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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1942-06-27 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4109 · 1:50

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. New York Giants put up 4 in the 6th. Bob Carpenter earned the win. Hank Leiber went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Carpenter L: Ken Heintzelman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	1	3	0	0
Bud Stewart	4	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	1	0
Babe Phelps	4	0	0	0	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	1	0
Ken Heintzelman	2	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	1	0	1
Johnny Mize	4	1	1	2	0	0
Babe Barna	2	1	0	0	2	0
Hank Leiber	4	1	1	2	0	0
Harry Danning	2	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Carpenter	3	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	6.0	6	2	1
Johnny Lanning	2.0	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Carpenter	9.0	9	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: S7
Bud Stewart: 46(1)3/GDP
Elbie Fletcher: 63

Bot 1

Billy Werber: 63
Billy Jurges: S6
Mel Ott: 46(1)/FO
Johnny Mize: 43

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S9
Babe Phelps: 46(1)/FO
Maurice Van Robays: 64(1)/FO
Vince DiMaggio: 6

Bot 2

Babe Barna: 7
Hank Leiber: 63
Harry Danning: W
Mickey Witek: 53

Top 3

Frankie Gustine: 8
Ken Heintzelman: K
Pete Coscarart: S7
Bud Stewart: 8

Bot 3

Bob Carpenter: S7
Billy Werber: 46(1)3/GDP
Billy Jurges: 4

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Bob Elliott: 8
Babe Phelps: 8

Bot 4

Mel Ott: K
Johnny Mize: 9
Babe Barna: 43

Top 5

Maurice Van Robays: S7
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL
Frankie Gustine: 8
Ken Heintzelman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Hank Leiber: 53
Harry Danning: S6
Mickey Witek: 8
Bob Carpenter: 5/FL

Top 6

Pete Coscarart: S7
Bud Stewart: 31.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 4
Bob Elliott: S9.2-H
Babe Phelps: K

Bot 6

Billy Werber: 63
Billy Jurges: S7
Mel Ott: 2/FL
Johnny Mize: HR/9.1-H
Babe Barna: W
Hank Leiber: SB2
Hank Leiber: HR/7.2-H
Harry Danning: 63

Top 7

Maurice Van Robays: 7
Vince DiMaggio: D7
Frankie Gustine: S7.2-H
Jimmy Wasdell: 46(1)/FO
Pete Coscarart: 4

Bot 7

Mickey Witek: 63
Bob Carpenter: 63
Billy Werber: 8

Top 8

Bud Stewart: 3/G
Elbie Fletcher: S8
Bob Elliott: 2/FL
Babe Phelps: 2/FL

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 63
Mel Ott: HR/9
Johnny Mize: 31
Babe Barna: W
Hank Leiber: 6

Top 9

Maurice Van Robays: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 53
Frankie Gustine: 63