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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1946-06-25 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 20317 · night · 1:47

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 3–0. Nick Strincevich earned the win. Ralph Kiner 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	1	0	1	0	3	9
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

W: Nick Strincevich L: Hal Schumacher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Butch Henline · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	5	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Elliott	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	2	2	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	2	0	1	0	2	1
Billy Cox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	2	0	0	0
Nick Strincevich	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Buddy Blattner	4	0	0	0
Goody Rosen	4	0	0	0
Jack Graham	4	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	3	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	4	1	0	1
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	3	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	2	1	1	0
Hal Schumacher	2	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	9.0	4	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Schumacher	8.0	7	3	2
Bill Voiselle	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: 8
Jim Russell: HR/9
Bob Elliott: W
Ralph Kiner: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Buddy Blattner: 63
Goody Rosen: 9/FL
Jack Graham: 7

Top 2

Frankie Gustine: 3/FL
Elbie Fletcher: D7
Billy Cox: 5/P
Al Lopez: 53

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: 43
Walker Cooper: 6/P
Mickey Witek: 9

Top 3

Nick Strincevich: K
Lee Handley: 8
Jim Russell: 31

Bot 3

Sid Gordon: 8
Buddy Kerr: W
Hal Schumacher: 64(1)/FO
Buddy Blattner: E6.1-2
Goody Rosen: 8

Top 4

Bob Elliott: S7
Ralph Kiner: 13.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 53
Elbie Fletcher: W
Billy Cox: 5(2)/FO

Bot 4

Jack Graham: 9
Johnny Mize: 9
Walker Cooper: S9
Mickey Witek: 43

Top 5

Al Lopez: 63
Nick Strincevich: 13
Lee Handley: E1
Jim Russell: 3/G

Bot 5

Sid Gordon: S9
Buddy Kerr: 6/P
Hal Schumacher: PO1(23)
Hal Schumacher: 1/P

Top 6

Bob Elliott: 4/P
Ralph Kiner: S7
Frankie Gustine: D9.1-H;BX3(935)
Elbie Fletcher: W
Billy Cox: 7

Bot 6

Buddy Blattner: 53
Goody Rosen: 2/FL
Jack Graham: 2/FL

Top 7

Al Lopez: S7
Nick Strincevich: 34/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: 8
Jim Russell: 13

Bot 7

Johnny Mize: W
Walker Cooper: 64(1)3/GDP
Mickey Witek: 9

Top 8

Bob Elliott: 13/BG
Ralph Kiner: HR/7
Frankie Gustine: 7
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: 63
Buddy Kerr: S
Willard Marshall: 46(1)/FO
Buddy Blattner: 6/P

Top 9

Billy Cox: 63
Al Lopez: S
Nick Strincevich: 3/P
Lee Handley: S.1-2
Jim Russell: K23

Bot 9

Goody Rosen: 7
Jack Graham: D/78
Johnny Mize: 3/G.2-3
Walker Cooper: K/C

Notes & reviews

Schumacher missed a bunt attempt
End of 103 play-by-play, NY Times has Giants 9th Two Pirates outs and K23 deduced from PO&A totals and non-K outs may have been in reverse order

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