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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1939-06-11 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 34749 · 2:36

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 1st. Cliff Melton earned the win and Dick Coffman picked up the save. Mel Ott went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	10
NY1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		5	11

W: Cliff Melton L: Bob Klinger SV: Dick Coffman

Umpires — HP: Ziggy Sears · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charlie Moran · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Waner	4	0	0	0	1	0
Arky Vaughan	5	1	1	0	0	1
Lloyd Waner	4	1	3	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	1	1	0	0	2	0
Bill Brubaker	5	0	2	1	0	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lee Handley	5	1	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	3	0	1	0	1	2
Bob Klinger	4	0	2	0	0	0
Fern Bell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Rizzo	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	2	0	1	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	1	2	1	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	2	3	1	0
Zeke Bonura	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Chiozza	4	0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manny Salvo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Kampouris	3	1	2	1	0	0
Cliff Melton	2	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Swift	0.0	4	0	0
Bob Klinger	8.0	7	3	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Manny Salvo	2.2	4	3	0
Cliff Melton	6.0	6	3	5
Dick Coffman	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Waner: 9/F
Arky Vaughan: T8/L78
Lloyd Waner: S8/89.3-H
Chuck Klein: 2/P
Bill Brubaker: 8/F

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: S8
Billy Jurges: S9.1-3
Harry Danning: S9/F9DW.3-H;1-3
Mel Ott: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Zeke Bonura: 9/F
Frank Demaree: S
Lou Chiozza: 13.1-2
Burgess Whitehead: W
Manny Salvo: 9/F

Top 2

Gus Suhr: 7/F
Lee Handley: 2/P
Ray Mueller: W
Bob Klinger: 4/P

Bot 2

Jo-Jo Moore: S
Billy Jurges: 99/SH.1-2
Harry Danning: 99/F
Mel Ott: 6/P

Top 3

Paul Waner: W
Arky Vaughan: 36(1)3/GDP
Lloyd Waner: S5/BG
Chuck Klein: W.1-2
Bill Brubaker: S7/L.2-H;1-2
Gus Suhr: S8.2-H;1-2#
Lee Handley: 3/P

Bot 3

Zeke Bonura: 4/P
Frank Demaree: K
Lou Chiozza: E6
Alex Kampouris: 99/G

Top 4

Ray Mueller: K
Bob Klinger: S
Paul Waner: 64(1)/FO
Arky Vaughan: K

Bot 4

Cliff Melton: S
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F
Billy Jurges: 8/F
Harry Danning: 9/F

Top 5

Lloyd Waner: S
Chuck Klein: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Brubaker: 4/P
Gus Suhr: K

Bot 5

Mel Ott: S
Zeke Bonura: 46(1)3/GDP
Frank Demaree: 43

Top 6

Lee Handley: 3E1
Ray Mueller: S8.1-H(E8)(UR)(NR);B-2
Bob Klinger: 3/G.2-3#
Paul Waner: 3/P
Arky Vaughan: 63#

Bot 6

Lou Chiozza: 63#
Alex Kampouris: S
Cliff Melton: 99/SH.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: 53#

Top 7

Lloyd Waner: 63
Chuck Klein: W
Bill Brubaker: 9/F
Gus Suhr: 8/F

Bot 7

Billy Jurges: 53
Harry Danning: S6
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Zeke Bonura: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Frank Demaree: 13

Top 8

Lee Handley: 7/F
Ray Mueller: K
Bob Klinger: S
Paul Waner: 43#

Bot 8

Lou Chiozza: 13
Alex Kampouris: HR
Cliff Melton: 53
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Billy Jurges: 8/F

Top 9

Arky Vaughan: 13
Fern Bell: W
Jim Tobin: K
Bill Brubaker: D.1-3
Johnny Rizzo: W
Lee Handley: 5(2)/FO

Notes & reviews

Translator found s/s used uniform numbers rather than def pos; many boxes were unclear he says. NY Times reported fans presented overnight bag to Tobin between games.
Whitehead ripped the nail off his R index finger and left game.
translator not sure order of Es
could be 63 was fo or fc 64 /65
53 could be 5u
could be FO was not at second or out was at first

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