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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1943-09-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5203 · 2:22

New York Giants defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 6–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 7th. Ken Chase earned the win and Johnnie Wittig picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
NY1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0		6	10

W: Ken Chase L: Les Webber SV: Johnnie Wittig

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	1	0	0	1	0
Arky Vaughan	5	1	1	1	0	0
Luis Olmo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Herman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Howie Schultz	3	0	0	0	1	0
Augie Galan	2	1	1	0	2	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bobby Bragan	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	2	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	1	1	0	0	1
Mickey Witek	5	2	2	2	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	2	1	0	1
Charlie Mead	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	4	1	0	0	0	1
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Chase	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Ott	0	0	0	0	1	0
Johnnie Wittig	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	6.0	6	0	4
Les Webber	0.2	2	1	0
Ed Head	1.1	2	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	7.0	4	5	1
Johnnie Wittig	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frenchy Bordagaray: 6
Arky Vaughan: 43
Luis Olmo: E4
Billy Herman: S.1-2
Howie Schultz: 9

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: K
Mickey Witek: 7
Sid Gordon: 43

Top 2

Augie Galan: W
Dixie Walker: S.1-2
Bobby Bragan: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Kirby Higbe: 3
Frenchy Bordagaray: W
Arky Vaughan: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Luis Olmo: E5/TH.3-H(UR)(NR);2-H(UR)(NR);1-H(UR)(NR);B-2
Billy Herman: 63

Bot 2

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

Top 3

Howie Schultz: 7
Augie Galan: S
Dixie Walker: 8
Bobby Bragan: 2/FL

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: 63
Ken Chase: K
Johnny Rucker: T
Mickey Witek: S.3-H
Sid Gordon: 8

Top 4

Kirby Higbe: 63
Frenchy Bordagaray: 6
Arky Vaughan: 43

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 5
Charlie Mead: 7

Top 5

Luis Olmo: 8
Billy Herman: 53
Howie Schultz: W
Augie Galan: PO1(23)

Bot 5

Nap Reyes: K
Buddy Kerr: 9
Ken Chase: 43

Top 6

Augie Galan: W
Dixie Walker: 9
Bobby Bragan: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: 8
Mickey Witek: S.B-2(E9)
Sid Gordon: S.2-H
Joe Medwick: 46(1)/FO
Ernie Lombardi: S.1-2
Charlie Mead: 43

Top 7

Kirby Higbe: W
Frenchy Bordagaray: 6
Arky Vaughan: 3/L
Luis Olmo: K

Bot 7

Nap Reyes: E6
Buddy Kerr: HP.1-2
Mel Ott: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: 6
Mickey Witek: 6(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Sid Gordon: S.3-H(UR);1-2
Joe Medwick: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Ernie Lombardi: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Charlie Mead: 9

Top 8

Billy Herman: D
Howie Schultz: 3/FL
Augie Galan: 9
Dixie Walker: W
Paul Waner: 43

Bot 8

Nap Reyes: 13
Buddy Kerr: S
Johnnie Wittig: FC/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Mickey Witek: 7

Top 9

Johnny Cooney: 5
Frenchy Bordagaray: 7
Arky Vaughan: 9