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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1942-09-14 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2428 · 1:39

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–1. New York Giants put up 4 in the 1st. Hal Schumacher earned the win. Dick Bartell went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Schumacher L: Dutch Dietz SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Russell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	3	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	2	0	0	0	2	0
Babe Phelps	4	0	2	1	0	0
Frank Colman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alf Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Strincevich	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	1	1	2	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	2	0	0	0	2	1
Johnny Mize	3	1	1	0	1	1
Babe Young	3	1	0	0	1	0
Babe Barna	4	1	1	3	0	1
Billy Jurges	3	1	1	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	1	0	0	0	2	0
Hal Schumacher	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Dietz	0.2	4	1	1
Nick Strincevich	5.1	2	4	1
Harry Shuman	2.0	0	1	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	9.0	6	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: 3/G
Johnny Wyrostek: 7/F

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 63
Mickey Witek: S
Mel Ott: K
Johnny Mize: S.1-2
Babe Young: W.2-3;1-2
Babe Barna: D9.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-3(TH)
Billy Jurges: PB.3-H
Billy Jurges: S
Gus Mancuso: W.1-2
Hal Schumacher: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Babe Phelps: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Frank Colman: 43

Bot 2

Dick Bartell: 43
Mickey Witek: E6/G
Mel Ott: 13.1-2
Johnny Mize: K

Top 3

Alf Anderson: 7/F
Nick Strincevich: 13
Pete Coscarart: 53

Bot 3

Babe Young: 5/P
Babe Barna: 63
Billy Jurges: 63

Top 4

Jim Russell: 3/G
Johnny Wyrostek: 3/G
Bob Elliott: D7
Elbie Fletcher: W
Babe Phelps: S.2-H;1-3
Frank Colman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Gus Mancuso: 5/P
Hal Schumacher: 13
Dick Bartell: 13

Top 5

Alf Anderson: K
Nick Strincevich: 13
Pete Coscarart: S
Jim Russell: 6(1)/FO

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: 8/F
Mel Ott: W
Johnny Mize: W.1-2
Babe Young: 7/F
Babe Barna: 31

Top 6

Johnny Wyrostek: 63
Bob Elliott: K
Elbie Fletcher: 31

Bot 6

Billy Jurges: HP
Gus Mancuso: 34/SH.1-2
Hal Schumacher: 7/F
Dick Bartell: HR/7.2-H
Mickey Witek: S
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Johnny Mize: 43

Top 7

Babe Phelps: S
Frank Colman: 13.1-2
Alf Anderson: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 7/F

Bot 7

Babe Young: 8/F
Babe Barna: K
Billy Jurges: 7

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 43
Jim Russell: 53
Johnny Wyrostek: 31

Bot 8

Gus Mancuso: W
Hal Schumacher: 2(B)4(1)/DP/BP
Dick Bartell: 8/F

Top 9

Bob Elliott: S
Elbie Fletcher: 64(1)/FO
Babe Phelps: 6/P
Frank Colman: 3/G