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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1943-09-08 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 1157 · 1:46

Philadelphia Blue Jays defeated New York Giants 3–2. Philadelphia Blue Jays put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Lee earned the win. Ernie Lombardi went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lee L: Cliff Melton SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Hamrick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buster Adams	3	1	3	1	1	0
Coaker Triplett	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ron Northey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	1	1	1	0
Glen Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	0	0	0	0
Benny Culp	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Lee	4	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	2	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	3	1	0
Charlie Mead	3	0	0	0	1
Nap Reyes	4	0	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	1	1
Cliff Melton	1	0	1	0	1
Mel Ott	1	0	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	9	3	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	7.0	7	2	1
Ace Adams	2.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ray Hamrick: S
Buster Adams: T/9D.1-H
Coaker Triplett: S.3-H
Ron Northey: 53/SH.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: IW
Glen Stewart: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 7
Mickey Witek: 3/FL
Sid Gordon: 43

Top 2

Pinky May: 53
Benny Culp: 3/G
Bill Lee: 5/FL

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 7
Ernie Lombardi: 63
Charlie Mead: W
Nap Reyes: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Ray Hamrick: 53
Buster Adams: S
Coaker Triplett: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: HR/7
Cliff Melton: W
Johnny Rucker: S.1-2
Mickey Witek: 16(1)3/GDP.2-3
Sid Gordon: 63

Top 4

Ron Northey: K/C
Babe Dahlgren: 5/P
Glen Stewart: 7

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: S
Charlie Mead: 5/FL
Nap Reyes: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Pinky May: E5/TH.BX2(34)
Benny Culp: 2/FL
Bill Lee: 63

Bot 5

Buddy Kerr: 53
Cliff Melton: S
Johnny Rucker: 46(1)/FO
Mickey Witek: S7.1XH(21)

Top 6

Ray Hamrick: 53
Buster Adams: W
Coaker Triplett: 14(1)/FO
Ron Northey: 8

Bot 6

Sid Gordon: 63
Joe Medwick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: HR/7
Charlie Mead: 43

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: HR/7
Glen Stewart: 8
Pinky May: 7
Benny Culp: S
Bill Lee: S.1-3
Ray Hamrick: 8

Bot 7

Nap Reyes: D/89
Buddy Kerr: WP.2-3
Buddy Kerr: 43
Mel Ott: 4/P
Johnny Rucker: 9

Top 8

Buster Adams: S/BG
Coaker Triplett: S.1-2
Ron Northey: 25(2)/FO.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Mickey Witek: S
Sid Gordon: 13/SH.1-2
Joe Medwick: 4(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 9

Glen Stewart: 7
Pinky May: 43
Benny Culp: W
Bill Lee: 3/P

Bot 9

Ernie Lombardi: S
Charlie Mead: FC1.1-2(E1/TH)
Nap Reyes: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Buddy Kerr: W
Gus Mancuso: 53