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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1940-04-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 14840 · 2:02

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 3–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 8th. Kirby Higbe earned the win. Gus Suhr went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kirby Higbe L: Carl Hubbell SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ham Schulte	5	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Marty	4	0	3	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	0	0	0	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	2	1	1	3	2	0
Bennie Warren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Scharein	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kirby Higbe	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ed Levy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bragan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hersh Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	4	0	1	1	0	2
Mel Ott	2	0	0	0	2	0
Harry Danning	3	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Hubbell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jo-Jo Moore	0	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	9.0	3	3	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	8.0	6	2	5
Jumbo Brown	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ham Schulte: 7
Joe Marty: S
Chuck Klein: 9
Morrie Arnovich: S.1-2
Gus Suhr: W.2-3;1-2
Bennie Warren: 6/F

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 53
Billy Jurges: 43
Frank Demaree: S
Mel Ott: 3/F

Top 2

Pinky May: 13
George Scharein: K
Kirby Higbe: 9

Bot 2

Harry Danning: 43
Babe Young: 3
Mickey Witek: 3/F

Top 3

Ham Schulte: K
Joe Marty: S
Chuck Klein: E6.1-2
Morrie Arnovich: 53.2-3;1-2
Gus Suhr: W
Bennie Warren: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: 7
Carl Hubbell: 8
Johnny Rucker: K

Top 4

Pinky May: 4
George Scharein: 2
Kirby Higbe: K

Bot 4

Billy Jurges: T
Frank Demaree: 7.3-H
Mel Ott: 7
Harry Danning: D
Babe Young: 9

Top 5

Ham Schulte: S
Joe Marty: 23.1-2
Chuck Klein: 43.2-3
Morrie Arnovich: 43

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: E5
Burgess Whitehead: 8
Carl Hubbell: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 6

Gus Suhr: 13
Bennie Warren: 9
Pinky May: 8

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: 5
Billy Jurges: 63
Frank Demaree: K

Top 7

Ed Levy: 2
Kirby Higbe: K
Ham Schulte: 6

Bot 7

Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: 13/SH.1-2
Babe Young: 43
Mickey Witek: 7

Top 8

Joe Marty: S
Chuck Klein: K
Morrie Arnovich: E4/TH.1-2
Gus Suhr: HR.2-H;1-H(UR)
Bennie Warren: 2
Pinky May: 7

Bot 8

Burgess Whitehead: 4
Jo-Jo Moore: W
Johnny Rucker: WP.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 7
Billy Jurges: 8

Top 9

Bobby Bragan: 13
Kirby Higbe: K
Ham Schulte: E1
Hersh Martin: 2

Bot 9

Frank Demaree: K
Mel Ott: W
Harry Danning: 64(1)/FO
Babe Young: E3.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: 3/F

Notes & reviews

arbitrary 7 to 8
reached on error, or somehow?

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