Game Information

Chicago Cubs @ Boston Braves on Friday, August 22nd, 1947

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Game Status: Final

Score: 5 - 1

Summary: The Cubs beat the Braves, 5 - 1.

Decisions

Winner: Emil Kush (W, 6-1)
Loser: Walt Lanfranconi (L, 4-2)

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Box Score

Chicago Cubs

Batters

Batters - CHC	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Lowrey 3B	4	2	2	0	1	0	.275	.713
Waitkus 1B	5	1	3	0	0	1	.273	.674
Pafko CF	5	0	1	2	0	0	.301	.792
Cavarretta LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.320	.796
Nicholson RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	.217	.777
Scheffing C	4	0	1	2	0	0	.278	.693
Johnson 2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.259	.636
Merullo SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.243	.567
Sturgeon SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.572
Kush P	4	1	1	0	0	0	.286	.715
Totals	37	5	11	5	3	3

Batting
3B Lowrey (3).
TB Cavarretta; Johnson 2; Kush; Lowrey 4; Pafko; Scheffing; Waitkus 3.
RBI Johnson (25); Pafko 2 (48); Scheffing 2 (36).
GIDP Scheffing.
Team LOB 8.

Baserunning
SB Waitkus.

Fielding
E Johnson (16).
PB Scheffing (5).

Pitchers

Pitchers - CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Kush (W, 6-1)	9.0	4	1	0	3	4	0	3.84
Totals	9.0	4	1	0	3	4	0

Boston Braves

Batters

Batters - BSN	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Holmes RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.814
Hopp CF	4	1	0	0	0	0	.301	.760
Rowell LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.296	.741
Elliott 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.310	.922
Torgeson 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.286	.926
Masi C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.294	.800
Ryan 2B	1	0	0	0	2	1	.260	.700
Culler SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	.275	.665
Lanfranconi P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Shoun P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.666
McCormick	1	0	0	0	0	0	.359	.878
Johnson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Lanfranconi P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Shoun P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.666
Totals	29	1	4	1	3	4

Batting
TB Culler; Masi; Rowell; Torgeson.
RBI Rowell (31).
GIDP Masi 2.
Team LOB 4.

Fielding
E Culler (7).

Pitchers

Pitchers - BSN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
Lanfranconi (L, 4-2)	1.1	6	4	4	2	1	2.35
Shoun	6.2	4	1	0	1	2	4.89
Johnson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	4.41
Totals	9.0	11	5	0	3	3

Game Info

Batters faced: Kush 32; Johnson 4; Lanfranconi 12; Shoun 24.
Umpires:
Att: 25,466.
Venue: Braves Field (Boston, Massachusetts)

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	2 2	2 2	0 0	0 0	1 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	5	11	1	8
Braves	1 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1	4	1	4

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