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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1944-07-18 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 24283 · 2:00

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. New York Giants put up 5 in the 3rd. Bill Voiselle earned the win. Phil Weintraub went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Voiselle L: Fritz Ostermueller SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lee Handley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Russell	3	0	0	0	1	2
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	2	2	0	0	2	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	2	1	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	1	1	0
Frankie Zak	3	0	1	0	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Gardella	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hal Luby	3	1	1	1	1	1
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	3	1	0	0	1	0
Phil Weintraub	4	1	1	4	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0	0	1	1
Buddy Kerr	3	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Voiselle	2	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	7.0	5	3	4
Preacher Roe	1.0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	9.0	3	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: W
Lee Handley: 43/SH.1-2
Jim Russell: WP.2-3
Jim Russell: K
Johnny Barrett: 43

Bot 1

Danny Gardella: S9
Hal Luby: K
Mel Ott: 4/P
Joe Medwick: 4/P

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 63
Al Lopez: 53

Bot 2

Phil Weintraub: K
Ernie Lombardi: K/C
Buddy Kerr: 53

Top 3

Frankie Zak: 63
Fritz Ostermueller: 43
Pete Coscarart: 9

Bot 3

Billy Jurges: S8
Bill Voiselle: 14/SH.1-2
Danny Gardella: S6.2-3
Hal Luby: S7.3-H;1-2
Mel Ott: 8
Joe Medwick: E3.2-3;1-2
Phil Weintraub: HR/9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Ernie Lombardi: 7

Top 4

Lee Handley: K/C
Jim Russell: 3/G
Johnny Barrett: 6/P

Bot 4

Buddy Kerr: 63
Billy Jurges: 43
Bill Voiselle: 63

Top 5

Babe Dahlgren: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 63
Al Lopez: W
Frankie Zak: S5/BG.1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: 6(1)/FO

Bot 5

Danny Gardella: 9
Hal Luby: 53
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Top 6

Pete Coscarart: 6/P
Lee Handley: 63
Jim Russell: W
Johnny Barrett: 9

Bot 6

Joe Medwick: W
Phil Weintraub: 6(1)/FO
Ernie Lombardi: WP.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: IW
Buddy Kerr: 7
Billy Jurges: 43

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: W
Vince DiMaggio: D7.1-3
Al Lopez: 13.3-H;2-3
Frankie Zak: 8(B)2(3)/FDP

Bot 7

Bill Voiselle: K
Danny Gardella: 9
Hal Luby: W
Mel Ott: 2/FL

Top 8

Al Rubeling: 9
Pete Coscarart: 7
Lee Handley: 3/P

Bot 8

Joe Medwick: 43
Phil Weintraub: 4/P
Ernie Lombardi: 63

Top 9

Jim Russell: K
Johnny Barrett: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: W
Vince DiMaggio: S.1-H
Al Lopez: E3.1-2
Frank Colman: K

Notes & reviews

Giants Rucker and Feldman were ill and did not play
Ball hit behind 2nd

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