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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1945-05-20 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:44

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

Line score

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

W: Bill Voiselle L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	3	1	2	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	2	0	0	0	1	1
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gionfriddo	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	7.0	9	6	1
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	9.0	4	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 4/P
Johnny Barrett: 43
Tommy O'Brien: T9.BXH(962)#

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Mel Ott: 43.2-3
Joe Medwick: 7

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 53
Jim Russell: 43
Babe Dahlgren: 13

Bot 2

Phil Weintraub: W
Ernie Lombardi: D9.1-3
Buddy Kerr: 6/L
Nap Reyes: IW
Bill Voiselle: S3.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
George Hausmann: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 3

Frankie Gustine: S7
Bill Salkeld: W.1-2
Rip Sewell: 3/BP/FL
Pete Coscarart: 7
Johnny Barrett: 8

Bot 3

Joe Medwick: S6
Phil Weintraub: 63.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: IW
Buddy Kerr: SB3
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Tommy O'Brien: 6/P
Bob Elliott: S7
Jim Russell: 36(1)/FO
Babe Dahlgren: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Nap Reyes: S8
Bill Voiselle: 3/BP/FL
Johnny Rucker: K
George Hausmann: 53

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: 8
Bill Salkeld: K/C
Rip Sewell: 63

Bot 5

Mel Ott: S8
Joe Medwick: CS2(26)
Joe Medwick: HR/9
Phil Weintraub: 43
Ernie Lombardi: HR/7
Buddy Kerr: 13

Top 6

Pete Coscarart: K/C
Johnny Barrett: 9
Tommy O'Brien: 53

Bot 6

Nap Reyes: HP
Bill Voiselle: 14/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 3/FL
George Hausmann: 63

Top 7

Bob Elliott: 8/8D
Jim Russell: 7
Babe Dahlgren: 8

Bot 7

Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: D7.1-3
Phil Weintraub: 9/9D.3-H;2-3
Ernie Lombardi: IW
Buddy Kerr: 6/L
Nap Reyes: 9

Top 8

Frankie Gustine: HR/89
Bill Salkeld: 8
Al Gionfriddo: 43
Pete Coscarart: 13

Bot 8

Bill Voiselle: 43
Johnny Rucker: 4/P
George Hausmann: S9
Mel Ott: K

Top 9

Johnny Barrett: 4/P
Tommy O'Brien: 53
Bob Elliott: 63