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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1944-06-02 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2532 · 2:23

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–4. New York Giants put up 2 in the 1st. Rube Fischer earned the win and Lou Polli picked up the save. Mel Ott went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rube Fischer L: Preacher Roe SV: Lou Polli

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	3	1	1	3	2	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	0	1	0
Spud Davis	4	0	2	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	1	0	0	1	0
Frankie Zak	3	1	2	0	1	0
Preacher Roe	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	1	1	1	1	1	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	2	2	1	0	0
George Hausmann	3	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	2	1	0	0	2	0
Mel Ott	4	2	2	3	0	0
Phil Weintraub	3	0	1	1	1	1
Nap Reyes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	1	0	0	1
Buddy Kerr	4	1	0	0	0	0
Rube Fischer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Polli	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	6.0	6	3	1
Cookie Cuccurullo	2.0	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Fischer	6.0	4	5	0
Ace Adams	1.0	2	1	1
Lou Polli	2.0	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: 9
Pete Coscarart: 41
Jim Russell: 31

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: E6.B-1
George Hausmann: 3/P
Danny Gardella: 8
Mel Ott: HR/89.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Phil Weintraub: W
Nap Reyes: S/8.1-2
Gus Mancuso: 5/FL

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 2/FL
Babe Dahlgren: 53
Spud Davis: D/78
Vince DiMaggio: 63

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: 9
Rube Fischer: 3/FL
Johnny Rucker: 63

Top 3

Frankie Zak: D/78
Preacher Roe: 9/P
Johnny Barrett: W
Pete Coscarart: 9
Jim Russell: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

George Hausmann: 5/L
Danny Gardella: W
Mel Ott: 7/FL
Phil Weintraub: K/C

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: 63
Spud Davis: 7
Vince DiMaggio: 63

Bot 4

Nap Reyes: 53
Gus Mancuso: S/8
Buddy Kerr: 6/P
Rube Fischer: 2/FL

Top 5

Frankie Zak: W
Preacher Roe: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny Barrett: W
Pete Coscarart: 8
Jim Russell: 4/P

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: S/9
George Hausmann: E3/TH/SH.1-H(NR);B-3
Danny Gardella: W
Mel Ott: 9(B)2(3)/DP.1-2
Phil Weintraub: S/8.2-H(UR)
Nap Reyes: 8

Top 6

Bob Elliott: 43
Babe Dahlgren: 6/P
Spud Davis: 63

Bot 6

Gus Mancuso: 63
Buddy Kerr: E5/TH.B-1
Rube Fischer: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S/9.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
George Hausmann: 8

Top 7

Vince DiMaggio: W
Frankie Zak: S5/BG.1-2
Frankie Gustine: D/8.2-H;1-3
Johnny Barrett: HR/89.3-H;2-H
Frank Colman: 8
Jim Russell: K
Bob Elliott: 53

Bot 7

Danny Gardella: 8/F8D
Mel Ott: HR/9
Phil Weintraub: 9
Nap Reyes: 8

Top 8

Babe Dahlgren: W
Spud Davis: S/7.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 5/FL
Frankie Zak: WP.2-3;1-2
Frankie Zak: 53
Frankie Gustine: W
Johnny Barrett: 9

Bot 8

Gus Mancuso: K
Buddy Kerr: 9
Lou Polli: 23

Top 9

Cookie Cuccurullo: 43
Jim Russell: 3/G
Bob Elliott: W
Babe Dahlgren: S/7.1-2
Al Lopez: 9