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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1938-08-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4352 · 2:04

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 6th. Bill Lohrman earned the win. Harry Danning went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lohrman L: Bill Hallahan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buck Jordan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hersh Martin	3	0	0	0	1	1
Phil Weintraub	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	1	1	0	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	1	0	0	1
Spud Davis	3	0	1	1	0	0
Del Young	3	0	0	1	0	0
Claude Passeau	2	0	1	0	0	0
Cap Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Myatt	4	1	2	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	2	3	2	0	0
Bob Seeds	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jimmy Ripple	3	1	1	2	1	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Cissell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	2	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Lohrman	2	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Passeau	3.1	5	1	1
Bill Hallahan	2.2	4	1	2
Pete Sivess	2.0	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	9.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buck Jordan: 53
Heinie Mueller: 43
Hersh Martin: W
Phil Weintraub: 8

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
George Myatt: D7/L78S
Harry Danning: S7/G56.2-H
Bob Seeds: 9
Jimmy Ripple: W.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: 43

Top 2

Chuck Klein: 43
Morrie Arnovich: S9
Spud Davis: E5/G5.1-3
Del Young: 46(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Claude Passeau: S.1-2
Buck Jordan: 6/P

Bot 2

Bill Cissell: 9/F
Dick Bartell: S7/L
Bill Lohrman: 13/SH.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 3

Heinie Mueller: 6
Hersh Martin: E4
Phil Weintraub: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

George Myatt: 13
Harry Danning: HR/F9D
Bob Seeds: K
Jimmy Ripple: 13

Top 4

Chuck Klein: D7/L7
Morrie Arnovich: 9/F
Spud Davis: S.2-H
Del Young: 6/P
Claude Passeau: 8

Bot 4

Johnny McCarthy: 43
Bill Cissell: S
Dick Bartell: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Buck Jordan: 43
Heinie Mueller: 9/F
Hersh Martin: 9/F

Bot 5

Bill Lohrman: 5
Jo-Jo Moore: 43
George Myatt: S
Harry Danning: OA.1X2(134)

Top 6

Phil Weintraub: 43
Chuck Klein: 9
Morrie Arnovich: K

Bot 6

Harry Danning: S
Bob Seeds: K
Jimmy Ripple: HR8/L8S/IPHR.1-H
Johnny McCarthy: 9
Bill Cissell: S
Dick Bartell: WP.1-2
Dick Bartell: W
Bill Lohrman: K

Top 7

Spud Davis: 63
Del Young: 43
Cap Clark: 8

Bot 7

Jo-Jo Moore: 9
George Myatt: 63
Harry Danning: 7/F

Top 8

Buck Jordan: 8/F
Heinie Mueller: 3/G
Hersh Martin: K

Bot 8

Bob Seeds: W
Jimmy Ripple: 6(1)3/GDP
Johnny McCarthy: S
Bill Cissell: 43

Top 9

Phil Weintraub: 43
Chuck Klein: 2/FL
Morrie Arnovich: 53

Notes & reviews

6,115 Ladies' Day guests also attended. Ott received a robin's egg blue auto at HP for being voted best liked 3Bman in majors in nationwide popularity contest conducted by unnamed cereal company. Frick presented car. Ott had a 'cold in his back' and could not play.
Off Myatt's glove into LF
Off RF facade
Moore missed shoestring catch
Passeau left with a strained back
Bad hop past the charging Martin and rolled to the clubhouse

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