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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1942-07-23 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5555 · 2:09

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 5th. Bill McGee earned the win. Babe Young went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
NY1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0		6	10

W: Bill McGee L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	3	1	1	0	1	1
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	1	1	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	0	1	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	3	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0	0	1
Al Lopez	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	3	0	0	0	1	2
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	3	2	0	1	1
Johnny Mize	4	2	2	2	0	0
Babe Young	4	1	3	4	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Danning	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Koslo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McGee	2	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.0	10	2	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Koslo	2.1	4	1	3
Bill McGee	6.2	2	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: K/C
Pete Coscarart: K/C
Maurice Van Robays: 43

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: K/C
Billy Jurges: 13
Mel Ott: S8
Johnny Mize: HR/7.1-H
Babe Young: S7
Willard Marshall: S9.1-2
Harry Danning: 4

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S9
Elbie Fletcher: S8.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Frankie Gustine: 9
Al Lopez: 9
Rip Sewell: K/C

Bot 2

Mickey Witek: 4/L
Dave Koslo: E4
Dick Bartell: W.1-2
Billy Jurges: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Johnny Barrett: W
Pete Coscarart: 53.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: S7.2-H
Bob Elliott: 3/G.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 3

Mel Ott: D9
Johnny Mize: 3/G.2-3
Babe Young: S7.3-H
Willard Marshall: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: S7
Al Lopez: CS2(26)
Al Lopez: W
Rip Sewell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Harry Danning: 43
Mickey Witek: 53
Bill McGee: K

Top 5

Johnny Barrett: S7.BX2(74)
Pete Coscarart: 9
Maurice Van Robays: 63

Bot 5

Dick Bartell: K
Billy Jurges: 163
Mel Ott: W
Johnny Mize: S9.1-2
Babe Young: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Willard Marshall: 13

Top 6

Bob Elliott: W
Elbie Fletcher: K+CS2(26363)/DP
Vince DiMaggio: 43

Bot 6

Harry Danning: S8.BX2(86)
Mickey Witek: 9
Bill McGee: K

Top 7

Frankie Gustine: K
Al Lopez: 3/FL
Rip Sewell: 4

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: 8
Billy Jurges: S8
Mel Ott: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 8

Johnny Barrett: 63
Pete Coscarart: 43
Maurice Van Robays: 3/FL

Bot 8

Johnny Mize: 31
Babe Young: 3/G
Willard Marshall: 3/G

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 7
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 53