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Miley BB CD 1945 World Series Game 1
Called by Bill Corum, Al Helfer, and Bill Slater

Hank Bowory throws a shutout and the Cubs score 9 runs to open the Series.  Phil Cavarretta and Andy Pafko have 3 hits each for Chicago.  Hal Newhouser allows 7 earned runs in less than three innings of work... but he will redeem himself later in this Series.

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Chicago Cubs 9, Detroit Tigers 0

World Series Game 1 Played on Wednesday, October 3, 1945 (D) at Briggs Stadium

CHI N    4  0  3    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   9 13  0
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
BATTING
Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hack 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Johnson 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 4
Lowrey lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 3 3 2 1 0 8 1
Pafko cf 4 3 3 1 1 0 3 1
Nicholson rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Livingston c 4 0 2 2 0 0 5 0
Hughes ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4
Borowy p 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Totals 36 9 13 8 3 5 27 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Hughes-Johnson-Cavarretta, Johnson-Hughes-Cavarretta.
BATTING - 
2B: Johnson (1,off Newhouser); Pafko (1,off Newhouser).
3B: Nicholson (1,off Newhouser).
HR: Cavarretta (1,7th inning off Tobin 0 on 2 out).
SH: Lowrey (1,off Newhouser); Borowy (1,off Tobin).
IBB: Pafko (1,by Newhouser).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Johnson (1,2nd base off Newhouser/Richards); Pafko (1,2nd base off Tobin/Richards).
CS: Livingston 2 (2,2nd base by Newhouser/Richards,2nd base by Benton/Richards).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Webb ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
McHale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 1
Cramer cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Greenberg lf 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Cullenbine rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
York 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
Outlaw 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Richards c 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 2
Hostetler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newhouser p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Benton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eaton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tobin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mueller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Borom ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0 5 4 27 11
FIELDING - 
PB: Richards 2 (2).
BATTING - 
HBP: Greenberg (1,by Borowy).
GDP: Cramer (1,off Borowy); Newhouser (1,off Borowy).
Team LOB: 10.
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Borowy W(1-0) 9 6 0 0 5 4 0 37
HBP: Borowy (1,Greenberg).
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Newhouser L(0-1) 2.2 8 7 7 1 3 0 16
Benton 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Tobin 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 14
Mueller 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7
Totals 9 13 9 9 3 5 1 41
IBB: Newhouser (1,Pafko).
Umpires: HP - Bill Summers, 1B - Lou Jorda, 2B - Art Passarella, 3B - Jocko Conlan