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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1921-09-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 30000 · 1:57

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 9th. Art Nehf earned the win. Possum Whitted went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	6	10
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10

W: Art Nehf L: Hal Carlson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Barry McCormick · 1B: Bill Klem · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	4	1	2	2	1	0
Dave Bancroft	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	4	0	1	2	0	0
Ross Youngs	4	1	1	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	3	1	1	0	1	1
Irish Meusel	3	1	2	2	0	0
Johnny Rawlings	4	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Smith	2	0	1	0	0	1
Art Nehf	3	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Snyder	2	1	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Carson Bigbee	4	0	2	0
Max Carey	4	0	2	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	1	2	1
George Cutshaw	4	0	0	0
Clyde Barnhart	4	0	1	0
Charlie Grimm	4	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	4	0	1	0
Hal Carlson	3	0	2	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Nehf	9.0	10	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Carlson	8.0	8	2	3
Johnny Morrison	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Burns: 3/FL
Dave Bancroft: 13
Frankie Frisch: 43/G34

Bot 1

Carson Bigbee: S4/BG
Max Carey: S7/G5L.1-2
Rabbit Maranville: 8/L78
Possum Whitted: 8/L8XD.2-3
George Cutshaw: SB2
George Cutshaw: 13

Top 2

Ross Youngs: 3/FL
High Pockets Kelly: K
Irish Meusel: 8/F89

Bot 2

Clyde Barnhart: 4/P
Charlie Grimm: 5/P
Walter Schmidt: S7
Hal Carlson: 8/F8XD

Top 3

Johnny Rawlings: 7
Earl Smith: K
Art Nehf: 9

Bot 3

Carson Bigbee: 31
Max Carey: 53
Rabbit Maranville: 7/F7D

Top 4

George Burns: D7/G5L
Dave Bancroft: 23/BG2R/SH.2-3
Frankie Frisch: FC4.3XH(425);B-2
Ross Youngs: 8/78

Bot 4

Possum Whitted: HR/F7D
George Cutshaw: 13
Clyde Barnhart: 63
Charlie Grimm: 3/G

Top 5

High Pockets Kelly: 63
Irish Meusel: S/G56S
Johnny Rawlings: 8
Earl Smith: S9.1-3
Art Nehf: K/C

Bot 5

Walter Schmidt: 43
Hal Carlson: S8/L8S
Carson Bigbee: S9.1-2
Max Carey: 65(2)/FO.1-2
Rabbit Maranville: 4/P34D

Top 6

George Burns: 8/L78D
Dave Bancroft: 3/G
Frankie Frisch: 13/BG

Bot 6

Possum Whitted: S/G5S
George Cutshaw: 16(1)/FO/BG
Clyde Barnhart: 8/F8XD
Charlie Grimm: 4(1)/FO

Top 7

Ross Youngs: T/78
High Pockets Kelly: W
Irish Meusel: 9/F9D/SF.3-H
Johnny Rawlings: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 7

Walter Schmidt: 9
Hal Carlson: S9
Carson Bigbee: 36(1)/FO
Max Carey: CS2(24)

Top 8

Frank Snyder: S7/L
Art Nehf: 34/SH.1-2
George Burns: W
Dave Bancroft: 7/L78D
Frankie Frisch: T/89.2-H;1-H
Ross Youngs: 5/P

Bot 8

Max Carey: S1/L
Rabbit Maranville: 64(1)3/GDP
Possum Whitted: 23/BG

Top 9

High Pockets Kelly: DGR/F78XD
Irish Meusel: S/L78.2-H
Johnny Rawlings: S8.1-2
Frank Snyder: K/C
Art Nehf: 8.2-3;1-2(E8/TH3)
George Burns: S67/G.3-H;2-H(UR)
Dave Bancroft: CS2(26)

Bot 9

George Cutshaw: 63
Clyde Barnhart: S9
Charlie Grimm: 64(1)/FO
Walter Schmidt: 8

Notes & reviews

Overflow crowd behind ropes in the outfield
Bigbee: diving stop preventing a ground-rule triple
Hit atop LF wall and over
With Maranville up, Smith ejected by HP umpire McCormick for arguing balls and strikes.
Ground-rule triple rolled into the LCF crowd
Ground-rule triple rolled into the RCF crowd

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