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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1943-08-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:03

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 6th. Ken Chase 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	2	0	0	0	2	8
NY1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		3	10

W: Ken Chase L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Russell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	4	0	2	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	1	1	0	0	1
Tommy O'Brien	3	1	0	0	1	2
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	2	1	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Baker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	3	0	2	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Dick Bartell	4	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	1	0	0
Johnny Rucker	4	0	3	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	1	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	2	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	2	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	1
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0
Ken Chase	4	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.0	10	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	9.0	8	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 3/FL
Jim Russell: 53
Al Rubeling: D9
Maurice Van Robays: 43

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 5/FL
Mickey Witek: 9
Johnny Rucker: D9
Joe Medwick: 53

Top 2

Tommy O'Brien: K/C
Elbie Fletcher: S1
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Bill Baker: K/C
Rip Sewell: K

Bot 2

Mel Ott: 5/FL
Sid Gordon: 8
Billy Jurges: 13

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: 31
Jim Russell: 3/FL
Al Rubeling: 43

Bot 3

Gus Mancuso: 43
Ken Chase: S7
Dick Bartell: 54(1)/FO
Mickey Witek: S8.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S4.2-H;1-2
Joe Medwick: 4(1)/FO

Top 4

Maurice Van Robays: 23
Tommy O'Brien: K
Elbie Fletcher: 8/L

Bot 4

Mel Ott: 4/P
Sid Gordon: D9
Billy Jurges: 7
Gus Mancuso: WP.2-3
Gus Mancuso: 7

Top 5

Vince DiMaggio: 3/G
Bill Baker: S7.BX2(76)
Rip Sewell: S9
Pete Coscarart: K

Bot 5

Ken Chase: 13
Dick Bartell: 8
Mickey Witek: E5
Johnny Rucker: 43

Top 6

Jim Russell: 63
Al Rubeling: S8
Maurice Van Robays: S4.1-3
Tommy O'Brien: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Elbie Fletcher: S8.2-H;1-H(E8/TH3)(NR)(UR);B-3
Vince DiMaggio: 53

Bot 6

Joe Medwick: 3E1
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H(UR)
Sid Gordon: S4
Billy Jurges: K
Gus Mancuso: 53.1-2
Ken Chase: 43

Top 7

Bill Baker: 43
Rip Sewell: S7
Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: 4/P

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: 4/P
Mickey Witek: 13
Johnny Rucker: S8
Joe Medwick: S9.1-3
Mel Ott: 9

Top 8

Al Rubeling: 63
Maurice Van Robays: K/C
Tommy O'Brien: W
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: 43
Billy Jurges: S9
Gus Mancuso: 53.1-2
Ken Chase: 63

Top 9

Bill Baker: 63
Bob Elliott: 7
Pete Coscarart: 43