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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-07-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6000 · 2:05

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 1st. Syl Johnson earned the win. Fern Bell 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	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8
PHI	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	0		8	13

W: Syl Johnson L: Bill Swift SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Fern Bell	4	1	1	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	3	1	1	1	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	1	1	0	0
Lee Handley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Brubaker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ray Berres	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Suhr	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Swift	0.2	4	0	0
Rip Sewell	5.0	9	3	3
Ken Heintzelman	2.1	0	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Syl Johnson	9.0	8	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 8/L
Arky Vaughan: S/78
Fern Bell: 3/P
Chuck Klein: 8/F

Bot 1

Jack Bolling: 8/F
Hersh Martin: T9/F9DW
Gibby Brack: 9/SF.3-H
Morrie Arnovich: S/89
Pinky May: D8.1-H
Roy Hughes: S9.2-H
George Scharein: 7/L

Top 2

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Lee Handley: 13
Bill Brubaker: K

Bot 2

Spud Davis: W
Syl Johnson: 13/SH.1-2
Jack Bolling: 3/G.2-3
Hersh Martin: S9.3-H
Gibby Brack: 9/F9D

Top 3

Ray Berres: 4/P
Rip Sewell: 6/P
Lloyd Waner: S7
Arky Vaughan: 9/F

Bot 3

Morrie Arnovich: 8/F
Pinky May: W
Roy Hughes: 13/SH.1-2
George Scharein: S7.2-H
Spud Davis: W.1-2
Syl Johnson: K/C

Top 4

Fern Bell: HR/L7D
Chuck Klein: 9/L
Elbie Fletcher: HR/F9D
Lee Handley: 4/P
Bill Brubaker: D7
Ray Berres: 2/FL

Bot 4

Jack Bolling: 8/F
Hersh Martin: S9
Gibby Brack: 64(1)/FO
Morrie Arnovich: E6/G.1-2
Pinky May: 2/FL

Top 5

Rip Sewell: 4/P
Lloyd Waner: 43
Arky Vaughan: K/C

Bot 5

Roy Hughes: S5
George Scharein: K+SB2/C
Spud Davis: S9.2-H
Syl Johnson: K
Jack Bolling: S4/G4S.1-3(E4/TH1);B-2
Hersh Martin: 9/F

Top 6

Fern Bell: 9/F
Chuck Klein: W
Elbie Fletcher: 7/F
Lee Handley: S7.1-3
Bill Brubaker: 8/F

Bot 6

Gibby Brack: S5/G.B-2(E5/TH1)
Morrie Arnovich: 13/SH.2-3
Pinky May: S7.3-H
Roy Hughes: 9/L
George Scharein: D7/L7LD.1-H
Spud Davis: 3/P3D

Top 7

Paul Waner: 31
Ken Heintzelman: D/89
Lloyd Waner: 63.2-2
Arky Vaughan: 3/G

Bot 7

Syl Johnson: K
Jack Bolling: 2/FL
Hersh Martin: 41

Top 8

Fern Bell: 3/FL
Chuck Klein: HR/F9LD
Elbie Fletcher: 43
Lee Handley: 63

Bot 8

Gibby Brack: 3/P
Morrie Arnovich: W
Pinky May: 53.1-2
Roy Hughes: 341/G34

Top 9

Bill Brubaker: 2/FL
Joe Bowman: K/C
Gus Suhr: K/C

Notes & reviews

3,009 Ladies' Day guests also attended
Into upper LF stands
Over RF fence
Off Handley's glove
Klein: nice running catch
Pitcher Sewell ejected by HP umpire Goetz for arguing that ball hit by Scharein was foul
Over RF fence
Deflected off Fletcher's glove to Brubaker

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