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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1945-08-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 3834 · 1:44

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 2nd. Jack Brewer earned the win. Johnny Barrett went 1-for-3 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	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
NY1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	10

W: Jack Brewer L: Ken Gables SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gionfriddo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Salkeld	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Elliott	3	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Barnhart	2	0	2	1	0	0
Ken Gables	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	2	1	0	1
George Hausmann	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Gardella	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Schemer	3	1	1	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	2	0	0	0
Nap Reyes	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Brewer	3	0	2	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Gables	7.0	9	2	2
Cookie Cuccurullo	1.0	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Brewer	9.0	6	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: 3/G
Al Gionfriddo: 43
Jim Russell: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: K
George Hausmann: K
Mel Ott: 5/FL

Top 2

Bill Salkeld: 7
Johnny Barrett: 4/P
Bob Elliott: 2/FL

Bot 2

Danny Gardella: 9
Clyde Kluttz: HP
Mike Schemer: W.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO.2-H(E4);B-3
Nap Reyes: S9.3-H
Jack Brewer: S7.1-2
Johnny Rucker: 6/P

Top 3

Babe Dahlgren: 6/P
Vic Barnhart: S
Ken Gables: 8
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

George Hausmann: S
Mel Ott: 5/FL
Danny Gardella: 43.1-2
Clyde Kluttz: 5/L

Top 4

Al Gionfriddo: 8
Jim Russell: 7
Bill Salkeld: 3/G

Bot 4

Mike Schemer: S
Buddy Kerr: 3/FL
Nap Reyes: 8
Jack Brewer: S9.1-3
Johnny Rucker: S7.3-H;1-2
George Hausmann: 9

Top 5

Johnny Barrett: HR/9
Bob Elliott: S
Babe Dahlgren: 3.1-2
Vic Barnhart: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Ken Gables: 53
Frankie Gustine: 3/G

Bot 5

Mel Ott: 9/L
Danny Gardella: 3/G
Clyde Kluttz: S
Mike Schemer: 53

Top 6

Al Gionfriddo: 53
Jim Russell: W
Bill Salkeld: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Buddy Kerr: S
Nap Reyes: 64(1)/FO
Jack Brewer: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S.2-3
George Hausmann: 53

Top 7

Johnny Barrett: K
Bob Elliott: 63
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Bot 7

Mel Ott: W
Danny Gardella: 26(1)/FO
Clyde Kluttz: 64(1)/FO
Mike Schemer: 8

Top 8

Lloyd Waner: 43
Frank Colman: 9
Frankie Gustine: 13

Bot 8

Buddy Kerr: D9
Nap Reyes: 14/SH.2-3
Jack Brewer: 7
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 9

Al Gionfriddo: S
Jim Russell: S4/BR.1X2(4)
Bill Salkeld: 36(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Ladies Day with estimate of 5,000 people in stands
Wild throw to 1B by 2B
Upper deck
Runner hit by batted ball

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