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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1942-05-12 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6054 · 2:16

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–3. New York Giants put up 4 in the 3rd. Cliff Melton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7
NY1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3		7	11

W: Cliff Melton L: Ken Heintzelman SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	3	1	1	0	1	1
Frankie Gustine	2	1	0	0	2	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	2	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	1	0	3
Maurice Van Robays	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lanning	2	0	1	0	0	0
Alf Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	1	0	0	2	1
Billy Jurges	5	1	3	1	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	2	2	2	0
Johnny Mize	5	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	2	1	0	1
Buster Maynard	3	1	2	1	1	0
Connie Ryan	3	1	0	0	0	0
Cliff Melton	4	2	2	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	2.2	6	2	0
Johnny Lanning	5.1	5	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	7	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: S8
Frankie Gustine: W.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: S9.3-H;2-H
Vince DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: K
Maurice Van Robays: 6(1)/FO

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 2/P
Billy Jurges: 9
Mel Ott: W
Johnny Mize: 2/FL/P

Top 2

Al Lopez: 13
Ken Heintzelman: 43
Pete Coscarart: W
Frankie Gustine: 7

Bot 2

Harry Danning: 63
Willard Marshall: D7
Buster Maynard: 8
Connie Ryan: 63

Top 3

Jimmy Wasdell: 13
Bob Elliott: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 53

Bot 3

Cliff Melton: S7
Dick Bartell: W.1-2
Billy Jurges: S7.2-H;1-2
Mel Ott: S9.2-H;1-3
Johnny Mize: 4/P
Harry Danning: 6/P
Willard Marshall: S9.3-H;1-3
Buster Maynard: S7.3-H;1-2
Connie Ryan: 9

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: K
Maurice Van Robays: 3/P
Al Lopez: 63

Bot 4

Cliff Melton: 43
Dick Bartell: K
Billy Jurges: S8
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Johnny Mize: 43

Top 5

Johnny Lanning: 13
Pete Coscarart: 43
Frankie Gustine: W
Jimmy Wasdell: 8

Bot 5

Harry Danning: 53
Willard Marshall: K
Buster Maynard: W
Connie Ryan: 13

Top 6

Bob Elliott: 63
Vince DiMaggio: T7
Elbie Fletcher: 31.3-H
Maurice Van Robays: W
Al Lopez: 13

Bot 6

Cliff Melton: 63
Dick Bartell: 7
Billy Jurges: S9
Mel Ott: 3/FL/P

Top 7

Johnny Lanning: D7
Pete Coscarart: C/E2
Frankie Gustine: 4(B)6(2)6(1)/LTP

Bot 7

Johnny Mize: 6/P
Harry Danning: 7
Willard Marshall: 31

Top 8

Jimmy Wasdell: 43
Bob Elliott: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 53

Bot 8

Buster Maynard: S7
Connie Ryan: E1/TH/SH.1-3;B-2
Cliff Melton: S7.3-H(UR);2-3
Dick Bartell: W.1-2
Billy Jurges: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Mel Ott: S8.3-H(UR)
Johnny Mize: 43

Top 9

Elbie Fletcher: K
Maurice Van Robays: 13
Al Lopez: S7
Alf Anderson: D7.1-3
Pete Coscarart: K