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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1941-08-22 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2439 · 1:51

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 8th. Johnny Lanning earned the win. Vince DiMaggio went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Lanning L: Bob Bowman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Debs Garms	4	1	1	0	0	1
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	2	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	1	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	1	1	1	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	1	0	2
Spud Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lanning	2	2	1	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Young	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	3	1	1	0	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	3	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	9.0	7	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Bowman	9.0	7	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Debs Garms: 63/G
Arky Vaughan: 43/G
Bob Elliott: 63/G

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 63/G
Jo-Jo Moore: 7/F
Mel Ott: D
Babe Young: 43/G

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: K
Elbie Fletcher: 8/L
Frankie Gustine: 5/P

Bot 2

Harry Danning: 3/P/FL
Morrie Arnovich: 8/F
Billy Jurges: 9/F

Top 3

Vince DiMaggio: HR
Spud Davis: 4/L
Johnny Lanning: D
Debs Garms: 43/G.2-3
Arky Vaughan: D.3-H
Bob Elliott: 7/F

Bot 3

Burgess Whitehead: 63/G
Bob Bowman: 63/G
Dick Bartell: 9/F

Top 4

Maurice Van Robays: 13/G
Elbie Fletcher: 8/F
Frankie Gustine: 9/F

Bot 4

Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G
Mel Ott: 3/P/FL
Babe Young: 43/G

Top 5

Vince DiMaggio: K
Spud Davis: 63/G
Johnny Lanning: 8/F

Bot 5

Harry Danning: W
Morrie Arnovich: 8/F
Billy Jurges: S.1-2
Burgess Whitehead: S7.2-H;1-3(E7);B-2
Bob Bowman: K
Dick Bartell: S.3-H;2-H(UR)
Jo-Jo Moore: SB2
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/F

Top 6

Debs Garms: FLE2
Debs Garms: K
Arky Vaughan: 4/P
Bob Elliott: D
Maurice Van Robays: 43/G

Bot 6

Mel Ott: D
Babe Young: 53/G
Harry Danning: S.2-3
Morrie Arnovich: CS2(24)
Morrie Arnovich: K

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: 8/F
Frankie Gustine: 8/L
Vince DiMaggio: S
Spud Davis: 8/F

Bot 7

Billy Jurges: 43/G
Burgess Whitehead: 53/G
Bob Bowman: 13/G

Top 8

Johnny Lanning: W
Debs Garms: D.1-3
Arky Vaughan: 9/F.3-H;2-3
Bob Elliott: 8/F.3-H
Maurice Van Robays: HR
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 8

Dick Bartell: 7/F
Jo-Jo Moore: 8/L
Mel Ott: 63/G

Top 9

Frankie Gustine: 8/F
Vince DiMaggio: K
Spud Davis: 13/G

Bot 9

Babe Young: 8/F
Harry Danning: 63/G
Morrie Arnovich: S
Billy Jurges: 64(1)/G/FO