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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1943-08-21 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5186 · 1:59

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 8th. Bill Brandt earned the win. Al Lopez went 2-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	0	0	2	2	4	10
NY1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6

W: Bill Brandt L: Harry Feldman SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	1	1	0	1
Al Rubeling	3	0	1	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	2
Al Lopez	4	1	2	2	0	0
Max Butcher	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Barrett	1	0	1	1	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	1	0	0	2
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Rucker	5	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Medwick	4	2	3	0	0	0
Mel Ott	2	1	1	0	2	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	1	2	0	0
Harry Feldman	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Xavier Rescigno	1.1	2	3	1
Max Butcher	5.2	4	1	0
Bill Brandt	2.0	0	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	8.2	8	1	3
Johnny Allen	0.1	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 8
Jim Russell: 31
Al Rubeling: 8

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: K/C
Mickey Witek: 3/G
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: S7
Bob Elliott: 9
Elbie Fletcher: 146(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: S9
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Billy Jurges: IW
Gus Mancuso: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Harry Feldman: W.1-2
Dick Bartell: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL
Al Lopez: S7
Max Butcher: 7
Pete Coscarart: 13

Bot 3

Johnny Rucker: 43
Joe Medwick: S7
Mel Ott: S.1-3
Sid Gordon: 9.3-H;1-2(E2)
Billy Jurges: 9

Top 4

Jim Russell: K/C
Al Rubeling: 63
Maurice Van Robays: D7
Bob Elliott: 7

Bot 4

Gus Mancuso: 5/FL
Harry Feldman: 4
Dick Bartell: 7

Top 5

Elbie Fletcher: 3/FL
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 63

Bot 5

Mickey Witek: 63
Johnny Rucker: E6/G
Joe Medwick: WP.1-2
Joe Medwick: 43.2-3
Mel Ott: W
Sid Gordon: 13

Top 6

Max Butcher: 63
Pete Coscarart: 5/FL
Jim Russell: 43

Bot 6

Billy Jurges: 7
Gus Mancuso: 63
Harry Feldman: 53

Top 7

Al Rubeling: S
Maurice Van Robays: 9/L
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: 9

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: S7
Mickey Witek: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 8
Joe Medwick: S.2-3
Mel Ott: 3/P

Top 8

Vince DiMaggio: 6
Al Lopez: 8
Tommy O'Brien: W
Pete Coscarart: E4/G.1-2
Jim Russell: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Johnny Barrett: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: 13
Billy Jurges: 8
Gus Mancuso: 2/P

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 7
Elbie Fletcher: S
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: HR/7.1-H
Tommy O'Brien: D9
Pete Coscarart: S9.2XH(92)

Bot 9

Ernie Lombardi: 8/F8XD
Dick Bartell: K/C
Mickey Witek: W
Johnny Rucker: K/C