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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1943-05-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 13056 · 2:05

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 2–1. Bob Klinger earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bob Klinger L: Ken Trinkle 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	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	0	0	1	2
Bob Elliott	3	1	0	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Klinger	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Klinger	9.0	5	3	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Trinkle	8.0	5	2	2
Ace Adams	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: 31
Johnny Wyrostek: 43
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 1

Billy Jurges: W
Mickey Witek: 7
Buster Maynard: 2/FL
Mel Ott: 9/FL

Top 2

Bob Elliott: E6
Vince DiMaggio: D7.1-H(UR)
Frankie Gustine: 63.2-3
Pete Coscarart: 2/FL
Al Lopez: 3/G

Bot 2

Babe Barna: W
Sid Gordon: 54(1)/FO
Gus Mancuso: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Bob Klinger: 53
Johnny Barrett: 31
Johnny Wyrostek: 43

Bot 3

Joe Orengo: 8
Ken Trinkle: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Billy Jurges: 9
Mickey Witek: S8.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Buster Maynard: K

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Bob Elliott: 7
Vince DiMaggio: 9

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 2/FL
Babe Barna: 3/G
Sid Gordon: 2/FL

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: D9
Pete Coscarart: 4/P
Al Lopez: S8.2-3
Bob Klinger: 14/BG.1-2;3XH(4E2)(UR)
Johnny Barrett: 7

Bot 5

Gus Mancuso: S8
Joe Orengo: 23.1-2
Ken Trinkle: 3/P
Billy Jurges: 8

Top 6

Johnny Wyrostek: 2/FL
Elbie Fletcher: K
Bob Elliott: W
Vince DiMaggio: 7/L

Bot 6

Mickey Witek: 13
Buster Maynard: S7
Mel Ott: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 7

Frankie Gustine: S7
Pete Coscarart: 13/SH.1-2
Al Lopez: CS3(25)
Al Lopez: 53

Bot 7

Babe Barna: 31
Sid Gordon: 7
Gus Mancuso: W
Joe Orengo: K

Top 8

Bob Klinger: 63
Johnny Barrett: 31
Johnny Wyrostek: D7
Elbie Fletcher: W
Bob Elliott: 9

Bot 8

Ernie Lombardi: S7
Billy Jurges: 16(1)/FO
Mickey Witek: 9
Buster Maynard: 63

Top 9

Vince DiMaggio: 8
Frankie Gustine: 8
Pete Coscarart: S8
Al Lopez: 9

Bot 9

Mel Ott: 9
Babe Barna: K
Sid Gordon: 8