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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1946-04-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 33693 · 2:26

New York Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–4. New York Giants put up 4 in the 1st. Bill Voiselle earned the win and Ken Trinkle picked up the save. Mel Ott went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Voiselle L: Oscar Judd SV: Ken Trinkle

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Murtaugh	4	1	2	2	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	3	1	0	0	2	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ron Northey	5	1	1	2	0	1
Frank McCormick	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	0	0	1	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	1	3	0	0	0
Hugh Mulcahy	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Novikoff	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Rigney	4	1	2	0	1	2
Mickey Witek	4	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	3	1	1
Babe Young	4	2	3	1	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	4	1	2	2	0	0
Willard Marshall	5	1	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Voiselle	2	1	0	0	2	0
Johnny Rucker	2	0	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oscar Judd	1.2	6	2	1
Hugh Mulcahy	4.1	2	3	1
Art Lopatka	2.0	3	2	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	7.1	6	4	2
Ace Adams	1.0	2	2	1
Ken Trinkle	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Danny Murtaugh: 3/P
Johnny Wyrostek: 5/P
Jim Tabor: W
Ron Northey: 43

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: K
Mickey Witek: W
Mel Ott: HR/9.1-H
Babe Young: S9
Ernie Lombardi: HR/9.1-H
Willard Marshall: 43
Sid Gordon: 7

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 3/FL
Vince DiMaggio: 13
Rollie Hemsley: 63

Bot 2

Buddy Kerr: 43
Bill Voiselle: W
Bill Rigney: S9.1-3
Mickey Witek: S5.1-2;3-3
Mel Ott: 7.3-H
Babe Young: S9.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Ernie Lombardi: HP
Willard Marshall: 7

Top 3

Skeeter Newsome: S5
Hugh Mulcahy: 3/P
Danny Murtaugh: HR/9.1-H
Johnny Wyrostek: 8
Jim Tabor: S7
Ron Northey: 43

Bot 3

Sid Gordon: HP
Buddy Kerr: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Voiselle: W
Bill Rigney: S9.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: 12(3)3/GDP

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 53
Vince DiMaggio: 43
Rollie Hemsley: 3/FL

Bot 4

Mel Ott: W
Babe Young: 3/G.1-2
Ernie Lombardi: 53
Willard Marshall: 3/G

Top 5

Skeeter Newsome: 53
Hugh Mulcahy: K23
Danny Murtaugh: S8
Johnny Wyrostek: 3/G

Bot 5

Johnny Rucker: W
Buddy Kerr: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Voiselle: 8
Bill Rigney: K

Top 6

Jim Tabor: 1/P
Ron Northey: K
Frank McCormick: 53

Bot 6

Mickey Witek: 13
Mel Ott: 43
Babe Young: S9
Ernie Lombardi: 7

Top 7

Vince DiMaggio: 6/L
Rollie Hemsley: W
Skeeter Newsome: S6.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 6/P
Danny Murtaugh: 2/FL

Bot 7

Willard Marshall: S/89
Johnny Rucker: T8.1-H
Buddy Kerr: K
Bill Voiselle: FC1.3XH(12)
Bill Rigney: W.1-2
Mickey Witek: 9

Top 8

Johnny Wyrostek: W
Jim Tabor: 4/P
Ron Northey: HR/9.1-H
Frank McCormick: W
Vince DiMaggio: K
Rollie Hemsley: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Mel Ott: K
Babe Young: W
Ernie Lombardi: S7.1-3;BX2(764)
Willard Marshall: E9/F.3-H(NR)(UR)
Johnny Rucker: 8

Top 9

Skeeter Newsome: S6.B-2(E6/TH)
Lou Novikoff: S.2-3
Danny Murtaugh: PO1(13)
Danny Murtaugh: W
Johnny Wyrostek: W.1-2
Jim Tabor: 6/P
Ron Northey: 43

Notes & reviews

final HR of Mel Ott's career (number 511, NL record at the time)
pbp account ends here, rest deduced

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