This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1937-08-08 · Day game · Forbes Field · 1:59

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–2. New York Giants put up 4 in the 3rd. Cliff Melton earned the win. Mel Ott went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	13
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6

W: Cliff Melton L: Mace Brown SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burgess Whitehead	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jo-Jo Moore	5	1	3	1	0	0
Mel Ott	4	2	2	1	1	0
Wally Berger	4	0	0	1	1	1
Jimmy Ripple	5	1	1	1	0	0
Sam Leslie	4	2	2	1	1	0
Harry Danning	5	2	1	0	0	1
Blondy Ryan	4	2	2	3	0	0
Cliff Melton	3	0	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Woody Jensen	4	1	1	0	0	1
Paul Waner	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Todd	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Brubaker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pep Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lee Handley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Swift	2	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	9.0	6	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mace Brown	1.2	5	2	0
Joe Bowman	1.0	4	0	1
Bill Swift	6.1	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Burgess Whitehead: 8
Jo-Jo Moore: D/78
Mel Ott: 63.2-3
Wally Berger: W
Jimmy Ripple: 43

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 63
Woody Jensen: D7
Paul Waner: S6.2-2
Gus Suhr: 43.2-H(NR);1-2
Al Todd: IW
Bill Brubaker: PB.1-2;2-3
Bill Brubaker: 13

Top 2

Sam Leslie: W
Harry Danning: D7.1-3
Blondy Ryan: S7.2-H;3-H
Cliff Melton: 54/SH.1-2
Burgess Whitehead: S9.2-3;BX2(926)
Jo-Jo Moore: S8.3-H
Mel Ott: 43

Bot 2

Pep Young: S9
Lee Handley: 64(1)/FO
Joe Bowman: 2/FL
Lloyd Waner: 8

Top 3

Wally Berger: K/C
Jimmy Ripple: D7
Sam Leslie: S9.2-H
Harry Danning: E6.1-2
Blondy Ryan: D7.1-3;2-H
Cliff Melton: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Burgess Whitehead: D9.2-H(UR)
Jo-Jo Moore: 8

Bot 3

Woody Jensen: 5/P
Paul Waner: 63
Gus Suhr: S4
Al Todd: 6/L

Top 4

Mel Ott: HR/9
Wally Berger: 8
Jimmy Ripple: 43/BG
Sam Leslie: 8

Bot 4

Bill Brubaker: 8
Pep Young: 5/L
Lee Handley: 53

Top 5

Harry Danning: K
Blondy Ryan: 4/P
Cliff Melton: 63

Bot 5

Bill Swift: 43
Lloyd Waner: 63
Woody Jensen: K

Top 6

Burgess Whitehead: 13
Jo-Jo Moore: 4/P
Mel Ott: W
Wally Berger: SB2
Wally Berger: 2/FL

Bot 6

Paul Waner: 7/L
Gus Suhr: 43
Al Todd: 63

Top 7

Jimmy Ripple: 7
Sam Leslie: 5/FL
Harry Danning: 9

Bot 7

Bill Brubaker: 6/L
Pep Young: 9
Lee Handley: 8

Top 8

Blondy Ryan: 4/P
Cliff Melton: 6/P
Burgess Whitehead: 9

Bot 8

Bill Swift: K
Lloyd Waner: T8
Woody Jensen: 53
Paul Waner: S7.3-H
Gus Suhr: 43

Top 9

Jo-Jo Moore: S8
Mel Ott: D9.1-3
Wally Berger: 43.2-3;3-H
Jimmy Ripple: 7/F.3-H
Sam Leslie: S9
Harry Danning: 7

Bot 9

Al Todd: 63
Bill Brubaker: 9
Pep Young: 7

Notes & reviews

Burgess Whitehead rounded 2B too far

⚾ Arcade