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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1928-09-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3000 · 1:45

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 9–2. New York Giants put up 4 in the 2nd. Carl Hubbell earned the win. Mel Ott went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7
NY1	0	4	0	3	0	1	1	0		9	14

W: Carl Hubbell L: Erv Brame SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Rigler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	5	0	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Waner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pie Traynor	3	1	1	2	1	0
Pete Scott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Comorosky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Wright	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	1	0	1	0
Erv Brame	1	0	0	0	0	0
Homer Blankenship	2	0	1	0	0	1
Mack Hillis	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Welsh	5	1	3	3	0	0
Lefty O'Doul	5	1	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	2	3	3	1	0
Freddie Lindstrom	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Terry	3	2	2	0	1	0
Travis Jackson	3	0	1	0	0	1
Shanty Hogan	4	1	2	2	0	0
Andy Reese	4	1	1	0	0	0
Carl Hubbell	4	1	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erv Brame	3.1	8	2	0
Homer Blankenship	4.2	6	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	9.0	7	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: 53
Lloyd Waner: 31
Paul Waner: 8

Bot 1

Jimmy Welsh: 43
Lefty O'Doul: 63
Mel Ott: W
Freddie Lindstrom: 13

Top 2

Pie Traynor: 53
Pete Scott: 7/L
Adam Comorosky: 13

Bot 2

Bill Terry: W
Travis Jackson: S1/BG.1-2
Shanty Hogan: S/89.2-H;1-2
Andy Reese: E3/TH.2-3;1-2
Carl Hubbell: 62(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Welsh: S9.3-H;2-H(UR);1-3
Lefty O'Doul: 43.1-2
Mel Ott: S8.3-H(UR);2-3
Freddie Lindstrom: 63

Top 3

Glenn Wright: K
Rollie Hemsley: S8
Erv Brame: 16(1)/FO
Sparky Adams: 3/FL

Bot 3

Bill Terry: 53
Travis Jackson: 53
Shanty Hogan: S7
Andy Reese: 9

Top 4

Lloyd Waner: 13
Paul Waner: 7
Pie Traynor: W
Pete Scott: 63

Bot 4

Carl Hubbell: 5/FL
Jimmy Welsh: HR/9
Lefty O'Doul: S4
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Freddie Lindstrom: 53
Bill Terry: S4
Travis Jackson: K

Top 5

Adam Comorosky: 3/G
Glenn Wright: 43
Rollie Hemsley: W
Homer Blankenship: S8.1-3
Sparky Adams: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Shanty Hogan: 53
Andy Reese: 8
Carl Hubbell: K

Top 6

Lloyd Waner: S
Paul Waner: 36(1)/FO
Pie Traynor: HR/7.1-H
Pete Scott: E6/TH1
Adam Comorosky: 7
Glenn Wright: S8.1-3
Rollie Hemsley: 3/FL

Bot 6

Jimmy Welsh: S9
Lefty O'Doul: 46(1)/FO
Mel Ott: S9.1-2
Freddie Lindstrom: CS3(25).1-2
Freddie Lindstrom: S8.2-H
Bill Terry: CS2(24)

Top 7

Homer Blankenship: K
Sparky Adams: S8
Lloyd Waner: 46(1)/FO
Paul Waner: S8.1-3
Pie Traynor: 5/FL

Bot 7

Bill Terry: D
Travis Jackson: 13/SH.2-3
Shanty Hogan: 63.3-H
Andy Reese: S9
Carl Hubbell: 23

Top 8

Pete Scott: K
Adam Comorosky: 6/P
Glenn Wright: 13

Bot 8

Jimmy Welsh: 9
Lefty O'Doul: 9
Mel Ott: 13

Top 9

Rollie Hemsley: 4/9/P
Mack Hillis: 8
Sparky Adams: 7