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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1940-08-16 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7362 · 1:41

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 7th. Hal Schumacher earned the win. Ham Schulte went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Schumacher L: Hugh Mulcahy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	3	1	1	0	2	0
Ham Schulte	4	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Marty	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Rizzo	2	1	0	0	2	1
Bennie Warren	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	4	0	1	1	0	1
Art Mahan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hugh Mulcahy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Mazzera	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	1	1	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	1	1	0	0
Frank Demaree	3	1	1	0	0
Babe Young	3	0	1	1	0
Harry Danning	4	0	1	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	3	0	0	0	2
Mickey Witek	3	1	1	0	0
Hal Schumacher	3	1	2	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	8.0	9	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	9.0	8	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pinky May: W
Ham Schulte: HR/7.1-H
Joe Marty: K
Johnny Rizzo: K
Bennie Warren: S7
Bobby Bragan: 43

Bot 1

Burgess Whitehead: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 9
Frank Demaree: 5/FL

Top 2

Heinie Mueller: 13
Art Mahan: 31
Hugh Mulcahy: 7

Bot 2

Babe Young: 31
Harry Danning: 9
Mel Ott: 7

Top 3

Pinky May: 63
Ham Schulte: S9
Joe Marty: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Tony Cuccinello: K
Mickey Witek: 63
Hal Schumacher: 53

Top 4

Johnny Rizzo: W
Bennie Warren: S6.1-2
Bobby Bragan: K
Heinie Mueller: S9/L.2-H;1-3
Art Mahan: FC6.3XH(62);1-2;B-1
Hugh Mulcahy: 6/P

Bot 4

Burgess Whitehead: 63
Jo-Jo Moore: S8/L
Frank Demaree: 13.1-2
Babe Young: S9.2-H
Harry Danning: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Pinky May: 63
Ham Schulte: 63
Joe Marty: S7
Johnny Rizzo: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Johnny Rizzo: W
Bennie Warren: W.1-2
Bobby Bragan: 2/FL

Bot 5

Mel Ott: D7
Tony Cuccinello: K
Mickey Witek: 9.2-3
Hal Schumacher: S7.3-H
Burgess Whitehead: 6(1)/FO

Top 6

Heinie Mueller: 2/FL
Art Mahan: 5/FL
Hugh Mulcahy: 2/FL

Bot 6

Jo-Jo Moore: E6/G
Frank Demaree: 13/SH.1-2
Babe Young: 43.2-3
Harry Danning: 43

Top 7

Pinky May: W
Ham Schulte: 34/SH.1-2
Joe Marty: 4/P
Johnny Rizzo: 63

Bot 7

Mel Ott: 43
Tony Cuccinello: 53
Mickey Witek: S8/L
Hal Schumacher: S5.1-H(E5/TH)(E3/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Burgess Whitehead: S7.2-H(UR)
Jo-Jo Moore: 8

Top 8

Bennie Warren: 43
Bobby Bragan: S8
Heinie Mueller: K
Mel Mazzera: 5/FL

Bot 8

Frank Demaree: S7/L
Babe Young: 53/SH.1-2
Harry Danning: D8.2-H;BX3(85)
Mel Ott: 43

Top 9

Chuck Klein: 3/L
Pinky May: D7
Ham Schulte: 13
Joe Marty: 63