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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1936-05-07 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 10000 · 1:52

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 6–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 6th. Ralph Birkofer earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		6	10

W: Ralph Birkofer L: Slick Castleman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Pfirman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Jo-Jo Moore	5	1	2	0
Burgess Whitehead	4	0	2	0
Mel Ott	5	1	1	1
Hank Leiber	4	0	2	1
Sam Leslie	3	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0
Travis Jackson	4	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	4	0	3	0
Slick Castleman	3	0	1	0
Kiddo Davis	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Jensen	4	1	2	1	0	0
Paul Waner	5	0	0	1	0	0
Bud Hafey	4	1	1	0	0	1
Arky Vaughan	3	1	1	1	1	0
Gus Suhr	2	1	1	0	2	0
Pep Young	3	1	1	0	1	1
Bill Brubaker	4	1	1	1	0	1
Tom Padden	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ralph Birkofer	4	0	2	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Slick Castleman	5.1	6	5	4
Hal Schumacher	2.2	4	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Birkofer	9.0	11	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jo-Jo Moore: D9
Burgess Whitehead: 13/SH.2-3
Mel Ott: S8.3-H
Hank Leiber: D7.1-H
Sam Leslie: 43.2-3
Gus Mancuso: 43

Bot 1

Woody Jensen: T8
Paul Waner: 7/F7D.3-H
Bud Hafey: 63
Arky Vaughan: W
Gus Suhr: W.1-2
Pep Young: 53

Top 2

Travis Jackson: 13
Dick Bartell: D7
Slick Castleman: 7
Jo-Jo Moore: S6.2-3
Burgess Whitehead: 53

Bot 2

Bill Brubaker: K
Tom Padden: 3
Ralph Birkofer: K

Top 3

Mel Ott: 4
Hank Leiber: S7
Sam Leslie: HP.1-2
Gus Mancuso: 9
Travis Jackson: 8

Bot 3

Woody Jensen: 43
Paul Waner: 7
Bud Hafey: K

Top 4

Dick Bartell: 43
Slick Castleman: S9
Jo-Jo Moore: 4/L
Burgess Whitehead: 3/G

Bot 4

Arky Vaughan: 7
Gus Suhr: 9
Pep Young: K/C

Top 5

Mel Ott: 2/FL
Hank Leiber: 9/F9D
Sam Leslie: 7

Bot 5

Bill Brubaker: 9
Tom Padden: 63
Ralph Birkofer: S8
Woody Jensen: 5/FL

Top 6

Gus Mancuso: 7/L
Travis Jackson: 43
Dick Bartell: S5/BG
Slick Castleman: 43

Bot 6

Paul Waner: 43
Bud Hafey: S7
Arky Vaughan: T9.1-H
Gus Suhr: IW
Pep Young: W.1-2
Bill Brubaker: S5.3-H;2-H(E5/TH)(NR);1-3;B-2
Tom Padden: IW
Ralph Birkofer: S4.3-H;2-3;1-2
Woody Jensen: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Paul Waner: 12(3)3/GDP

Top 7

Jo-Jo Moore: 8
Burgess Whitehead: S3
Mel Ott: 46(1)/FO
Hank Leiber: 4

Bot 7

Bud Hafey: 63
Arky Vaughan: 9
Gus Suhr: S8
Pep Young: S9.1-3
Bill Brubaker: 3/FL

Top 8

Sam Leslie: 8/L
Gus Mancuso: 9
Travis Jackson: 8

Bot 8

Tom Padden: S7
Ralph Birkofer: 56(1)/FO/BG
Woody Jensen: S7.1-2
Paul Waner: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Dick Bartell: S8
Kiddo Davis: 6
Jo-Jo Moore: 8
Burgess Whitehead: S8.1-3
Mel Ott: 31