FORTY ROLL TO EASY VICTORY, 8-3

In a game loaded with wild pitching, North Dallas rolled to an easy 8-3 victory to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the 1945 World Series.

Thirteen walks were issued by both clubs, but North Dallas made the most of them with an 8-2 lead after seven innings. Bob Muncrief (1-0) took the easy victory, but was injured and will miss the rest of the Series. He is the second North Dallas pitcher in as many games to fall to an injury.

Phil Cavarretta and Jeff Heath had three hits apiece for the Forty. Whitey Kurowski had two hits and two RBI for the Knights.

10/8/1945, NDA45-HAR45, Wrigley Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1945 Forty             0  1  2  0  1  1  3  0  0     8 13  2    12  1
1945 Knights           1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1     3  9  1    12  1
 
Forty                AB  R  H BI   AVG    Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Galan             3b  4  2  2  2  .583    Walker            cf  3  1  1  0  .333
Lake              ss  6  0  0  0  .214    Mayo              2b  4  1  1  0  .357
Cavarretta        1b  5  1  3  1  .571    Etten             1b  4  0  1  1  .167
Heath             lf  5  2  3  2  .429    Kurowski          3b  4  0  2  2  .143
Estalella         cf  3  0  1  1  .375    Keller            rf  5  0  0  0  .077
Lombardi          c   4  0  0  0  .000    Greenberg         lf  5  0  0  0  .300
Cullenbine        rf  4  1  2  2  .308    Sandlock          c   2  0  0  0  .250
 Leonard          p   0  0  0  0  .000     Berry            p   0  0  0  0  .000
Stanky            2b  4  1  1  0  .200     Nicholson        ph  1  0  1  0  .500
Muncrief          p   4  1  1  0  .250     Gromek           p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Byrnes           rf  1  0  0  0  .000     Newsom           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     40  8 13  8          Newsome           ss  4  0  1  0  .364
                                          Mungo             p   2  0  1  0  .500
                                           Orrell           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                           Hayes            c   2  1  1  0  .500
                                                               36  3  9  3
 
Forty                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Muncrief         W 1-0           7.2  7  2  2  4  1 108  67  2.35
Leonard                          1.1  2  1  1  2  1  43  27  6.75
                                 9.0  9  3  3  6  2 151  94 
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Mungo            L 0-1           4.1  7  4  4  4  4  96  54  8.31
Orrell                           2.1  5  4  4  3  0  73  43 17.18
Berry                            1.1  0  0  0  0  0  10   7  8.10
Gromek                           0.2  1  0  0  0  0  12   6  3.52
Newsom                           0.1  0  0  0  0  0   1   1  0.00
                                 9.0 13  8  8  7  4 192 111 
 
NDA: Byrnes inserted at rf in the 8th
HAR: Hayes inserted at c in the 7th
     Nicholson batted for Berry in the 8th
 
E-Galan, Stanky, Newsome. 2B-Galan, Heath, Cullenbine, Muncrief, Mayo, 
Kurowski 2, Nicholson. 3B-Hayes. SB-Heath(2). K-Lake 2, Estalella, Muncrief, 
Greenberg 2. BB-Galan 2, Estalella 2, Lombardi, Cullenbine, Stanky, Walker 2, 
Mayo, Etten, Kurowski, Sandlock. 
GWRBI: Heath
Bob Muncrief was injured for this game and 15 more days
Temperature: 56, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 18 MPH.