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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1938-05-23 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5364 · 2:14

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 1st. Mace Brown earned the win and Russ Bauers picked up the save. Mel Ott 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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
NY1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Mace Brown L: Harry Gumbert SV: Russ Bauers

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	5	1	2	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	1	1	1	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	2	1	0	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Todd	4	1	1	2	0	0
Johnny Dickshot	4	0	2	1	0	0
Pep Young	3	0	2	0	0	0
Cy Blanton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Bauers	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Bartell	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	2	1	1
Wally Berger	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Haslin	4	0	2	1	0	1
Harry Gumbert	2	0	0	0	0	2
Sam Leslie	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cy Blanton	3.1	3	2	2
Mace Brown	2.1	2	1	1
Russ Bauers	3.1	2	1	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	9.0	8	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: T
Lloyd Waner: 43
Arky Vaughan: S6/G.3-H
Johnny Rizzo: HP.1-2
Gus Suhr: 3/FL
Al Todd: D7.2-H;1-H
Johnny Dickshot: S9.2-H
Pep Young: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Pep Young: 53

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Dick Bartell: 8/F
Jimmy Ripple: 13/BG

Top 2

Cy Blanton: K
Lee Handley: S
Lloyd Waner: 46(1)/FO
Arky Vaughan: 13

Bot 2

Mel Ott: W
Wally Berger: 3/FL
Johnny McCarthy: 46(1)/FO
Harry Danning: 4/P

Top 3

Johnny Rizzo: 13
Gus Suhr: 7/F
Al Todd: 63

Bot 3

Mickey Haslin: K
Harry Gumbert: K
Jo-Jo Moore: E1/G
Dick Bartell: 2/FL

Top 4

Johnny Dickshot: 13
Pep Young: S
Cy Blanton: 13/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: 8/F

Bot 4

Jimmy Ripple: W
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Wally Berger: 63
Johnny McCarthy: S
Harry Danning: S7.1-3
Mickey Haslin: S5/G.3-H;1-2
Harry Gumbert: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: IW
Dick Bartell: 5(2)/FO

Top 5

Lloyd Waner: 13
Arky Vaughan: 3/L
Johnny Rizzo: 13

Bot 5

Jimmy Ripple: 8/F
Mel Ott: K
Wally Berger: 9/F

Top 6

Gus Suhr: K
Al Todd: 63
Johnny Dickshot: 8/F

Bot 6

Johnny McCarthy: 7/F
Harry Danning: 13
Mickey Haslin: S1.B-2(E5/TH)
Harry Gumbert: K

Top 7

Pep Young: S
Russ Bauers: 24/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: FC1.2X3(16)
Lloyd Waner: 9/F

Bot 7

Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F
Dick Bartell: 53
Jimmy Ripple: S
Mel Ott: 3/FL

Top 8

Arky Vaughan: E4
Johnny Rizzo: 14/SH.1-2
Gus Suhr: IW
Al Todd: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Wally Berger: S
Johnny McCarthy: 56(1)/FO/BG
Harry Danning: 146(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Johnny Dickshot: S5/BG
Pep Young: 14/SH.1-2
Russ Bauers: K
Lee Handley: 13

Bot 9

Mickey Haslin: 6/P
Sam Leslie: W
Jo-Jo Moore: 9/F
Dick Bartell: 53

Notes & reviews

the ball caromed off Mace Brown's stomach towards 3B

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