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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1944-05-03 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3694 · 2:01

Philadelphia Blue Jays defeated New York Giants 7–1. Philadelphia Blue Jays put up 5 in the 4th. Bill Lee earned the win. Mel Ott went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	7	13
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

W: Bill Lee L: Ace Adams SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Moon Mullen	4	1	0	0	1	0
Buster Adams	4	2	2	2	1	0
Jimmy Wasdell	5	1	3	2	0	0
Ron Northey	5	0	1	2	0	0
Tony Lupien	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Finley	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ted Cieslak	4	1	3	0	1	0
Ray Hamrick	3	1	0	0	2	0
Bill Lee	4	1	1	1	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Mead	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Hausmann	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	1	1	1	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Luby	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Rucker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sloan	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	5	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ace Adams	3.1	7	1	0
Lou Polli	0.0	2	1	0
Frank Seward	2.2	1	1	0
Walter Ockey	2.0	1	2	1
Ken Brondell	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Moon Mullen: 6/FL
Buster Adams: 6/FL
Jimmy Wasdell: S
Ron Northey: 3/G

Bot 1

Charlie Mead: 8/L
George Hausmann: 13
Mel Ott: 43

Top 2

Tony Lupien: 4/P
Bob Finley: S
Ted Cieslak: 8
Ray Hamrick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 5/FL
Phil Weintraub: 3/P
Ernie Lombardi: 7

Top 3

Bill Lee: 3/P
Moon Mullen: 43
Buster Adams: D
Jimmy Wasdell: S.2-H;B-2(TH)
Ron Northey: S.2-H
Tony Lupien: 6/P

Bot 3

Hal Luby: 5/P
Buddy Kerr: S5
Ace Adams: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bob Finley: 53
Ted Cieslak: S
Ray Hamrick: W.1-2
Bill Lee: S.2-H;1-2
Moon Mullen: W.2-3;1-2
Buster Adams: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: S.2-H;1-3
Ron Northey: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Tony Lupien: 3/L

Bot 4

Charlie Mead: S
George Hausmann: 7
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Phil Weintraub: 13

Top 5

Bob Finley: 7
Ted Cieslak: D
Ray Hamrick: 2/FL
Bill Lee: 9

Bot 5

Ernie Lombardi: K
Hal Luby: 53
Buddy Kerr: 43

Top 6

Moon Mullen: 43
Buster Adams: W
Jimmy Wasdell: 3/G.1-2
Ron Northey: 7

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: 63
Charlie Mead: 3/G
George Hausmann: S
Mel Ott: 9

Top 7

Tony Lupien: S
Bob Finley: 53.1-2
Ted Cieslak: WP.2-3
Ted Cieslak: W
Ray Hamrick: W.1-2
Bill Lee: K
Moon Mullen: 8

Bot 7

Joe Medwick: 63
Phil Weintraub: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 5/P

Top 8

Buster Adams: 6/P
Jimmy Wasdell: 6/P
Ron Northey: 7

Bot 8

Hal Luby: 63
Buddy Kerr: 6/L
Bruce Sloan: K/C

Top 9

Tony Lupien: 4/L
Bob Finley: S
Ted Cieslak: D.1-3;BX3(964)
Ray Hamrick: 6/P

Bot 9

Charlie Mead: 43
George Hausmann: 13
Mel Ott: HR/9
Joe Medwick: S
Phil Weintraub: 2/FL