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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1939-06-06 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 6907 · 1:55

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 4th. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win. Pete Coscarart went 4-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	1	1	0	0	0	2	10
BRO	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		5	12

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Joe Bowman SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	0	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	0	1	1	1	0
Johnny Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fern Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	4	1	4	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	3	0	2	1	1	0
Lee Handley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Berres	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	4	0	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Goody Rosen	4	0	3	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	0	0	1	0	1
Gene Moore	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dolph Camilli	2	0	0	0	2	1
Babe Phelps	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ernie Koy	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Hudson	4	2	2	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	4	2	4	2	0	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	3	1	1	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	8.0	12	2	7

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9.0	10	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 8/F
Arky Vaughan: 9/L
Johnny Rizzo: 8/F

Bot 1

Goody Rosen: S
Cookie Lavagetto: K
Gene Moore: 7/F
Dolph Camilli: SB2
Dolph Camilli: W
Babe Phelps: K

Top 2

Fern Bell: 7/F
Bill Brubaker: D
Gus Suhr: W
Lee Handley: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Ernie Koy: K
Johnny Hudson: S
Pete Coscarart: SB2
Pete Coscarart: HR7/IPHR.2-H#
Freddie Fitzsimmons: K
Goody Rosen: S
Cookie Lavagetto: CS2(24)

Top 3

Ray Berres: D
Joe Bowman: 8/F.2-3
Lloyd Waner: 13
Arky Vaughan: W
Johnny Rizzo: 63

Bot 3

Cookie Lavagetto: 53
Gene Moore: S
Dolph Camilli: K
Babe Phelps: 2/FL

Top 4

Fern Bell: 7/F
Bill Brubaker: S
Gus Suhr: S.1-2
Lee Handley: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Ernie Koy: 9/F
Johnny Hudson: S
Pete Coscarart: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Freddie Fitzsimmons: S.3-H;2-H
Goody Rosen: S.1-3
Cookie Lavagetto: 9/SF.3-H
Gene Moore: K

Top 5

Ray Berres: S
Joe Bowman: D.1-3
Lloyd Waner: 13
Arky Vaughan: FC6.2X3(656);3-H
Johnny Rizzo: K

Bot 5

Dolph Camilli: W
Babe Phelps: 8/F
Ernie Koy: K
Johnny Hudson: 9/F

Top 6

Fern Bell: 8/F
Bill Brubaker: D
Gus Suhr: D.2-H
Lee Handley: 7/F
Ray Berres: 53

Bot 6

Pete Coscarart: S
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 14/SH.1-2
Goody Rosen: 63.2-3
Cookie Lavagetto: 63

Top 7

Joe Bowman: 7/F
Lloyd Waner: 3/G
Arky Vaughan: S
Johnny Rizzo: 8/F

Bot 7

Gene Moore: 43
Dolph Camilli: 8/F
Babe Phelps: S
Ernie Koy: 53

Top 8

Fern Bell: 5/P
Bill Brubaker: S6/G
Gus Suhr: 9/F
Lee Handley: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Johnny Hudson: 43
Pete Coscarart: S
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 13(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 9

Ray Berres: 5/L
Joe Bowman: 31
Lloyd Waner: 8/F

Notes & reviews

Waner lined ball off Fitzsimmons' leg. Fred limped around but continued.
Bowman purposely let Fitz' pop drop then threw to Suhr who tagged Coscarart then 1B bag.

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