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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1942-09-24 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3066 · 1:55

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 3–2. George Hennessey earned the win. Nick Etten went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: George Hennessey L: Bill Voiselle SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hal Marnie	4	0	0	0	1	0
Earl Naylor	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Northey	3	1	2	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Etten	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Burich	4	0	2	1	0	1
Danny Murtaugh	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Podgajny	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Livingston	2	1	0	0	1	0
George Hennessey	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	1	1	0	0	2	0
Mickey Witek	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	2	0
Johnny Mize	5	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Young	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Barna	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie Fox	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Voiselle	2	0	0	0	1	0
Buster Maynard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Danning	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Podgajny	2.0	1	2	0
George Hennessey	7.0	3	6	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	8.0	5	3	5
Ace Adams	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hal Marnie: W
Earl Naylor: K+SB2
Ron Northey: S9.2-3
Danny Litwhiler: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: HP
Mickey Witek: 8/F
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Johnny Mize: 64(1)/FO.2-H(E4/TH)(UR)(NR);B-2
Babe Young: W
Babe Barna: 7/F

Top 2

Nick Etten: 6/P
Bill Burich: S
Danny Murtaugh: SB2
Danny Murtaugh: 7/F
Bennie Warren: 63

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: S
Charlie Fox: 3/FL
Bill Voiselle: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Johnny Podgajny: K
Hal Marnie: 63
Earl Naylor: 43

Bot 3

Dick Bartell: W
Mickey Witek: 16(1)/FO
Mel Ott: 36(1)/FO
Johnny Mize: S.1-3
Babe Young: 3/G

Top 4

Ron Northey: 31
Danny Litwhiler: 43
Nick Etten: HR/7
Bill Burich: K

Bot 4

Babe Barna: W
Sid Gordon: 64(1)/FO
Charlie Fox: K
Bill Voiselle: W.1-2
Dick Bartell: W.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: 4/P

Top 5

Danny Murtaugh: K
Mickey Livingston: E5/TH.B-2
George Hennessey: 9/F
Hal Marnie: E4/G.2-H(UR)(NR)
Earl Naylor: 13

Bot 5

Mel Ott: HR/9
Johnny Mize: 99
Babe Young: S
Babe Barna: 99
Sid Gordon: W.1-2
Buster Maynard: 99

Top 6

Ron Northey: W
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Nick Etten: W.1-2
Bill Burich: S.2-H;1-2
Danny Murtaugh: 99
Mickey Livingston: 99

Bot 6

Bill Voiselle: E6
Dick Bartell: 99/SH.1-2
Mickey Witek: 99
Mel Ott: W
Johnny Mize: 99

Top 7

George Hennessey: 99
Hal Marnie: 99
Earl Naylor: K

Bot 7

Babe Young: 99
Babe Barna: 99
Sid Gordon: 99

Top 8

Ron Northey: S
Danny Litwhiler: 99
Nick Etten: 99
Bill Burich: 99

Bot 8

Harry Danning: 99
Hank Leiber: 99
Dick Bartell: 99

Top 9

Danny Murtaugh: 99
Mickey Livingston: W
George Hennessey: 99
Hal Marnie: 99

Bot 9

Mickey Witek: 99
Mel Ott: 99
Johnny Mize: 99

Notes & reviews

Pitcher Podgajny and catcher Warren ejected by HP umpire Sears for arguing ball call to Bartell

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