullo L, ss 4 0 0 0 Brewer J, p 2 0 0 0
Passeau C, p 4 0 0 0 Treadway R, ph 1 0 0 0
Adams A, p 0 0 0 0
Mallory J, ph 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 3 8 3 35 4 12 4
Chicago 000 110 010 -- 3
New York 000 000 202 -- 4
1 out when winning run was scored.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau C (L) 8.1 12 4 4 2 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer J 7.0 5 2 2 3 2
Adams A (W) 2.0 3 1 0 0 1
E -- Ott M
DP -- Chicago 1, New York 1
LOB -- Chicago 6, New York 9
2B -- Gillespie P, Hack S
3B -- Schemer M
SB -- Hack S, Lowrey P, Gillespie P
SH -- Mallory J
WP -- Brewer J, Passeau C
A -- 8137
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