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Cubs 4 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
September 29, 1945
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 29, 1945 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Cubs with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 29, 1945 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 4 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning Pitcher—Hank Borowy  
Losing Pitcher—Fritz Ostermueller  
Save—Paul Erickson  
Game Winning RBI—Andy Pafko 

Game Info

DateSeptember 29, 1945 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherHank Borowy  
Home Starting PitcherFritz Ostermueller  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance4,016 
Time of Game1 hour 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Barr
1B: Tom Dunn
2B: Ziggy Sears
3B: Beans Reardon

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Hack  Third Baseman 
Roy Hughes  Second Baseman 
Peanuts Lowrey  Left Fielder 
Phil Cavarretta  First Baseman 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Bill Nicholson  Right Fielder 
Mickey Livingston  Catcher 
Lennie Merullo  Shortstop 
Hank Borowy  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Gionfriddo  Center Fielder 
Johnny Barrett  Right Fielder 
Jim Russell  Left Fielder 
Bill Salkeld  Catcher 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Shortstop 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Pete Coscarart  Second Baseman 
Fritz Ostermueller  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Cubs 4 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
September 29, 1945

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         Game of 9/29/1945, game 1 -- Chicago at Pittsburgh (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Hack S, 3b            4  2  1  0   Gionfriddo A, cf      5  1  3  0   
Hughes R, 2b          4  0  3  0   Barrett J, rf         2  0  1  1   
Lowrey P, lf          4  0  1  2   Russell J, lf         5  0  0  0   
Cavarretta P, 1b      4  0  0  0   Salkeld B, c          2  0  0  0   
Pafko A, cf           5  0  2  1   O'Brien T, ph         1  0  0  0   
Nicholson B, rf       5  0  2  0   Elliott B, 3b         4  1  2  0   
Livingston M, c       3  0  0  0   Gustine F, ss-2b      3  1  1  0   
Sauer E, ph           1  0  0  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        3  0  0  0   
Williams D, c         0  0  0  0   Coscarart P, 2b       1  0  0  0   
Merullo L, ss         2  1  0  0   Colman F, ph          1  0  0  1   
Borowy H, p           3  1  1  0   Zak F, ss             1  0  0  0   
Chipman B, p          0  0  0  0   Ostermueller F, p     3  0  1  1   
Erickson P, p         0  0  0  0   Strincevich N, p      0  0  0  0   
                                   Saltzgaver J, ph      1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  4 10  3                        32  3  8  3

Chicago          100 010 101 --  4
Pittsburgh       100 002 000 --  3

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Borowy H (W)          8.1  8  3  3  7  1
Chipman B             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Erickson P (S)        0.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ostermueller F (L)    8.1 10  4  3  5  3
Strincevich N         0.2  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Gustine F, Elliott B
DP -- Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Chicago 11, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Hack S, Gionfriddo A 2
CS -- Barrett J
SH -- Gustine F, Borowy H, Lowrey P
T -- 1:10
A -- 4016

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