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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1937-06-05 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 15333 · 2:21

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–5. New York Giants put up 4 in the 4th. Al Smith earned the win and Cliff Melton picked up the save. Arky Vaughan 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	12
NY1	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0		7	13

W: Al Smith L: Joe Bowman SV: Cliff Melton

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Tiny Parker · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charlie Moran · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	1	1	0
Woody Jensen	5	0	2	1	0	0
Paul Waner	5	1	1	0	0	2
Arky Vaughan	4	1	3	3	1	0
Al Todd	5	0	1	0	0	1
Fred Schulte	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Handley	4	1	3	0	0	0
Pep Young	4	1	2	0	0	2
Joe Bowman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Dickshot	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Dick Bartell	4	0	2	1	0
Lou Chiozza	4	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Ripple	4	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	4	1	1	0	0
Kiddo Davis	4	2	3	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	3	1	2	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	2	2	3	1
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	2	1	0
Al Smith	3	0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Joe Bowman	3.1	9	0
Bill Swift	2.2	4	3
Mace Brown	1.0	0	0
Jim Tobin	1.0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	6.1	8	2	2
Cliff Melton	2.2	4	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 7
Woody Jensen: 3/FL
Paul Waner: S7
Arky Vaughan: HR/9.1-H
Al Todd: K

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: S9
Lou Chiozza: 6/P
Jimmy Ripple: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Top 2

Fred Schulte: 9
Lee Handley: 43
Pep Young: D7
Joe Bowman: 9

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 5/P
Kiddo Davis: S7
Johnny McCarthy: S9.1-3
Gus Mancuso: 64(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 3

Lloyd Waner: E4/TH
Woody Jensen: S8.1-2
Paul Waner: 9
Arky Vaughan: 8
Al Todd: 8

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: S7
Al Smith: S6.1-2
Dick Bartell: 6/LDP.1X1(63)
Lou Chiozza: 2/FL

Top 4

Fred Schulte: 9
Lee Handley: S9
Pep Young: K
Joe Bowman: 43

Bot 4

Jimmy Ripple: 8
Mel Ott: S8
Kiddo Davis: S1.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: S9.2-3;1-2
Gus Mancuso: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Burgess Whitehead: E4/G.3-H(NR)(UR);1-H(E9/TH3)(NR)(UR);B-3
Al Smith: 6/P
Dick Bartell: 6/P

Top 5

Lloyd Waner: 63
Woody Jensen: 4/P
Paul Waner: 8

Bot 5

Lou Chiozza: K
Jimmy Ripple: K
Mel Ott: 5/P

Top 6

Arky Vaughan: W
Al Todd: 64(1)3/GDP
Fred Schulte: 3/FL

Bot 6

Kiddo Davis: D7
Johnny McCarthy: 34/SH.2-3
Gus Mancuso: D/78.3-H
Burgess Whitehead: T9.2-H
Al Smith: K/C
Dick Bartell: S1.3-H
Lou Chiozza: 3/FL

Top 7

Lee Handley: S7
Pep Young: S8.1-2
Johnny Dickshot: 8
Lloyd Waner: W.2-3;1-2
Woody Jensen: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Paul Waner: K
Arky Vaughan: S5/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Todd: 9

Bot 7

Jimmy Ripple: 7
Mel Ott: 31
Kiddo Davis: 13

Top 8

Fred Schulte: HP
Lee Handley: D/89.1-3
Pep Young: K
Bill Brubaker: W
Lloyd Waner: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Woody Jensen: 3/G

Bot 8

Johnny McCarthy: 63
Gus Mancuso: K
Burgess Whitehead: 63

Top 9

Paul Waner: K
Arky Vaughan: S
Al Todd: S.1-2#
Jim Tobin: 54(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Pirates Gus Suhr received news this morning his mother had died but he can not get to San Francisco in time for the funeral; Suhr decided to stay with the team but will sit out games until after the funeral thus ending his NL record of 822 consecutive games played
Frank Schulte struck on the head and was carried to the clubhouse

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