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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1945-08-18 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 10126 · 1:37

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–0. New York Giants put up 6 in the 1st. Sal Maglie earned the win. Mel Ott 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
NY1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	8

W: Sal Maglie L: Xavier Rescigno SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	1	0	0	1
Al Gionfriddo	3	0	1	1
Jim Russell	4	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	4	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	1
Cookie Cuccurullo	3	0	0	0
Vic Barnhart	2	1	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	5	0	0	0	0	0
George Hausmann	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	2	2	0	0
Danny Gardella	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Schemer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	0	1	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	1	2	0	0
Sal Maglie	4	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Xavier Rescigno	0.1	5	1	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	7.2	3	2	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sal Maglie	9.0	3	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: HP
Al Gionfriddo: 4/P
Jim Russell: 4E6.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 13

Bot 1

Johnny Rucker: 7
George Hausmann: S5/BG
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Danny Gardella: S/89
Ernie Lombardi: E5.1-2
Mike Schemer: D7.2-H(UR);1-3
Buddy Kerr: IW
Nap Reyes: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Sal Maglie: 7.3-H(UR)
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: S9
Pete Coscarart: 16(1)3/GDP
Al Lopez: K/C

Bot 2

George Hausmann: W
Mel Ott: 46(1)/FO
Danny Gardella: K
Ernie Lombardi: K

Top 3

Cookie Cuccurullo: 16/L
Frankie Gustine: K/C
Al Gionfriddo: W
Jim Russell: 143

Bot 3

Mike Schemer: 7
Buddy Kerr: S
Nap Reyes: 5/P
Sal Maglie: 63

Top 4

Johnny Barrett: 4/P
Bob Elliott: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 13

Bot 4

Johnny Rucker: 8
George Hausmann: 3/FL
Mel Ott: S
Danny Gardella: W.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 4/P

Top 5

Pete Coscarart: 6/P
Al Lopez: 5/P
Cookie Cuccurullo: 63

Bot 5

Mike Schemer: 53
Buddy Kerr: 53
Nap Reyes: E6/TH.B-1
Sal Maglie: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Vic Barnhart: K
Al Gionfriddo: K
Jim Russell: 43

Bot 6

Johnny Rucker: 43
George Hausmann: 5/P
Mel Ott: 9/FL

Top 7

Johnny Barrett: 31
Bob Elliott: 53
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL

Bot 7

Danny Gardella: 43
Ernie Lombardi: 8
Mike Schemer: 9

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 3/FL
Al Lopez: 8
Cookie Cuccurullo: 63

Bot 8

Buddy Kerr: 53
Nap Reyes: 8
Sal Maglie: S
Johnny Rucker: 3/FL

Top 9

Vic Barnhart: S8
Al Gionfriddo: 2/FL
Jim Russell: K/C
Johnny Barrett: S9.1-2
Bob Elliott: K/C

Notes & reviews

End of play-by-play, rest is deduced Out plays based on fielding stats, may not be in right order

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