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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1940-07-04 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:51

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated New York Giants 5–1. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 2 in the 5th. Curt Davis earned the win. Babe Phelps went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Curt Davis L: Bill Lohrman SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pee Wee Reese	4	1	0	0	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	1	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	5	1	3	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	1	1	1	1
Babe Phelps	5	2	2	3	0	1
Dolph Camilli	4	0	2	0	0	1
Joe Vosmik	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	0	0	0
Curt Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Burgess Whitehead	4	1	3	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Seeds	4	0	1	1	1
Babe Young	4	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	1	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	3	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	1	0	1
Bill Lohrman	2	0	0	0	1
Johnny McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Davis	9.0	7	0	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	8.0	10	2	3
Roy Joiner	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pee Wee Reese: E6
Cookie Lavagetto: S.1-2
Dixie Walker: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Joe Medwick: W.2-3;1-2
Babe Phelps: 2/FL
Dolph Camilli: 9
Joe Vosmik: 13

Bot 1

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: 7
Bob Seeds: 53

Top 2

Pete Coscarart: 8
Curt Davis: 63
Pee Wee Reese: W
Cookie Lavagetto: 8

Bot 2

Babe Young: 7
Harry Danning: 5/FL
Mel Ott: 63

Top 3

Dixie Walker: T
Joe Medwick: K
Babe Phelps: K
Dolph Camilli: K

Bot 3

Tony Cuccinello: 53
Mickey Witek: S
Bill Lohrman: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Joe Vosmik: 43
Pete Coscarart: S
Curt Davis: 64(1)/FO
Pee Wee Reese: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Burgess Whitehead: S
Jo-Jo Moore: 36(1)/FO
Bob Seeds: SB2
Bob Seeds: 53
Babe Young: 5/FL

Top 5

Cookie Lavagetto: 3/G
Dixie Walker: D
Joe Medwick: 2/FL
Babe Phelps: HR.2-H
Dolph Camilli: S
Joe Vosmik: 43

Bot 5

Harry Danning: 53
Mel Ott: 53
Tony Cuccinello: 13

Top 6

Pete Coscarart: 63
Curt Davis: 53
Pee Wee Reese: 63

Bot 6

Mickey Witek: K
Bill Lohrman: K
Burgess Whitehead: S
Jo-Jo Moore: S.1-2
Bob Seeds: D.2-H;1-3
Babe Young: 43

Top 7

Cookie Lavagetto: 43
Dixie Walker: 3
Joe Medwick: HR
Babe Phelps: HR
Dolph Camilli: S
Joe Vosmik: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Harry Danning: 63
Mel Ott: S
Tony Cuccinello: 4(B)3(1)/DP

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 13
Curt Davis: 53
Pee Wee Reese: 7

Bot 8

Mickey Witek: 4
Johnny McCarthy: 6
Burgess Whitehead: S
Jo-Jo Moore: 2/FL

Top 9

Cookie Lavagetto: W
Dixie Walker: 9
Joe Medwick: 3/FL
Babe Phelps: 13

Bot 9

Bob Seeds: K
Babe Young: 31
Harry Danning: 53

Notes & reviews

arbitrary 7 to 9

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