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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1943-09-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 41683 · 2:07

New York Giants defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 7–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 4th. Ace Adams earned the win and Johnnie Wittig picked up the save. Buddy Kerr went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ace Adams L: Hal Gregg 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
Arky Vaughan	5	1	0	0	0	0
Billy Herman	4	0	2	1	1	0
Luis Olmo	5	1	1	0	0	0
Augie Galan	4	2	2	1	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	0	1	1	1	0
Howie Schultz	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mickey Owen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Hart	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hal Gregg	2	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Gregg	6.0	7	4	2
Les Webber	2.0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ace Adams	6.0	6	2	2
Johnnie Wittig	3.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Arky Vaughan: 53
Billy Herman: 43
Luis Olmo: S
Augie Galan: S.1-2
Dixie Walker: S.2-H;1-2
Howie Schultz: S.2-H;1-2
Mickey Owen: FLE3
Mickey Owen: 6

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 13
Mickey Witek: 43
Sid Gordon: 63

Top 2

Bill Hart: 6
Hal Gregg: 63
Arky Vaughan: 63

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 53
Charlie Mead: W
Gus Mancuso: 7
Nap Reyes: K23

Top 3

Billy Herman: W
Luis Olmo: 4/FL
Augie Galan: 46(1)/FO
Dixie Walker: 23

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: K
Ace Adams: 9
Johnny Rucker: S
Mickey Witek: 3/G

Top 4

Howie Schultz: 53
Mickey Owen: S
Bill Hart: S.1-3(E9)
Hal Gregg: K
Arky Vaughan: 7

Bot 4

Sid Gordon: S
Joe Medwick: W.1-2
Charlie Mead: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Gus Mancuso: W
Nap Reyes: 8.3-H
Buddy Kerr: HR.2-H;1-H
Ace Adams: 31

Top 5

Billy Herman: 53
Luis Olmo: 9
Augie Galan: 63

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: 43
Mickey Witek: 43
Sid Gordon: S
Joe Medwick: 9

Top 6

Dixie Walker: W
Howie Schultz: K
Mickey Owen: 7
Bill Hart: 2/FL

Bot 6

Charlie Mead: S
Gus Mancuso: 34/SH.1-2
Nap Reyes: IW
Buddy Kerr: 7
Ernie Lombardi: S.2-H;1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Johnny Rucker: S.2-H;BX2(84)

Top 7

Paul Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: 63
Billy Herman: S
Luis Olmo: 8

Bot 7

Mickey Witek: E6
Sid Gordon: 7
Joe Medwick: CS2(26)
Joe Medwick: 4

Top 8

Augie Galan: HR
Dixie Walker: 5
Howie Schultz: 4
Mickey Owen: 43

Bot 8

Charlie Mead: 2/FL
Gus Mancuso: 8
Nap Reyes: 63

Top 9

Bill Hart: 13
Frenchy Bordagaray: W
Arky Vaughan: 64(1)/FO
Billy Herman: SB2
Billy Herman: S.2-H
Luis Olmo: 43