JOHNSON HITS FOR CYCLE, LEADS CUBS PAST PHILS

Borowy Tosses Shutout

PHILADELPHIA, July 27 (AP) – Don Johnson hit for the cycle, scored three times and drove in three runs, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park in the first game of a doubleheader.  Cubs starter Hank Borowy did his part, firing a seven-hit shutout.  In the nightcap, Chicago completed the sweep, rallying from a 5-3 deficit late to secure a 6-5 win.

Johnson becomes just the second major leaguer to hit for the cycle thus far this season, joining Rudy York of the Boston Red Sox, who accomplished the feat on July 5 in a 16-inning victory over the Philadelphia Athletics, also at Shibe Park.  Thus, Johnson is the first National League player to hit for the cycle this year, and the only major league player to do so in a nine-inning game.

The contest itself wasn’t very competitive.  The Cubs seized control immediately, scoring thee times in the top of the first against Phillies starter Ken Raffensberger.  After Stan Hack drew a lead-off walk, Johnson began his quest for the cycle by singling Hack to third.  One out later, Phil Cavarretta’s base hit plated Hack with the game’s first run, and advanced Johnson to second.  After Andy Pafko’s ground out advanced the baserunners 90 feet, Dom Dallessandro doubled them both home.

In the second, Hack drew a two-out walk from Raffensberger and Johonson followed with a home run to left, making it 5-0.

The Cubs added a run in the fifth when Clyde McCullough singled home Cavarretta.  In the sixth, Hack doubled with one out and scored on Johnson’s triple.  Peanuts Lowrey then brought home Johnson with a base hit.

That completed the scoring, but Johnson had a final plate appearance when he led off the eighth against Andy Karl and delivered a double to right, completing the cycle.

For his part, Borowy walked five batters and allowed seven hits, but all of the safeties were singles, and Borowy effectively worked around the baserunners, stranding all 12 of them, en route to the shutout.

7/27/1946, ChN46-PhN46, game 1, Shibe Park (N)

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP

1946 Cubs              3  2  0  0  1  2  0  0  0     8 13  1     9  0

1946 Phillies          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  7  0    12  0

Cubs                 AB  R  H BI   AVG    Phillies             AB  R  H BI   AVG

Hack              3b  3  3  1  0  .316    Hughes,R          ss  5  0  0  0  .250

 Stringer         2b  0  0  0  0  .260    Gilbert,C         cf  3  0  0  0  .223

Johnson,D         2b  5  3  4  3  .248    Tabor             3b  5  0  2  0  .299

 Ostrowski        3b  0  0  0  0  .375    Northey           rf  3  0  0  0  .189

Lowrey            lf  5  0  2  1  .299    Ennis             lf  4  0  2  0  .304

Cavarretta        1b  4  2  1  1  .331    McCormick,F       1b  4  0  1  0  .268

Pafko             cf  5  0  2  0  .250    Seminick          c   3  0  1  0  .224

Dallessandro      rf  4  0  1  2  .224    Verban,E          2b  3  0  1  0  .245

 Rickert          ph  1  0  0  0  .244     Wyrostek         ph  0  0  0  0  .267

 Scheffing        c   0  0  0  0  .273     O'Neil           ss  0  0  0  0  .357

McCullough        c   4  0  2  1  .305    Raffensberger     p   2  0  0  0  .143

 Nicholson        ph  1  0  0  0  .258     Humphries        p   0  0  0  0  .125

Jurges            ss  4  0  0  0  .229     Dinges           ph  1  0  0  0  .200

 Secory           ph  1  0  0  0  .273     Karl             p   0  0  0  0  .000

 Sturgeon         ss  0  0  0  0  .310     Rowe             ph  1  0  0  0  .176

Borowy            p   3  0  0  0  .273     Schanz           p   0  0  0  0  .000

                     40  8 13  8                               34  0  7  0

Cubs                             INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Borowy           W 7-6           9.0  7  0  0  5  6 142  88  3.82

                                 9.0  7  0  0  5  6 142  88

Phillies                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Raffensberger    L 2-7           5.1 10  8  8  2  1  81  52  4.17

Humphries                        1.2  2  0  0  0  0  20  12  2.89

Karl                             1.0  1  0  0  0  1  17  10  3.26

Schanz                           1.0  0  0  0  0  0  13   7  5.91

                                 9.0 13  8  8  2  2 131  81

ChN: Stringer inserted at 2b in the 8th

     Ostrowski inserted at 3b in the 8th

     Rickert batted for Dallessandro in the 9th

     Nicholson batted for McCullough in the 9th

     Secory batted for Jurges in the 9th

     Scheffing inserted at c in the 9th

     Nicholson moved to rf in the 9th

     Sturgeon inserted at ss in the 9th

PhN: Dinges batted for Humphries in the 7th

     Wyrostek batted for Verban,E in the 8th

     Rowe batted for Karl in the 8th

     Hughes,R moved to 2b in the 9th

     O'Neil inserted at ss in the 9th

E-Jurges. 2B-Hack(13), Johnson,D(9), Dallessandro(5). 3B-Johnson,D(2),

McCullough(3). HR-Johnson,D(2). RBI-Johnson,D 3(16), Lowrey(37),

Cavarretta(56), Dallessandro 2(7), McCullough(34). K-Johnson,D, Cavarretta,

Tabor 2, Northey, Seminick, Raffensberger, Dinges. BB-Hack 2, Gilbert,C 2,

Northey, Seminick, Wyrostek. HBP-Cavarretta, Borowy. HB-Raffensberger,

Humphries.

GWRBI: Cavarretta

Temperature: 104, Sky: cloudy, Wind: left to right at 5 MPH.

Attendance: N/A

Game Time: 2:29