Game Information

Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, May 8th, 1947

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Game Status: Final

Score: 8 - 7

Summary: The Cubs beat the Phillies, 8 - 7.

Decisions

Winner: Russ Meers (W, 0-0)
Loser: Ken Raffensberger (L, 1-1)
Save: Emil Kush (S, 1)

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Box Score

Chicago Cubs

Batters

Batters - CHC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Hack 3B	5	2	3	0	0	0	.341	.827
Waitkus 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.323	.678
Pafko CF	5	1	1	3	0	1	.262	.739
Cavarretta LF	4	1	0	0	1	1	.311	.766
McCullough C	3	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.762
Schenz	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000
Sturgeon SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Nicholson RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.189	.782
Johnson 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.241	.572
Merullo SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.661
Scheffing C	1	1	1	1	0	0	.246	.546
Lade P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Meyer P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Frey	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.250
Erickson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dallessandro	1	0	1	1	0	0	.333	1.000
Meers P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Livingston	1	0	1	2	0	0	.333	1.000
Kush P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Lade P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Meyer P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Erickson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Meers P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	38	8	11	8	2	3

Batting
2B Johnson (1); Scheffing (1).
HR Pafko (2).
TB Dallessandro; Frey; Hack 3; Johnson 2; Livingston; Nicholson; Pafko 4; Scheffing 2; Waitkus.
RBI Dallessandro (2); Johnson (4); Livingston 2 (0); Pafko 3 (8); Scheffing (5).
Team LOB 5.

Fielding
E Nicholson (0).

Pitchers

Pitchers - CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
Lade	1.1	6	4	4	1	0	3.27
Meyer	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	6.00
Erickson	2.0	1	1	0	0	3	14.40
Meers (W, 0-0)	3.0	3	1	1	2	1	0.00
Kush (S, 1)	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.08
Totals	9.0	12	7	0	3	4

Philadelphia Phillies

Batters

Batters - PHI	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
LaPointe SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.190	.530
Padgett	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.867
Newsome SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.555
Walker CF	4	1	2	0	1	1	.293	.711
Wyrostek RF	4	3	2	0	1	0	.232	.641
Ennis LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.290	.753
Etten 1B	5	1	2	3	0	0	.212	.642
Seminick C	4	1	2	2	1	0	.273	.884
Handley 3B	4	0	2	2	0	0	.500	1.000
Verban 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.667
Jurisich P	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000
Raffensberger P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.875
Donnelly P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jurisich P	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000
Raffensberger P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	38	7	12	7	3	4

Batting
2B Etten 2 (2).
TB Ennis; Etten 4; Handley 2; LaPointe; Seminick 2; Walker 2; Wyrostek 2.
RBI Etten 3 (4); Handley 2 (0); Seminick 2 (9).
Team LOB 8.

Pitchers

Pitchers - PHI	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Jurisich	7.1	8	6	6	2	2	1	5.00
Raffensberger (L, 1-1)	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	3.86
Donnelly	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.87
Totals	9.0	11	8	0	2	3	1

Game Info

Batters faced: Erickson 8; Kush 8; Lade 11; Meers 14; Meyer 1; Donnelly 3; Jurisich 32; Raffensberger 5.
Umpires:
Att: 5,536.
Venue: Shibe Park (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Notable Events

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Scorecard

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
Cubs	1 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 1	0 0	0 0	6 6	0 0	8	11	1	5
Phillies	4 4	0 0	1 1	0 0	1 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 1	7	12	0	8

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