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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1943-05-15 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 11 innings · Att: 6856 · 2:20

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. Ace Adams earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
NY1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7

W: Ace Adams L: Xavier Rescigno SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Johnny Barrett	5	1	1	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	5	0	2	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	5	0	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	5	0	2	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	0	0
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0
Xavier Rescigno	3	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	5	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	5	1	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	5	1	1	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Barna	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Orengo	4	0	2	1	0	1
Cliff Melton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Xavier Rescigno	10.1	7	1	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	8	0	1
Ace Adams	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: 43
Tommy O'Brien: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 4/F

Bot 1

Billy Jurges: 13
Mickey Witek: 7/F
Buster Maynard: 2/FL

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S4
Vince DiMaggio: 54(1)3/GDP
Frankie Gustine: 6/F

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 8/F
Ernie Lombardi: S
Babe Barna: 3/G.1-2
Sid Gordon: K

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: 13
Al Lopez: 63
Xavier Rescigno: 9/F

Bot 3

Joe Orengo: K
Cliff Melton: K
Billy Jurges: HP
Mickey Witek: 8/F

Top 4

Johnny Barrett: S/BG
Tommy O'Brien: S/BG.1-3(E2/TH)
Elbie Fletcher: 3/FL
Bob Elliott: 8/F.3-H(UR)
Vince DiMaggio: 13

Bot 4

Buster Maynard: S7
Mel Ott: 8/F
Ernie Lombardi: S4/G.1-2
Babe Barna: 4/F
Sid Gordon: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Orengo: S5/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Cliff Melton: 43

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: S
Pete Coscarart: 9/F
Al Lopez: 7/F
Xavier Rescigno: 43

Bot 5

Billy Jurges: S
Mickey Witek: CS2(26)
Mickey Witek: 43
Buster Maynard: 63

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: 43
Tommy O'Brien: S
Elbie Fletcher: 63.1-2
Bob Elliott: 13

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 6/F
Ernie Lombardi: 6/F
Babe Barna: 63

Top 7

Vince DiMaggio: K
Frankie Gustine: 9/F
Pete Coscarart: 63

Bot 7

Sid Gordon: 63
Joe Orengo: 4/F
Cliff Melton: 5/F

Top 8

Al Lopez: S
Xavier Rescigno: 54/SH.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 43.2-3
Tommy O'Brien: 63

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 7/F
Mickey Witek: 4/L
Buster Maynard: 8/L

Top 9

Elbie Fletcher: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 8/F
Pete Coscarart: 7/F

Bot 9

Mel Ott: 3/G
Ernie Lombardi: 53
Babe Barna: 9/F

Top 10

Al Lopez: 8/F
Xavier Rescigno: 43
Johnny Barrett: 6/F

Bot 10

Sid Gordon: 7/F
Joe Orengo: S
Ace Adams: E1/TH/BG.1-2
Billy Jurges: 2/FL
Mickey Witek: 3/FL

Top 11

Tommy O'Brien: 4/F
Elbie Fletcher: 7/F
Bob Elliott: 53

Bot 11

Buster Maynard: 53
Mel Ott: HR