Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Phil Cavarretta Memorial Replay Game

Here's a game in honor of the late Phil Cavarretta.

1945 Dodgers (Vic Lombardi) vs 1945 Cubs (Hank Wyse)

The Dodgers scrored first in the top of the second on a Eddie Basinski sac fly that brought home Dixie Walker. The Cubs answered in the bottom of the inning on a Dewey Williams double that plated Andy Pafko. Andy Pafko's fourth inning grounder to first scored Bill Nicholson to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead. Peanuts Lowery followed with a single scoring Phil Cavarretta with the Cubs second run of the inning.

The Cubs extended the lead to 4-1 when Pafko raced home on a Lowery triple.

Augie Galan led off the ninth with a solo homer to make it a two run game. Dixie Walker followed with a walk, and suddenly the game got a little tense for Cubs starter Wyse. But Wyse retired Walker on a fielder's choice grounder and then retired Frenchy Borgdaray on a grounder to first before finishing the game with a strikeout of pinch hitter Ed Stevens.


Cavarretta went 1 for 4 with a run scored.

          R  H  E
Brooklyn  2  3  1
Chicago   4  8  1

WP - Wyse     LP - Lombardi

Home Run - Galan (Brooklyn)

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