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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1945-06-27 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 17735 · 2:04

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 9th. Jack Brewer earned the win. Lee Handley went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jack Brewer L: Preacher Roe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	1	2	1	0	0
Al Gionfriddo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Russell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Elliott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Salkeld	3	1	1	1	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vic Barnhart	4	0	2	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	4	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Mallory	5	1	3	1	0	1
George Hausmann	3	0	3	2	1	0
Danny Gardella	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	3	0	2	0	1	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	2	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jack Brewer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Red Treadway	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	8.2	11	2	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Brewer	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: HR/7
Al Gionfriddo: 43
Jim Russell: 7
Bob Elliott: 43

Bot 1

Jim Mallory: S8
George Hausmann: S7.1-2
Danny Gardella: K
Mel Ott: K
Clyde Kluttz: 8

Top 2

Bill Salkeld: 13
Babe Dahlgren: 4/P
Pete Coscarart: 5/FL

Bot 2

Billy Jurges: 9
Nap Reyes: 43
Buddy Kerr: S5/BG
Jack Brewer: 6(1)/FO

Top 3

Vic Barnhart: 63
Preacher Roe: K
Lee Handley: 63

Bot 3

Jim Mallory: 7
George Hausmann: W
Danny Gardella: K
Mel Ott: 3/FL

Top 4

Al Gionfriddo: 13/BG
Jim Russell: K/C
Bob Elliott: W
Bill Salkeld: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 8/L

Bot 4

Clyde Kluttz: 7/L
Billy Jurges: S1
Nap Reyes: S9.1-3
Buddy Kerr: K
Jack Brewer: 53

Top 5

Pete Coscarart: 53
Vic Barnhart: S7
Preacher Roe: 3/FL
Lee Handley: S7.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: 8

Bot 5

Jim Mallory: S7
George Hausmann: 34/SH.1-2
Danny Gardella: 43.2-3
Mel Ott: 43

Top 6

Jim Russell: 3/G
Bob Elliott: 63
Bill Salkeld: 2/FL

Bot 6

Clyde Kluttz: 6/P
Billy Jurges: W
Nap Reyes: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: K23
Pete Coscarart: K
Vic Barnhart: S7
Preacher Roe: 8

Bot 7

Buddy Kerr: 3/P
Jack Brewer: K
Jim Mallory: K

Top 8

Lee Handley: 9/L
Al Gionfriddo: W
Jim Russell: K+SB2
Bob Elliott: 63

Bot 8

George Hausmann: S6
Red Treadway: 54/SH.1-2
Mel Ott: 3/G.2-3
Clyde Kluttz: 4/L

Top 9

Bill Salkeld: HR/9
Babe Dahlgren: S9
Pete Coscarart: 7
Vic Barnhart: 54(1)/FO
Preacher Roe: 53

Bot 9

Billy Jurges: S/BG
Nap Reyes: S8.1-2
Buddy Kerr: FC/SH.2-3;1-2;B-1
Ernie Lombardi: 5(2)2(3)/GDP.1-2
Jim Mallory: S8.2-H;1-2
George Hausmann: D9.2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

3B umpire Babe Pinelli ruled Lee Handley's foot off 3B bag; Pirates manager Frankie Frisch yelled and threw his cap; he stomped on the bag hitting Billy Jurges' foot

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