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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1943-05-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:00

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–1. New York Giants put up 2 in the 8th. Johnnie Wittig earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnnie Wittig L: Max Butcher SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	1	1	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	3	0	2	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	1	1	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Baker	3	0	2	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	0	1	0
Max Butcher	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	8.0	6	2	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnnie Wittig	9.0	7	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: 3/P
Johnny Wyrostek: 13
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 1

Billy Jurges: 63
Mickey Witek: 9
Buster Maynard: W
Mel Ott: K

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S7
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Frankie Gustine: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: 7
Babe Barna: W
Sid Gordon: 53.1-2
Joe Orengo: 53

Top 3

Bill Baker: S7
Pete Coscarart: W.1-2
Max Butcher: 35(2)/BG/FO.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Johnnie Wittig: 4/P
Billy Jurges: S8
Mickey Witek: S9.1-2
Buster Maynard: 7/L
Mel Ott: K

Top 4

Johnny Wyrostek: 7
Elbie Fletcher: S8
Bob Elliott: 3/FL
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 4

Ernie Lombardi: 53
Babe Barna: D9
Sid Gordon: 2/FL
Joe Orengo: 2/FL

Top 5

Bill Baker: 63
Pete Coscarart: 63
Max Butcher: 8

Bot 5

Johnnie Wittig: K
Billy Jurges: HR/9
Mickey Witek: 53
Buster Maynard: 63

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: 3/FL
Johnny Wyrostek: S9
Elbie Fletcher: 4/FL.1-2
Bob Elliott: S5.2-3(E5/TH)
Vince DiMaggio: D7.3-H;1-3
Frankie Gustine: 1/P

Bot 6

Mel Ott: K
Ernie Lombardi: 3/G
Babe Barna: 43

Top 7

Bill Baker: D9
Pete Coscarart: 9.2-3
Max Butcher: 6/P
Johnny Barrett: W
Johnny Wyrostek: K/C

Bot 7

Sid Gordon: 9
Joe Orengo: 53
Johnnie Wittig: 7

Top 8

Elbie Fletcher: 4E1
Bob Elliott: 31/SH.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 63
Frankie Gustine: 8

Bot 8

Billy Jurges: 7
Mickey Witek: 4/P
Buster Maynard: S6
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Ernie Lombardi: 8

Top 9

Al Lopez: 5/FL
Pete Coscarart: 7
Jim Russell: 9