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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1944-07-26 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 12909 · 2:14

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Fritz Ostermueller earned the win and Nick Strincevich picked up the save. Buddy Kerr went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	6	13
NY1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	5	11

W: Fritz Ostermueller L: Harry Feldman SV: Nick Strincevich

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Treadway	5	1	2	0	0	0
George Hausmann	5	0	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	1	0	2	1
Joe Medwick	5	0	0	1	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	2	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	2	2	2	0	1
Hal Luby	4	0	2	1	0	0
Harry Feldman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Jurges	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	8.1	11	2	3
Nick Strincevich	0.2	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Feldman	4.1	10	1	1
Rube Fischer	1.2	0	1	0
Ace Adams	3.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: S7
Jim Russell: T7.1-H
Johnny Barrett: 34
Bob Elliott: S8.3-H
Babe Dahlgren: S7.BX2(764);1-3
Vince DiMaggio: CSH(2)

Bot 1

Red Treadway: 5/FL
George Hausmann: 4/P
Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: 4/P/9

Top 2

Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL
Lee Handley: 63
Al Lopez: 63

Bot 2

Phil Weintraub: W
Ernie Lombardi: 6/P
Buddy Kerr: K
Hal Luby: E5.1-2
Harry Feldman: 7/FL

Top 3

Fritz Ostermueller: 8
Pete Coscarart: 5/FL
Jim Russell: W
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Bot 3

Red Treadway: 63
George Hausmann: 63
Mel Ott: 3/FL

Top 4

Bob Elliott: S8
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Vince DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Lee Handley: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Joe Medwick: 53
Phil Weintraub: 2/FL
Ernie Lombardi: E5
Buddy Kerr: D9.1-3
Hal Luby: S5/G5L.3-H(UR);2-H(E5/TH1)(NR)(UR);B-2
Harry Feldman: 53

Top 5

Al Lopez: K23
Fritz Ostermueller: S8
Pete Coscarart: S8.1-2
Jim Russell: S9.2-3;1-2
Johnny Barrett: S8.3-H;2-H(E1/THH);1-3
Bob Elliott: 8.3-H(UR)
Babe Dahlgren: 63

Bot 5

Red Treadway: S7
George Hausmann: 8
Mel Ott: S9.1-3
Joe Medwick: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Vince DiMaggio: W
Lee Handley: 34/SH.1-2
Al Lopez: CS3(25)
Al Lopez: 63

Bot 6

Phil Weintraub: 43
Ernie Lombardi: S7
Buddy Kerr: 2/FL
Hal Luby: S7.1-2
Nap Reyes: K

Top 7

Fritz Ostermueller: 43
Pete Coscarart: 9
Jim Russell: 9

Bot 7

Red Treadway: 43
George Hausmann: S7.BX2(74)
Mel Ott: K

Top 8

Johnny Barrett: D/89
Bob Elliott: 3/FL
Babe Dahlgren: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 9

Bot 8

Joe Medwick: 5/P#
Phil Weintraub: 5/P#
Ernie Lombardi: S7
Buddy Kerr: HR/IPHR.1-H
Hal Luby: 7

Top 9

Lee Handley: S2
Al Lopez: 34/SH.1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: S8.2-H
Pete Coscarart: 13/SH.1-2
Jim Russell: 3/FL

Bot 9

Billy Jurges: 8
Red Treadway: S8
George Hausmann: D9.1-3
Mel Ott: IW
Joe Medwick: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Phil Weintraub: 3/G