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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-07-16 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 12958 · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 6 in the 7th. Bob Klinger earned the win and Bill Swift picked up the save. Elbie Fletcher went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	7	10
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	12

W: Bob Klinger L: Max Butcher SV: Bill Swift

Umpires — HP: Bick Campbell · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: (none) · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	1	1	2	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	2	2	1	1	0
Fern Bell	5	1	1	0	0	1
Chuck Klein	5	0	2	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	5	0	2	3	0	0
Lee Handley	3	1	1	0	2	0
Bill Brubaker	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Berres	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Klinger	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Waner	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ray Mueller	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Swift	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Bolling	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hersh Martin	5	1	2	0	0	0
Gibby Brack	5	0	1	1	0	1
Morrie Arnovich	5	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky May	4	1	0	0	1	0
Roy Hughes	4	1	2	0	0	0
George Scharein	4	0	4	0	0	0
Spud Davis	3	0	1	2	1	0
Max Butcher	3	0	0	0	0	1
LeGrant Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Klinger	6.0	7	2	1
Bill Swift	3.0	5	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	6.1	6	4	2
Kirby Higbe	2.2	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 43
Arky Vaughan: W
Fern Bell: 64(1)/FO
Chuck Klein: 8

Bot 1

Jack Bolling: E5/G.B-1
Hersh Martin: S7.1-2
Gibby Brack: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Morrie Arnovich: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Elbie Fletcher: S9
Lee Handley: S9.1-3
Bill Brubaker: 4
Ray Berres: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Pinky May: E4/G.B-1
Roy Hughes: SB2#
Roy Hughes: 3
George Scharein: S1.2-2#
Spud Davis: W.2-3;1-2
Max Butcher: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Bob Klinger: 3/FL
Lloyd Waner: 8
Arky Vaughan: 8

Bot 3

Jack Bolling: 53
Hersh Martin: 63
Gibby Brack: 13

Top 4

Fern Bell: K
Chuck Klein: 8
Elbie Fletcher: 5/FL

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: 3/G
Pinky May: 7
Roy Hughes: S9
George Scharein: S7.1-2
Spud Davis: 4/L

Top 5

Lee Handley: W
Bill Brubaker: BK.1-2#
Bill Brubaker: 7
Ray Berres: 53
Bob Klinger: 8

Bot 5

Max Butcher: 53
Jack Bolling: 43
Hersh Martin: 43

Top 6

Lloyd Waner: 63
Arky Vaughan: S4
Fern Bell: 8/F.1-2#
Chuck Klein: S9.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Gibby Brack: 63
Morrie Arnovich: 63
Pinky May: W
Roy Hughes: S8.1-2
George Scharein: S.2-3;1-2;B-1
Spud Davis: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Max Butcher: K

Top 7

Lee Handley: W
Bill Brubaker: K
Joe Bowman: D8.1-3
Paul Waner: IW
Lloyd Waner: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Arky Vaughan: S8.3-H;1-2
Fern Bell: E4.2-3;1-2;B-1
Chuck Klein: 3
Elbie Fletcher: D8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Lee Handley: 43

Bot 7

Jack Bolling: S5
Hersh Martin: 2/FL
Gibby Brack: K
Morrie Arnovich: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bill Brubaker: HP
Ray Mueller: 14/SH.1-2
Bill Swift: 63
Lloyd Waner: 6

Bot 8

Pinky May: 2/FL
Roy Hughes: 8
George Scharein: S9
Spud Davis: 9

Top 9

Arky Vaughan: 7
Fern Bell: S8
Chuck Klein: D9.1-3
Elbie Fletcher: 6
Lee Handley: 63

Bot 9

LeGrant Scott: 31
Jack Bolling: K
Hersh Martin: D8
Gibby Brack: S9.2-H
Morrie Arnovich: S8.1-2
Pinky May: 3/G