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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1942-09-13 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 17794 · 2:15

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 1st. Bill McGee earned the win. Pete Coscarart went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill McGee L: Lefty Wilkie SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	1	1	3	0	1
Bud Stewart	4	0	1	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	5	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	3	0	2	0
Maurice Van Robays	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Alf Anderson	4	1	3	0	0	0
Bill Brandt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Wilkie	2	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	1	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Phelps	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	2	2	1	1	2	0
Mickey Witek	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	1	2	0	1
Babe Young	3	0	2	1	1	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Berres	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Sunkel	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bill McGee	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Brandt	2.1	7	1	1
Lefty Wilkie	4.2	4	2	0
Hank Gornicki	1.0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Sunkel	4.0	6	2	1
Bill McGee	5.0	3	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Bud Stewart: 99
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Mel Ott: 43/G.3-H;2-3
Johnny Mize: 43/G.3-H
Babe Young: S
Willard Marshall: S.1-2
Billy Jurges: 99

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 99
Elbie Fletcher: S
Maurice Van Robays: 99
Al Lopez: 99

Bot 2

Ray Berres: S
Tom Sunkel: S.1-2
Dick Bartell: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Mickey Witek: 99

Top 3

Alf Anderson: S
Bill Brandt: SB2
Bill Brandt: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99
Bud Stewart: W
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Bot 3

Mel Ott: D9/F
Johnny Mize: K
Babe Young: D.2-H
Willard Marshall: 99
Billy Jurges: 99

Top 4

Bob Elliott: 99
Elbie Fletcher: S
Maurice Van Robays: W.1-2
Al Lopez: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Ray Berres: 99
Tom Sunkel: 99
Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: 99

Top 5

Alf Anderson: S
Lefty Wilkie: E3.1-2
Pete Coscarart: HR/7.2-H;1-H(UR)
Bud Stewart: D
Vince DiMaggio: 99
Bob Elliott: 99
Elbie Fletcher: W
Maurice Van Robays: 99

Bot 5

Mel Ott: S
Johnny Mize: FLE5#
Johnny Mize: 99
Babe Young: 99
Willard Marshall: 99

Top 6

Al Lopez: 99
Alf Anderson: 99
Lefty Wilkie: E4
Pete Coscarart: 99

Bot 6

Billy Jurges: S
Ray Berres: 99/SH.1-2
Bill McGee: 8(B)4(2)/DP

Top 7

Bud Stewart: 99
Vince DiMaggio: W
Bob Elliott: 99
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 99

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: HR/7
Mickey Witek: 99
Mel Ott: 99
Johnny Mize: HR/89
Babe Young: W
Willard Marshall: 99

Top 8

Johnny Wyrostek: 99
Alf Anderson: S
Babe Phelps: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 99
Ray Berres: 99
Bill McGee: 99

Top 9

Bud Stewart: 99
Vince DiMaggio: S
Bob Elliott: 99
Elbie Fletcher: S.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: K