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Miley BB CD 1945 World Series Game 3
Called by Bill Corum, Al Helfer, and Bill Slater

Claude Passeau pitches a brilliant one-hit shutout, allowing only a single to Rudy York in the second.  Passeau faces just 28 batters.  The Cubs get all the runs they need in the fourth on hits by Peanuts Lowrey, Bill Nicholson, and Roy Hughes.

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Chicago Cubs 3, Detroit Tigers 0

World Series Game 3 Played on Friday, October 5, 1945 (D) at Briggs Stadium

CHI N    0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
DET A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2
BATTING
Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hack 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
Johnson 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Lowrey lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0
Cavarretta 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 1
Pafko cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0
Livingston c 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Hughes ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Passeau p 4 0 0 1 0 3 1 2
Totals 33 3 8 3 2 5 27 9
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Johnson-Cavarretta.
BATTING - 
2B: Lowrey (1,off Overmire); Livingston (1,off Benton); Hack (2,off Benton).
SH: Cavarretta (1,off Overmire); Hughes (1,off Benton); Pafko (1,off Benton).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
CS: Hack (1,2nd base by Benton/Richards).
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Webb ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
McHale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mayo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Cramer cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Greenberg lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Cullenbine rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
York 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Outlaw 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Swift c 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Borom pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richards c 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Overmire p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Walker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Hostetler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 1 0 1 1 27 12
FIELDING - 
E: Mayo 2 (2).
BATTING - 
GDP: Walker (1,off Passeau).
Team LOB: 1.
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Passeau W(1-0) 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 28
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Overmire L(0-1) 6 4 2 2 2 2 0 24
Benton 3 4 1 1 0 3 0 14
Totals 9 8 3 3 2 5 0 38
Umpires: HP - Art Passarella, 1B - Jocko Conlan, 2B - Bill Summers, 3B - Lou Jorda