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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1928-09-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 10 innings · Att: 7000 · 2:02

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win. Bill Terry went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Joe Dawson SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	5	0	2	1	0	0
Lloyd Waner	5	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pie Traynor	5	0	0	0	0	0
George Grantham	4	0	0	0	1	0
Adam Comorosky	4	1	2	0	0	0
Glenn Wright	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	2	0	0	1	0	0
Burleigh Grimes	2	0	2	0	1	0
Fred Brickell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Erv Brame	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Burleigh Grimes	8.0	7	2	2
Joe Dawson	1.1	2	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	10.0	8	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: S7
Lloyd Waner: 8/89D
Paul Waner: S7.1-2
Pie Traynor: 6/8
George Grantham: 43

Bot 1

Jimmy Welsh: S9
Lefty O'Doul: 3/G.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Freddie Lindstrom: 2/FL
Bill Terry: 43

Top 2

Adam Comorosky: S7
Glenn Wright: SB2
Glenn Wright: 13.2-3
Charlie Hargreaves: 7/SF.3-H
Burleigh Grimes: S8
Sparky Adams: 43

Bot 2

Travis Jackson: K
Shanty Hogan: 53
Andy Reese: E6
Freddie Fitzsimmons: K

Top 3

Lloyd Waner: 7/78
Paul Waner: 6/P
Pie Traynor: 63

Bot 3

Jimmy Welsh: 9/89
Lefty O'Doul: 7
Mel Ott: W
Freddie Lindstrom: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

George Grantham: 7
Adam Comorosky: 43
Glenn Wright: E6
Charlie Hargreaves: 53

Bot 4

Bill Terry: S3
Travis Jackson: 7
Shanty Hogan: S7.1-2
Andy Reese: 9/SF.2-3
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 13/BG

Top 5

Burleigh Grimes: W
Sparky Adams: 63.1-2
Lloyd Waner: 43.2-3
Paul Waner: K

Bot 5

Jimmy Welsh: T9
Lefty O'Doul: 7/SF.3-H
Mel Ott: 43
Freddie Lindstrom: 63

Top 6

Pie Traynor: 8
George Grantham: 3/G
Adam Comorosky: S8
Glenn Wright: 5/FL

Bot 6

Bill Terry: 63
Travis Jackson: D/78
Shanty Hogan: S8.2-H;B-2(E8)
Andy Reese: 63.2-3
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 13

Top 7

Charlie Hargreaves: 63
Burleigh Grimes: S4
Sparky Adams: 5/L
Lloyd Waner: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Jimmy Welsh: 3/G
Lefty O'Doul: 3/G
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 8

Paul Waner: 9
Pie Traynor: 4/8
George Grantham: W
Adam Comorosky: 5/FL

Bot 8

Freddie Lindstrom: D7
Bill Terry: 43.2-3
Travis Jackson: FC5.3XH(52)
Shanty Hogan: 5/P

Top 9

Glenn Wright: 6/L
Fred Brickell: S7
Erv Brame: 43.1-2
Sparky Adams: S8.2-H
Lloyd Waner: 53

Bot 9

Andy Reese: S9
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 1/P
Jimmy Welsh: 53/SH.1-2
Lefty O'Doul: W
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 10

Paul Waner: 8
Pie Traynor: 43
George Grantham: 4/9

Bot 10

Freddie Lindstrom: 63
Bill Terry: HR/9