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Miley BB CD 1945 World Series Game 5
Called by Bill Corum, Al Helfer, and Bill Slater

Hank Greenberg hammers three doubles, off three different pitchers, as the Tigers win, 8-4.  Hal Newhouser pitches the complete game victory, striking out 9 Cubs along the way.

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Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago Cubs 4

World Series Game 5 Played on Sunday, October 7, 1945 (D) at Wrigley Field

DET A    0  0  1    0  0  4    1  0  2  -   8 11  0
CHI N 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 7 2
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Webb ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 4
Mayo 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 1
Cramer cf 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
Greenberg lf 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
Cullenbine rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
York 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 9 2
Outlaw 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Richards c 4 0 1 0 1 0 11 1
Newhouser p 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 3
Totals 37 8 11 8 4 4 27 14
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Mayo-York-Webb-Mayo.
BATTING - 
2B: Greenberg 3 (3,off Borowy,off Derringer,off Erickson); Cullenbine (2,off
Erickson).
SH: Outlaw (1,off Vandenberg); Cullenbine (1,off Derringer).
HBP: Cramer (1,by Erickson).
GDP: Newhouser (2,off Borowy).
IBB: Richards (1,by Vandenberg).
Team LOB: 9.
Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hack 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
Lowrey lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 10 0
Pafko cf 4 1 0 0 0 3 5 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
Livingston c 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0
Merullo ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Schuster ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Borowy p 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Vandenberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chipman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sauer ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Derringer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Secory ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 4 7 4 2 9 27 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Johnson-Merullo-Cavarretta.
E: Hack (1), Pafko (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Borowy (1,off Newhouser); Livingston (2,off Newhouser); Cavarretta (2,off
Newhouser).
SH: Johnson (2,off Newhouser).
GDP: Lowrey (1,off Newhouser).
Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Newhouser W(1-1) 9 7 4 4 2 9 0 35
Chicago Cubs                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Borowy L(1-1) 5 8 5 5 1 4 0 24
Vandenberg 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Chipman 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Derringer 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 8
Erickson 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 6
Totals 9 11 8 8 4 4 0 44
Borowy faced 4 batters in the 6th inning
HBP: Erickson (1,Cramer).
IBB: Vandenberg (1,Richards).
Umpires: HP - Bill Summers, 1B - Lou Jorda, 2B - Art Passarella, 3B - Jocko Conlan