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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1940-09-26 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:26

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–1. New York Giants put up 2 in the 3rd. Harry Gumbert earned the win. Johnny Rucker went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Harry Gumbert L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Marnie	3	1	0	0	1	0
Art Mahan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Marty	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky May	3	0	2	0	0	0
Wally Millies	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Warren	2	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	8.0	6	1	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	9.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hal Marnie: 3/FL
Art Mahan: 2/P
Chuck Klein: 6/P

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 3/P
Burgess Whitehead: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 9

Top 2

Johnny Rizzo: 5/L
Joe Marty: 53
Bobby Bragan: 53

Bot 2

Babe Young: 8
Mel Ott: S9
Harry Danning: 8/L
Frank Demaree: 13

Top 3

Pinky May: 7
Wally Millies: 63
Kirby Higbe: K

Bot 3

Mickey Witek: 8
Harry Gumbert: S7
Johnny Rucker: HR7/IPHR.1-H
Burgess Whitehead: 4/L
Jo-Jo Moore: 6/P

Top 4

Hal Marnie: 8/L
Art Mahan: 7
Chuck Klein: 43

Bot 4

Babe Young: W
Mel Ott: 36(1)3/GDP
Harry Danning: 6/P

Top 5

Johnny Rizzo: 7
Joe Marty: 63
Bobby Bragan: 63

Bot 5

Frank Demaree: S6
Mickey Witek: E5/G.1-2
Harry Gumbert: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Burgess Whitehead: 96(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 43

Top 6

Pinky May: S7
Bennie Warren: WP.1-2
Bennie Warren: 53
Kirby Higbe: 13.2-3
Hal Marnie: 53

Bot 6

Babe Young: 3/G
Mel Ott: 9
Harry Danning: 6/P

Top 7

Art Mahan: S8
Chuck Klein: 36(1)/FO
Johnny Rizzo: 2/FL
Joe Marty: 13

Bot 7

Frank Demaree: 53
Mickey Witek: S8
Harry Gumbert: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 8

Bobby Bragan: 53
Pinky May: S7
Bennie Warren: 64(1)/FO
Kirby Higbe: 43

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: 8
Burgess Whitehead: 3/FL
Jo-Jo Moore: 53

Top 9

Hal Marnie: W
Art Mahan: S8.1-2
Chuck Klein: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rizzo: K
Joe Marty: 8.3-H;2-3
Bobby Bragan: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

RF Klein dropped line drive, but was able to get force

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