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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1940-05-15 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4234 · 2:05

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 3rd. Carl Hubbell earned the win. Jo-Jo Moore went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Carl Hubbell L: Mace Brown SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	2
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Berres	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mace Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	0	0	0	0	1	0
Spud Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	5	1	1	2	0	0
Frank Demaree	3	2	2	0	1	1
Mel Ott	3	1	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	1	2	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Glossop	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carl Hubbell	4	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mace Brown	6.0	6	1	3
Dick Lanahan	2.0	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carl Hubbell	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: HR/7
Bob Elliott: 53
Arky Vaughan: 43
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 1

Burgess Whitehead: 43
Jo-Jo Moore: 63
Frank Demaree: K/C

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: S7
Vince DiMaggio: POCS2(134)
Vince DiMaggio: W
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)/FO
Ray Berres: CS2(24)

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 9
Harry Danning: E5/TH
Babe Young: 63.1-2
Billy Jurges: 9

Top 3

Ray Berres: 2/P
Mace Brown: 9
Lee Handley: 7

Bot 3

Al Glossop: 43
Carl Hubbell: 43
Burgess Whitehead: S8
Jo-Jo Moore: SB2
Jo-Jo Moore: HR/9.2-H
Frank Demaree: D9
Mel Ott: 43

Top 4

Bob Elliott: HR/7
Arky Vaughan: 9
Elbie Fletcher: S4
Maurice Van Robays: 8
Vince DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Harry Danning: 63
Babe Young: E4.B-2
Billy Jurges: W
Al Glossop: E3.2-3;1-2
Carl Hubbell: 2/FL
Burgess Whitehead: 13

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: 13
Ray Berres: S8
Mace Brown: 16(1)4/GDP/BG

Bot 5

Jo-Jo Moore: 43
Frank Demaree: S5/BG
Mel Ott: SB2
Mel Ott: 9
Harry Danning: E6/G.2-3
Babe Young: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Billy Jurges: K

Top 6

Lee Handley: 63
Bob Elliott: S7
Arky Vaughan: 4/P
Elbie Fletcher: 9/FL

Bot 6

Al Glossop: D9
Carl Hubbell: K/C
Burgess Whitehead: 53.2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 7

Maurice Van Robays: 7
Vince DiMaggio: D7
Frankie Gustine: S7.2-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Brubaker: IW
Spud Davis: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Frank Demaree: W
Mel Ott: FC1/TH2/SH.1-2;B-1
Harry Danning: D7.2-H;1-3
Babe Young: 43.3-H;2-3
Billy Jurges: 43
Al Glossop: 8

Top 8

Lee Handley: 8
Bob Elliott: 7
Arky Vaughan: 43

Bot 8

Carl Hubbell: 9
Burgess Whitehead: 53
Jo-Jo Moore: 5/FL

Top 9

Elbie Fletcher: K
Maurice Van Robays: K
Vince DiMaggio: 8