Chicago Cubs 8, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Wednesday, October 2, 1940 (D) at Wrigley Field
CHI A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 7 5
CHI N 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 x - 8 9 1
BATTING
Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Webb 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 3
Hayes pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tresh c 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Kuhel 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 0
Solters lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0
Appling ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2
Wright rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Kreevich cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Kennedy 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Appleton p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 2 7 2 1 2 24 10
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Lee-Webb-Kuhel.
E: Appling (1), Kennedy 3 (3), Lee (1).
BATTING -
3B: Solters (1,off Olsen).
Team LOB: 6.
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Hack 3b 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 4
Herman 2b 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 3
Warstler 2b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nicholson lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Leiber rf 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 0
Gleeson cf 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 0
Russell 1b 4 0 0 2 0 0 17 1
Todd c 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
Mattick ss 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 6
Olsen p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 8 9 7 4 4 27 17
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Todd-Russell-Mattick.
E: Herman (1).
BATTING -
SH: Nicholson (1,off Appleton); Gleeson (1,off Appleton).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Herman (1,Home off Lee/Tresh); Leiber (1,2nd base off Lee/Tresh).
PITCHING
Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lee L(0-1) 5 8 5 3 3 0 0 27
Appleton 3 1 3 2 1 4 0 13
Totals 8 9 8 5 4 4 0 40
WP: Lee (1).
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Olsen W(1-0) 9 7 2 2 1 2 0 35
Umpires: HP - Cal Hubbard, 1B - Tom Dunn, 2B - George Pipgras, 3B - George Magerkurth
Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 6800
Starting Lineups:
Chicago White Sox Chicago Cubs
1. Webb 2b Hack 3b
2. Tresh c Herman 2b
3. Kuhel 1b Nicholson lf
4. Solters lf Leiber rf
5. Appling ss Gleeson cf
6. Wright rf Russell 1b
7. Kreevich cf Todd c
8. Kennedy 3b Mattick ss
9. Lee p Olsen p
WHITE SOX 1ST: Webb singled to center; Tresh reached on an error
by Herman [Webb to second]; Kuhel grounded into a double play
(catcher to first to shortstop) [Tresh to second, Webb out at
third]; Solters lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox
0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 1ST: Hack flied out to left; Herman singled to left;
Nicholson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Herman to second];
Leiber flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Cubs 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Appling walked; Wright flied out to center;
Kreevich grounded out (second to first) [Appling to second];
Kennedy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 2ND: Gleeson singled to center; Russell made an out to
second; Todd grounded out (second to first) [Gleeson to second];
Mattick singled to right [Gleeson scored (unearned)]; Olsen
reached on an error by Kennedy [Mattick to second]; Hack forced
Olsen (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White
Sox 0, Cubs 1.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Lee struck out; Webb grounded out (shortstop to
first); Tresh singled to right; Kuhel flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Cubs 1.
CUBS 3RD: Herman reached on an error by Kennedy; Nicholson flied
out to center; Leiber singled to right [Herman to third]; Herman
stole home and Leiber stole second; Gleeson walked; Russell
grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Gleeson out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0,
Cubs 2.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Solters struck out; Appling singled; Wright flied
out to left; Kreevich forced Appling (third to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Cubs 2.
CUBS 4TH: Todd flied out to center; Mattick grounded out (second
to first); Olsen made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Cubs 2.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee
flied out to center; Webb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Cubs 2.
CUBS 5TH: Hack singled; Lee threw a wild pitch [Hack to third];
Herman singled to center [Hack scored, Herman to second (error
by Appling; assist by Kreevich)]; Nicholson flied out to center;
Herman was picked off second but was safe on an error by Lee
[Herman to third]; Leiber walked; Gleeson singled to left
[Herman scored (unearned), Leiber to third]; Russell forced
Gleeson (shortstop to second) [Leiber scored (unearned)]; Todd
singled to center [Russell to third]; Mattick walked [Todd to
second]; Olsen popped to first; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 0, Cubs 5.
WHITE SOX 6TH: WARSTLER REPLACED HERMAN (PLAYING 2B); Tresh
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuhel singled to center;
Solters tripled to center [Kuhel scored]; Appling grounded out
(first unassisted) [Solters scored]; Wright grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Cubs 5.
CUBS 6TH: APPLETON REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Hack walked;
Warstler reached on a fielder's choice [Hack to second];
Nicholson reached on an error by Kennedy on a sacrifice bunt
[Warstler to second, Hack to third, Nicholson to first]; Leiber
singled to left [Nicholson to second, Warstler scored, Hack
scored]; Gleeson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Leiber to second, Nicholson to third]; Russell flied out to
right [Nicholson scored (unearned)]; Todd flied out to left; 3 R
(2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Cubs 8.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Kreevich grounded out (pitcher to first); Kennedy
grounded out (third to first); Appleton singled to center; Webb
singled to left [Appleton to second]; HAYES RAN FOR WEBB; Tresh
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White
Sox 2, Cubs 8.
CUBS 7TH: HAYES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Mattick struck out;
Olsen flied out to right; Hack struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Cubs 8.
WHITE SOX 8TH: Kuhel grounded out (second to first); Solters
made an out to first; Appling grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Cubs 8.
CUBS 8TH: Warstler grounded out (pitcher to first); Nicholson
struck out; Leiber struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox
2, Cubs 8.
WHITE SOX 9TH: Wright grounded out (third to first); Kreevich
flied out to center; Kennedy grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Cubs 8.
Sources: Chicago Herald-American (innings 1-4), Chicago Daily Times (5-9)
Final Totals R H E LOB
White Sox 2 7 5 6
Cubs 8 9 1 8
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