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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1939-06-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3741 · 2:23

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 11–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 2nd. Syl Johnson earned the win. Pinky May went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	16
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9

W: Syl Johnson L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Bill Klem · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Bolling	5	1	3	1	1	0
Heinie Mueller	4	3	0	0	2	0
LeGrant Scott	4	3	3	1	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	1	0	1	1	0
Joe Marty	5	2	2	2	0	0
Pinky May	4	0	3	3	1	0
George Scharein	5	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Millies	4	0	2	0	1	0
Al Hollingsworth	1	0	0	0	0	0
Syl Johnson	4	0	1	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Hollingsworth	1.0	0	3	1
Syl Johnson	8.0	9	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	2.0	8	2	0
Russ Bauers	5.0	4	1	1
Bill Clemensen	2.0	4	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Bolling: S7
Heinie Mueller: SB2
Heinie Mueller: E3/L.2-3;B-2
LeGrant Scott: S.3-H(UR);2-3
Morrie Arnovich: 99
Joe Marty: 99
Pinky May: S.3-H(UR);1-2
George Scharein: S6.2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Wally Millies: 99

Bot 1

Paul Waner: 99
Arky Vaughan: 99
Gus Suhr: K

Top 2

Al Hollingsworth: 99
Jack Bolling: S
Heinie Mueller: SB2
Heinie Mueller: W
LeGrant Scott: S7.2XH(72);1-2#
Morrie Arnovich: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Marty: D.3-H;2-H;1-3
Pinky May: S7.3-H;2-H;BX2(99)

Bot 2

Fern Bell: W
Bill Brubaker: W.1-2
Lee Handley: W.2-3;1-2
Lloyd Waner: 46(2)6(1)/GDP.3-H
Ray Berres: 99

Top 3

George Scharein: 99
Wally Millies: S
Syl Johnson: K
Jack Bolling: 99

Bot 3

Russ Bauers: 99
Paul Waner: 99
Arky Vaughan: 99

Top 4

Heinie Mueller: 99
LeGrant Scott: S
Morrie Arnovich: 99
Joe Marty: 99

Bot 4

Gus Suhr: S
Fern Bell: S.1-2
Bill Brubaker: 5(2)3/GDP.1-2
Lee Handley: 99

Top 5

Pinky May: W
George Scharein: 99
Wally Millies: S.1-2#
Syl Johnson: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Lloyd Waner: S
Ray Berres: S.1-2
Russ Bauers: 99
Paul Waner: 99
Arky Vaughan: 99

Top 6

Jack Bolling: S
Heinie Mueller: 99
LeGrant Scott: 99
Morrie Arnovich: 99

Bot 6

Gus Suhr: 99
Fern Bell: 99
Bill Brubaker: S
Lee Handley: 99

Top 7

Joe Marty: 99
Pinky May: 99
George Scharein: 99

Bot 7

Lloyd Waner: 99
Elbie Fletcher: D9.BX3(96)
Chuck Klein: T8
Paul Waner: 3/FL

Top 8

Wally Millies: 99
Syl Johnson: K
Jack Bolling: 99

Bot 8

Arky Vaughan: D8
Gus Suhr: 99
Ray Mueller: D7.2-H
Bill Brubaker: 99
Lee Handley: 99

Top 9

Heinie Mueller: W
LeGrant Scott: E2/TH/SH.1-H(NR)(UR);B-3
Morrie Arnovich: 63.3-H(UR)
Joe Marty: S9
Pinky May: S.1-2#
George Scharein: S9.2-H(UR);1X3(95)
Wally Millies: WP.1-2
Wally Millies: W
Syl Johnson: S6.2-3;1-2
Jack Bolling: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Heinie Mueller: 99/G

Bot 9

Lloyd Waner: 99
Joe Bowman: 99
Chuck Klein: 99

Notes & reviews

The throw to 2B was in time but Vaughan didn't tag Bolling because he thought the pitch was ball four.
Waner hit a low liner to Mueller (2B) who thought he caught the ball; he threw to Scharein (SS), who tagged Brubaker off second, stepped on second, and threw to 1B thinking to retire Handley for a triple play. After a 10-minute discussion between the umpires and both managers, umpire Klem ruled the Mueller trapped the ball and it was a double play with Brubaker and Handley retired, Bell scoring, and Waner safe at 1B.

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