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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1937-08-27 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 13004 · 1:37

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Al Smith earned the win. Lee Handley went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Smith L: Bill Swift SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dolly Stark · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	0	1	0	1	1
Paul Waner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Todd	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Pep Young	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Handley	3	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Swift	3	0	1	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dick Bartell	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jimmy Ripple	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hank Leiber	2	0	1	1	2	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	0	0	1
Burgess Whitehead	3	1	2	0	0	0
Al Smith	2	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Swift	8.0	7	3	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	9.0	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 2/P
Arky Vaughan: S9
Paul Waner: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: E4
Dick Bartell: K
Jimmy Ripple: S7.1-2
Mel Ott: 9/9D.2-3
Hank Leiber: S8.1-3;3-H(UR)
Johnny McCarthy: 8/8D

Top 2

Gus Suhr: 43
Al Todd: 9/L
Bill Brubaker: W
Pep Young: 9

Bot 2

Harry Danning: K/C
Burgess Whitehead: 23/BG
Al Smith: K/C

Top 3

Lee Handley: 63
Bill Swift: 13
Lloyd Waner: 43

Bot 3

Jo-Jo Moore: 5/P
Dick Bartell: 13
Jimmy Ripple: 13/BG

Top 4

Arky Vaughan: 63
Paul Waner: 5/FL
Gus Suhr: S/89
Al Todd: 8

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 3/G
Hank Leiber: W
Johnny McCarthy: 9/9D.1-2
Harry Danning: 8

Top 5

Bill Brubaker: 7
Pep Young: 5/FL
Lee Handley: 5/P

Bot 5

Burgess Whitehead: S9
Al Smith: 54/SH.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G.2-3
Dick Bartell: 6/P

Top 6

Bill Swift: S7
Lloyd Waner: 54(1)/FO
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Paul Waner: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Gus Suhr: K

Bot 6

Jimmy Ripple: 7
Mel Ott: HR/9
Hank Leiber: W
Johnny McCarthy: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Al Todd: 6/L
Bill Brubaker: S7
Pep Young: 6/P
Lee Handley: HR/7.1-H
Bill Swift: K

Bot 7

Harry Danning: 63
Burgess Whitehead: T9
Al Smith: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Dick Bartell: S7.1-3;3-H
Jimmy Ripple: 13

Top 8

Lloyd Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: K
Paul Waner: 43

Bot 8

Mel Ott: 3/G
Hank Leiber: 63
Johnny McCarthy: S9
Harry Danning: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Gus Suhr: 6/P
Al Todd: 7
Bill Brubaker: 7