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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1944-06-04 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 2:27

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 9–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 8th. Fritz Ostermueller earned the win and Xavier Rescigno picked up the save. Jim Russell went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Fritz Ostermueller L: Bill Voiselle SV: Xavier Rescigno

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	5	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jim Russell	3	3	2	4	2	0
Bob Elliott	5	0	1	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	3	2	3	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	1	0	1
Al Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frankie Zak	4	0	1	0	0	1
Fritz Ostermueller	4	1	2	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	2	1	0	0
George Hausmann	3	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	4	0	0	0	1	2
Mel Ott	4	1	1	0	1	0
Phil Weintraub	3	1	1	2	1	1
Nap Reyes	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	0	1	1
Bill Voiselle	3	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	0	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Mead	1	0	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	8.1	9	4	4
Xavier Rescigno	0.2	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	9.0	10	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: 43
Frankie Gustine: 7/P
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: D/7
Danny Gardella: K
Mel Ott: W
Phil Weintraub: W.2-3;1-2
Nap Reyes: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: 8/P
Vince DiMaggio: 5/P
Al Lopez: K/C

Bot 2

Gus Mancuso: 53
Buddy Kerr: 7
Bill Voiselle: S/8
Johnny Rucker: S4.1-2
George Hausmann: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Frankie Zak: K/C
Fritz Ostermueller: S/8
Johnny Barrett: 8
Frankie Gustine: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Danny Gardella: 3/FL
Mel Ott: 43
Phil Weintraub: K/C

Top 4

Jim Russell: 8/F8D
Bob Elliott: S/7
Babe Dahlgren: 46(1)/FO
Vince DiMaggio: S/7.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-2
Al Lopez: K/C

Bot 4

Nap Reyes: 13
Gus Mancuso: 63
Buddy Kerr: D/8
Bill Voiselle: S/9.2XH(92)

Top 5

Frankie Zak: 4/P
Fritz Ostermueller: S5
Johnny Barrett: 6/P
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: 9
Danny Gardella: 9/L

Top 6

Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 8
Babe Dahlgren: SB2
Babe Dahlgren: HR/8.2-H
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 9

Bot 6

Mel Ott: S4
Phil Weintraub: 54(1)3/GDP
Nap Reyes: 8

Top 7

Frankie Zak: 43
Fritz Ostermueller: 8/F8D
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Bot 7

Gus Mancuso: 7
Buddy Kerr: K
Bill Voiselle: 63

Top 8

Frankie Gustine: 53
Jim Russell: HR/9
Bob Elliott: K
Babe Dahlgren: HR/7
Vince DiMaggio: HR/7
Al Lopez: 3/FL

Bot 8

Johnny Rucker: 9
Joe Medwick: 7
Danny Gardella: K/C

Top 9

Frankie Zak: S3
Fritz Ostermueller: 56(1)/FO
Johnny Barrett: 8
Frankie Gustine: W.1-2
Jim Russell: HR/89.2-H;1-H
Bob Elliott: 6/P

Bot 9

Mel Ott: E9/F.B-2
Phil Weintraub: HR/89.2-H(UR)
Nap Reyes: D/78
Gus Mancuso: 8
Buddy Kerr: W
Ernie Lombardi: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: S/9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Charlie Mead: 43.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Danny Gardella: W
Mel Ott: 3/G