BOXSCORE: 1950 Washington Nationals At 1950 Chicago-NL Cubs         5/17/1950

  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Dimaggio CF       4  1  1  1 .358     E.Yost 3B           4  0  1  0 .215  
  V.Stephens SS       5  0  1  0 .313     D.Snider CF         4  0  0  0 .311  
  B.Doerr 2B          5  1  2  3 .303     J.Wyrostek LF       4  0  0  0 .209  
  J.Dimaggio LF       4  0  0  0 .288     D.Murtaugh 2B       4  0  1  0 .247  
  J.Mize 1B           4  0  1  0 .365     W.Dropo 1B          3  0  0  0 .328  
  H.Majeski 3B        4  0  0  0 .299     P.Reese SS          3  0  0  0 .278  
  G.Bell RF           4  1  1  0 .328     J.Astroth C         3  0  1  0 .441  
  J.Hegan C           3  0  0  0 .189     B.Kennedy RF        3  0  0  0 .253  
  D.Newcombe P        3  1  2  0 .368     V.Raschi P          3  1  1  1 .111  
                                          D.Weik P            0  0  0  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4  8  4                 Totals      31  1  4  1


Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 4 0  0 0 0  -  4  8  0
Cubs............ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  3

Nationals (18-15)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Newcombe WIN(3-1)       9       4   1   1   0   2   1 108   3.80  A1
Totals                    9       4   1   1   0   2   1

Cubs (22-19)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Raschi LOSS(3-3)        8       7   4   4   3   4   1 149   3.81  A1 D9
D.Weik                    1       1   0   0   0   1   0  17   5.82  E1
Totals                    9       8   4   4   3   5   1

ATTENDANCE- 19,180 DATE- Monday, May 17th 1950 TIME- Day 
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9  Cubs: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Cubs: 2
ERRORS- E.Yost-2, J.Astroth
DOUBLES- D.Dimaggio(14th), B.Doerr(4th), G.Bell(6th), E.Yost(7th)
HOME RUNS- B.Doerr(3rd), V.Raschi(2nd)
RBIs- D.Dimaggio(11th), B.Doerr-3(12th), V.Raschi
WALKS- J.Dimaggio, J.Hegan, D.Newcombe
HIT BY PITCH- D.Dimaggio
STRIKE OUTS- B.Doerr, H.Majeski-3, J.Hegan, E.Yost, B.Kennedy
GIDP- D.Dimaggio, B.Doerr
2-out RBI- B.Doerr-3
RLISP 2-out- D.Murtaugh, J.Hegan, V.Stephens-2, H.Majeski, E.Yost
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 3 for 10  Cubs: 0 for 4
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Vern Stephens robbed Eddie Yost of a base hit.

Don Newcombe had a strong outing as the Washington Nationals bested the
Chicago-NL Cubs 4 to 1 at Wrigley Field.

Washington scored all of the necessary runs in the 5th inning when they
tallied 4 runs on 4 hits.  The key offensive moment was provided by Bobby
Doerr who silenced the crowd when he rifled a three-run blast.  Washington
finished with 8 hits in the victory.  

The victory went to Newcombe(3-1) who went the distance allowing 1 run. Vic
Raschi(3-3) was hit with the loss.  He gave up 4 runs and 7 hits in 8
innings.  


SCORESHEET: 1950 Washington Nationals at 1950 Chicago-NL Cubs
D.Dimagg-A1  A1:F/8     B1:G-DP/5  C1:Do>3#   D1:HBP>23  *9*:G/53
                        43>1o      13         12         
                                                         
V.Stephe-A1  A2:E/5     B2:L/4     C2:G/43    D2:L/4     E2:Si
                                                         
                                                         
B.Doerr-A1   A3:G-DP/6  *4*:G/43   C3:HR>3#   *7*:Do     E3:K
             43>1o                 2# b#                 
                                                         
J.Dimagg-A1  *2*:F/7    B4:P/2     C4:W>b1    D4:G/53    E4:G/3
                                                         
                                                         
J.Mize-A1    A5:Si      B5:E/5     C5:F/8     D5:P/4
                                              
                                              
H.Majesk-A1  A6:K       B6:K       *6*:K      D6:G/63
                                              
                                              
G.Bell-A1    A7:E/2>12  *5*:Do     C7:G/43    *8*:F/9
                                              
                                              
J.Hegan-A1   A8:G/63    B8:K       C8:W>b1    D8:L/6
                                              
                                              
D.Newcom-A1  *3*:Si     B9:Si>23   C9:W>12 b  D9:P/3
                                   1          
                                              

E.Yost-A1    A1:Do      B1:K       *6*:F/8    D1:G/63
                                              
                                              
D.Snider-A1  A2:G/63    B2:P/6     C2:G/43    *9*:L/5
                                              
                                              
J.Wyrost-A1  A3:G/43>2  *4*:G/23   C3:F/8     D3:F/9
             3                                
                                              
D.Murtau-A1  A4:G/63    B4:Si      *7*:F/9    D4:G/53
                                              
                                              
W.Dropo-A1   *2*:G/13   B5:P/3     C5:G/63
                                   
                                   
P.Reese-A1   A6:G/63    B6:G/31    C6:G/63
                                   
                                   
J.Astrot-A1  A7:L/6     *5*:P/6    *8*:Si
                                   
                                   
B.Kenned-A1  *3*:P/2    B8:K       C8:F/8
                                   
                                   
V.Raschi-A1  A9:HR>b#   B9:F/9     C9:G/63>1
D.Weik-D2                          2