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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1943-08-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7050 · 2:14

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 5th. Cliff Melton earned the win. Elbie Fletcher went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9
NY1	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2		7	12

W: Cliff Melton L: Bob Klinger SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	1	0	1
Mickey Witek	4	1	2	0	1	0
Johnny Rucker	5	2	2	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	5	1	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	2	1	1	0	3	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	3	5	1	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	0	0	1	2
Ray Berres	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Melton	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gus Mancuso	2	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Gee	4.2	6	4	1
Bob Klinger	3.1	6	3	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	9	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: 3/G
Al Rubeling: 63

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 7/L
Mickey Witek: 9
Johnny Rucker: 43

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: 6/P
Tommy O'Brien: 13
Elbie Fletcher: 6/P

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 53
Mel Ott: S
Sid Gordon: W.1-2
Billy Jurges: K
Ray Berres: 5(2)/FO

Top 3

Vince DiMaggio: 6/P
Al Lopez: W
Johnny Gee: 1E3.1-2
Pete Coscarart: T/78.2-H;1-H(UR)
Jim Russell: 2
Al Rubeling: S.3-H(UR)
Maurice Van Robays: 99

Bot 3

Cliff Melton: W
Dick Bartell: 99
Mickey Witek: W.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 99
Joe Medwick: E5.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: 99/FL

Top 4

Tommy O'Brien: 99
Elbie Fletcher: 99
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 4

Sid Gordon: 99
Billy Jurges: 99
Ray Berres: 99

Top 5

Al Lopez: S
Johnny Gee: S.1-2
Pete Coscarart: E3/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 12(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Al Rubeling: 53

Bot 5

Cliff Melton: T/89
Dick Bartell: S7.3-H
Mickey Witek: S7.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Joe Medwick: 52(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: IW
Sid Gordon: S/78.3-H;2-H;1-3
Billy Jurges: W.1-2
Gus Mancuso: 99/G

Top 6

Maurice Van Robays: S
Tommy O'Brien: 99/SH.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: PO2(16)
Elbie Fletcher: S
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 6

Cliff Melton: 99
Dick Bartell: 99
Mickey Witek: S
Johnny Rucker: 99

Top 7

Al Lopez: K
Bob Klinger: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99

Bot 7

Joe Medwick: 99
Mel Ott: W
Sid Gordon: D7.1-H;B-3(E6/TH)
Billy Jurges: FC6.3XH(62);B-2
Gus Mancuso: S7.2-H
Cliff Melton: 99

Top 8

Bob Elliott: S
Al Rubeling: 99
Maurice Van Robays: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Dick Bartell: K23#
Mickey Witek: 99
Johnny Rucker: S8
Joe Medwick: S9.1-3
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Billy Jurges: K

Top 9

Tommy O'Brien: 99
Elbie Fletcher: HR/9
Vince DiMaggio: S
Al Lopez: 99
Bill Baker: 99/P

Notes & reviews

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