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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1939-05-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4041 · overcast · 1:48

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. New York Giants put up 4 in the 1st. Cliff Melton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Cliff Melton L: Joe Bowman SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fern Bell	3	1	0	1	0
Paul Waner	4	1	0	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	2	0	0	2	0
Arky Vaughan	4	1	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	1	1	1	0
Bill Brubaker	4	0	0	0	0
Lee Handley	3	0	0	1	0
Ray Berres	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	2	0	0	0	1
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	1	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
George Myatt	4	1	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	1	0	0	1
Harry Danning	4	0	1	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	0	0
Zeke Bonura	2	1	1	1	1
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	2	1	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	0	1	0
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	2	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	7.0	7	2	0
Mace Brown	1.0	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	4	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fern Bell: S
Paul Waner: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Johnny Rizzo: 8/F

Bot 1

George Myatt: S4/G
Billy Jurges: W.1-2
Harry Danning: S9.2-H;1-2
Mel Ott: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Zeke Bonura: S.3-H;1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: S.2-H;1-3
Frank Demaree: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Burgess Whitehead: 8/F

Top 2

Arky Vaughan: 53
Gus Suhr: D
Bill Brubaker: 53
Lee Handley: W
Ray Berres: 53

Bot 2

Cliff Melton: 8/F
George Myatt: 13/BG
Billy Jurges: 43

Top 3

Joe Bowman: 7/F
Fern Bell: 9/L
Paul Waner: 53

Bot 3

Harry Danning: 6/P
Mel Ott: 5/P
Zeke Bonura: W
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F

Top 4

Johnny Rizzo: 7/F
Arky Vaughan: S
Gus Suhr: 53.1-2
Bill Brubaker: 7/7D/F

Bot 4

Frank Demaree: 43
Burgess Whitehead: S
Cliff Melton: 54/SH.1-2
George Myatt: 13

Top 5

Lee Handley: 9/F
Ray Berres: 8/F
Joe Bowman: K

Bot 5

Billy Jurges: 4/P
Harry Danning: 23
Mel Ott: S
Zeke Bonura: 9/9S/F

Top 6

Fern Bell: W
Paul Waner: 7/F
Johnny Rizzo: W.1-2
Arky Vaughan: 7/F
Gus Suhr: 8/8D/F

Bot 6

Jo-Jo Moore: S6/G
Frank Demaree: FC6.1X2(6E4)
Burgess Whitehead: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Cliff Melton: 3/G

Top 7

Bill Brubaker: 9/F
Lee Handley: 63
Ray Berres: 7/F

Bot 7

George Myatt: 3/FL
Billy Jurges: 8/F
Harry Danning: 7/L

Top 8

Jim Tobin: E5/G
Fern Bell: 4/P
Paul Waner: S.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: W.2-3;1-2
Arky Vaughan: 9/L
Gus Suhr: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Bill Brubaker: 4(1)/FO

Bot 8

Mel Ott: D
Zeke Bonura: 13/SH.2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 13
Frank Demaree: 43

Top 9

Lee Handley: 8/F
Ray Berres: 43
Ray Mueller: K