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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1945-08-16 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 22807 · 1:54

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. New York Giants put up 2 in the 4th. Van Mungo earned the win and Ace Adams picked up the save. Mel Ott went 1-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	1	0	0	0	1	6
NY1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	9

W: Van Mungo L: Preacher Roe SV: Ace Adams

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
Frankie Gustine	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Gionfriddo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	3	0	1	1	1	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	0	0	2
Vic Barnhart	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Preacher Roe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Salkeld	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Saltzgaver	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Hausmann	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	1	0	0
Danny Gardella	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	2	0	1	0
Mike Schemer	4	0	0	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	0	2	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	3	0	1	0	0	0
Van Mungo	3	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	7.0	9	1	4
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Van Mungo	8.2	6	3	6
Ace Adams	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: W
Al Gionfriddo: 53/SH.1-2
Jim Russell: 43.2-3
Johnny Barrett: 7

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: S
George Hausmann: SB2
George Hausmann: 9
Mel Ott: 8
Danny Gardella: 8

Top 2

Bob Elliott: 9
Babe Dahlgren: K
Vic Barnhart: 13

Bot 2

Ernie Lombardi: 63
Mike Schemer: 9
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 3

Al Lopez: 8
Preacher Roe: 13
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 3

Nap Reyes: 7
Van Mungo: K
Johnny Rucker: 43

Top 4

Al Gionfriddo: 43
Jim Russell: 63
Johnny Barrett: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K

Bot 4

George Hausmann: 6/P
Mel Ott: HR/9
Danny Gardella: W
Ernie Lombardi: S9.1-3
Mike Schemer: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Buddy Kerr: S.1-2
Nap Reyes: S.1-2;2-3
Van Mungo: K

Top 5

Vic Barnhart: 13
Al Lopez: K
Preacher Roe: 23

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: S
Mel Ott: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: S
Al Gionfriddo: 43.1-2
Jim Russell: S6.2-H
Johnny Barrett: SB2
Johnny Barrett: K
Bob Elliott: K/C

Bot 6

Danny Gardella: K
Ernie Lombardi: S
Mike Schemer: 3/P
Buddy Kerr: S.1-2
Nap Reyes: 7

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: 43
Vic Barnhart: 4/P
Al Lopez: 3/P

Bot 7

Van Mungo: 63
Johnny Rucker: K
George Hausmann: D
Mel Ott: 34

Top 8

Frank Colman: 43
Frankie Gustine: 6/P
Al Gionfriddo: 9

Bot 8

Danny Gardella: 6/P
Ernie Lombardi: W
Mike Schemer: 6(1)3/GDP#

Top 9

Jim Russell: W
Johnny Barrett: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Bob Elliott: S
Babe Dahlgren: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Salkeld: IW
Jack Saltzgaver: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Pirates manager Frisch ejected by HP umpire Goetz for arguing called third strike

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