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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-06-01 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 8000 · 1:55

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Rip Sewell earned the win. Gibby Brack went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rip Sewell L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Hersh Martin	4	0	2	0	0
Heinie Mueller	4	0	0	0	1
Gibby Brack	4	1	1	1	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	2	0	0
Pinky May	3	0	1	0	0
LeGrant Scott	4	0	1	0	0
Del Young	3	0	1	1	1
Wally Millies	3	0	2	0	0
Kirby Higbe	2	0	0	0	0
Les Powers	1	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	10	0	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	9.0	7	8	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Waner: W
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: K
Fern Bell: S9.2-H;1-H(E9)(NR)(UR);B-2
Bill Brubaker: K
Gus Suhr: 7

Bot 1

Hersh Martin: S8
Heinie Mueller: K
Gibby Brack: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Lee Handley: K
Ray Berres: W
Rip Sewell: 8
Paul Waner: K

Bot 2

Morrie Arnovich: S7
Pinky May: S8.1-2
LeGrant Scott: 9/F.2-3
Del Young: 9/SF.3-H
Wally Millies: S8.1-2
Kirby Higbe: 6

Top 3

Arky Vaughan: K
Johnny Rizzo: S5
Fern Bell: W.1-2
Bill Brubaker: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Gus Suhr: W.1-2
Lee Handley: K

Bot 3

Hersh Martin: S9
Heinie Mueller: 9
Gibby Brack: 46(1)/FO
Morrie Arnovich: CS2(24)

Top 4

Ray Berres: 7
Rip Sewell: W
Paul Waner: 4
Arky Vaughan: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: S9
Pinky May: 13/SH.1-2
LeGrant Scott: 3/G.2-3#
Del Young: 43

Top 5

Johnny Rizzo: 63
Fern Bell: W
Bill Brubaker: CS2(26)#
Bill Brubaker: 4/FL

Bot 5

Wally Millies: S8
Kirby Higbe: 34/SH.1-2
Hersh Martin: 9/L
Heinie Mueller: 8

Top 6

Gus Suhr: S1/BG
Lee Handley: K
Ray Berres: HP.1-2
Rip Sewell: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Paul Waner: 8

Bot 6

Gibby Brack: HR/7
Morrie Arnovich: 5/FL
Pinky May: 7
LeGrant Scott: S4
Del Young: K

Top 7

Arky Vaughan: 3/G
Johnny Rizzo: 63
Fern Bell: 53

Bot 7

Wally Millies: 8
Kirby Higbe: 3/BG
Hersh Martin: 3/G

Top 8

Bill Brubaker: HR/8
Gus Suhr: 43
Lee Handley: S8
Ray Berres: SB2#
Ray Berres: 7
Rip Sewell: K

Bot 8

Heinie Mueller: 8
Gibby Brack: 9
Morrie Arnovich: 7

Top 9

Paul Waner: W
Arky Vaughan: D9.1-3
Johnny Rizzo: S8.3-H;2-3
Fern Bell: WP.3-H;1-2
Fern Bell: E5/G.2-2;B-1#
Bill Brubaker: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Gus Suhr: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Lee Handley: FC1.3XH(152);1-2;B-1

Bot 9

Pinky May: 53
LeGrant Scott: 4/L
Del Young: S7
Les Powers: K