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Chicago Cubs (0-0) at Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0)
First Meeting in 1948
April 20-22
Tuesday, April 20
Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 2
Bill Nicholson had three hits, as many as both the rest of his team and also the whole Pirates squad. He also picked up an RBI on each hit, totaling half the runs scored in the game by both teams combined. Russ Meyer threw a three-hitter for Chicago, notably ending on innings of no-hit ball after allowing all three hits in the first frame. Six walks and an error still allowed Pittsburgh to put up a fight, but going hitless with runners in scoring position doomed their chances.
BOXSCORE: 1948 Chicago Cubs At 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/20/1948 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG H.Schenz 2B 3 1 0 0 .000 S.Rojek SS 4 0 0 0 .000 E.Waitkus 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Hopp CF 3 1 1 0 .250 H.Jeffcoat CF 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Kiner LF 4 1 1 2 .222 A-C.Aberson LF 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Walker RF 3 0 0 0 .125 A.Pafko 3B 3 2 2 0 .667 F.Gustine 3B 4 0 1 0 .429 P.Cavarretta LF,CF 4 1 1 1 .250 E.Stevens 1B 3 0 0 0 .143 B.Nicholson RF 4 0 3 3 .750 M.Basgall 2B 3 0 0 0 .429 C.McCullough C 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Kluttz C 3 0 0 0 .286 R.Smalley SS 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Sewell P 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Meyer P 4 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 4 6 4 Totals 29 2 3 2 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Jeffcoat In 5th Inning Cubs............ 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 6 1 Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 1 Cubs (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET R.Meyer WIN(1-0) 9 3 2 2 6 7 1 2.00 A1 Totals 9 3 2 2 6 7 1 Pirates (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET R.Sewell LOSS(0-1) 9 6 4 3 1 6 0 3.00 A1 Totals 9 6 4 3 1 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 12,686 DATE- Tuesday, April 20th 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:08 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 5 Pirates: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Pirates: 0 ERRORS- C.McCullough, F.Gustine DOUBLES- A.Pafko(1st), F.Gustine(1st) TRIPLES- B.Nicholson(1st) HOME RUNS- R.Kiner(2nd) RBIs- P.Cavarretta(1st), B.Nicholson-3(3rd), R.Kiner-2(5th) STOLEN BASES- D.Walker(1st), E.Stevens(1st) WALKS- H.Schenz, J.Hopp, D.Walker, E.Stevens, M.Basgall, C.Kluttz, R.Sewell HIT BY PITCH- A.Pafko STRIKE OUTS- H.Schenz, C.Aberson, C.McCullough, R.Smalley-2, R.Meyer, S.Rojek-2, D.Walker, F.Gustine, E.Stevens, M.Basgall, R.Sewell GIDP- R.Sewell 2-out RBI- P.Cavarretta, B.Nicholson RLISP 2-out- C.McCullough, E.Stevens, R.Meyer, F.Gustine, S.Rojek, B.Nicholson TEAM RISP- Cubs: 4 for 10 Pirates: 0 for 5Wednesday, April 21Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 3 (15 innings)Wally Westlake's pinch-hit home run with two outs in the ninth led to a marathon as runs were hard to come by. Chicago got the leadoff runner on three times in extra innings, and also loaded the bases in a separate, fourth inning, but could not score until Cliff Aberson's three-run homer in the 15th. The Pirates finally scored too, but an inning too late as they could only score once in the bottom half of the inning. Bill Nicholson did not drive in any runs like on Tuesday, but ended up going for 4-for-6.BOXSCORE: 1948 Chicago Cubs At 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/21/1948 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG H.Schenz 2B 6 0 0 0 .000 S.Rojek SS 6 0 2 0 .143 E.Waitkus 1B 6 1 1 0 .100 J.Hopp CF,1B 6 0 0 0 .143 P.Cavarretta CF 7 1 2 1 .273 R.Kiner LF 6 0 0 0 .133 A.Pafko 3B 6 1 1 0 .333 D.Walker RF 6 1 3 0 .286 C.Aberson LF 7 1 1 3 .125 F.Gustine 3B 6 0 0 0 .231 B.Nicholson RF 6 1 4 0 .700 E.Stevens 1B 3 0 1 0 .200 C.McCullough C 7 0 1 1 .091 A-W.Westlake PH,CF 3 1 2 1 .667 R.Smalley SS 6 0 1 0 .100 M.Basgall 2B 4 0 1 0 .364 H.Borowy P 3 0 0 0 .000 W.Main P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Chipman P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-E.Fitz Gerald PH,C 2 1 1 0 .500 C-D.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Kluttz C 5 0 2 0 .333 J.Dobernic P 0 0 0 0 ---- N.Strincevich P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-R.Walker PH 1 0 0 0 .000 V.Lombardi P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Chambers P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-M.West PH 1 0 1 11.000 F-B.Scheffing PH 1 0 0 0 .000 T.Bonham P 3 0 0 0 .000 D.Lade P 0 0 0 0 ---- B-D.Murtaugh 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 J.Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 57 5 11 5 Totals 54 3 14 2 A-Pinch Hit For Stevens In 9th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Bonham In 10th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Chipman In 10th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Dobernic In 12th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Main In 12th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Chambers In 14th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Lombardi In 15th Inning Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 11 1 Pirates......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 14 4 Cubs (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET H.Borowy 8 7 1 0 1 6 0 0.00 A1 D3 B.Chipman BS(1st) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9.00 D4 D7 J.Dobernic 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D8 E4 C.Chambers 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 E5 F3 D.Lade WIN(1-0) 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.75 F4 G1 J.Schmitz SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 G2 Totals 15 14 3 2 1 8 1 Pirates (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET T.Bonham 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 2.00 A1 D6 W.Main 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 D7 F1 N.Strincevic LOSS(0-1) 2 1/3 4 3 3 2 1 1 11.57 F2 G6 V.Lombardi 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 G7 Totals 15 11 5 5 4 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 14,971 DATE- Wednesday, April 21st 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average UMPIRES- Jocko Conlan, , Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz T- 4:08 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs:12 Pirates: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 3 Pirates: 2 ERRORS- A.Pafko, S.Rojek, R.Kiner, M.Basgall, E.Fitz Gerald DOUBLES- B.Nicholson-2(2nd), D.Walker(1st), E.Fitz Gerald(1st), C.Kluttz(2nd) TRIPLES- C.McCullough(1st) HOME RUNS- P.Cavarretta(1st), C.Aberson(1st), W.Westlake(1st) RBIs- P.Cavarretta(2nd), C.Aberson-3(3rd), C.McCullough(1st), W.Westlake(1st), M.West(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Hopp SACRIFICE HITS- E.Waitkus, S.Rojek WALKS- H.Schenz, A.Pafko, B.Nicholson, R.Smalley, J.Hopp STRIKE OUTS- A.Pafko, C.Aberson-2, R.Smalley, H.Borowy, R.Kiner-2, D.Walker, F.Gustine, E.Fitz Gerald, T.Bonham-3 GIDP- P.Cavarretta, C.McCullough, J.Hopp, E.Stevens, M.Basgall 2-out RBI- W.Westlake RLISP 2-out- A.Pafko, T.Bonham-2, F.Gustine, H.Schenz-4, C.Aberson, R.Kiner TEAM RISP- Cubs: 3 for 17 Pirates: 3 for 11Thursday, April 22Chicago 13, Pittsburgh 9 (10 innings)Chicago bounced back after blowing a five-run lead to score six runs in the tenth against Woody Main. Bill Nicholson was a perfect 5-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two more runs, to improve his average at the end of the opening series to .800. Wally Westlake hit a pinch-hit homer for the second straight day, this time in the tenth. It was still too late as the Pirates trailed by four following the Cubs' avalanches of runs in the top half.BOXSCORE: 1948 Chicago Cubs At 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/22/1948 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG H.Schenz 2B 5 1 0 0 .000 S.Rojek SS 3 3 0 0 .118 E.Waitkus 1B 6 2 3 1 .250 J.Hopp CF,RF 6 2 3 3 .250 P.Cavarretta CF 6 1 2 2 .294 R.Kiner LF 4 1 2 2 .211 A.Pafko 3B 6 2 3 3 .400 D.Walker RF 4 0 1 0 .278 C.Aberson LF 4 2 1 0 .167 E-W.Westlake PH,CF 2 1 2 3 .800 B.Nicholson RF 5 3 5 2 .800 F.Gustine 3B 5 0 1 0 .222 C.McCullough C 3 0 0 0 .071 E.Stevens 1B 6 1 2 0 .250 A-B.Scheffing C 2 1 1 1 .333 M.Basgall 2B 4 0 1 0 .333 R.Smalley SS 5 0 1 2 .133 C.Kluttz C 5 1 2 1 .353 B.Rush P 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Riddle P 3 0 1 0 .333 B-R.Walker PH 1 0 1 0 .500 C-M.West PH 1 0 0 0 .500 D.Lade P 0 0 0 0 ---- V.Lombardi P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-D.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F-E.Fitz Gerald PH 1 0 0 0 .333 B.Chipman P 1 1 1 21.000 W.Main P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 47 13 18 13 Totals 44 9 15 9 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For McCullough In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Rush In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Riddle In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Lade In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Walker In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Lombardi In 9th Inning Cubs............ 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 - 13 18 1 Pirates......... 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 9 15 2 Cubs (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET B.Rush 5 12 6 6 2 5 0 10.80 A1 D2 D.Lade HOLD(1st) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.70 D3 D9 B.Chipman W(1-0) BS(2nd) 3 3 3 3 2 0 1 9.00 E1 Totals 10 15 9 9 6 5 1 Pirates (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Riddle 7 9 7 6 3 4 1 7.71 A1 D5 V.Lombardi 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 D6 E3 W.Main LOSS(0-1) 1 8 6 6 0 1 0 13.50 E4 Totals 10 18 13 12 3 7 1 ATTENDANCE- 15,195 DATE- Thursday, April 22nd 1948 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 3:02 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 7 Pirates:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Pirates: 1 ERRORS- A.Pafko, S.Rojek, J.Hopp DOUBLES- E.Waitkus-2(2nd), A.Pafko(2nd), B.Nicholson(3rd), B.Chipman, D.Walker(2nd) TRIPLES- J.Hopp-2(2nd) HOME RUNS- A.Pafko(1st), W.Westlake(2nd) RBIs- E.Waitkus(1st), P.Cavarretta-2(4th), A.Pafko-3(3rd), B.Nicholson-2(5th), B.Scheffing(1st), R.Smalley-2(2nd), B.Chipman-2, J.Hopp-3(3rd), R.Kiner-2(7th), W.Westlake-3(4th), C.Kluttz(1st) STOLEN BASES- A.Pafko(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Kiner WALKS- H.Schenz, C.Aberson-2, S.Rojek-3, R.Kiner, F.Gustine, M.Basgall STRIKE OUTS- H.Schenz, P.Cavarretta, C.Aberson, C.McCullough, R.Smalley-2, B.Rush, R.Kiner, D.Walker, F.Gustine, C.Kluttz, E.Riddle GIDP- C.McCullough, M.West 2-out RBI- R.Smalley, J.Hopp-2, R.Kiner, E.Waitkus, A.Pafko RLISP 2-out- M.Basgall, R.Kiner, F.Gustine-2, J.Hopp, D.Johnson, E.Stevens, C.Aberson-2 TEAM RISP- Cubs: 9 for 18 Pirates: 4 for 12
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