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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1939-07-29 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4962 · 2:06

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Bees 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 4th. Joe Bowman earned the win and Mace Brown picked up the save. Johnny Rizzo went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	13
PIT	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0		6	10

W: Joe Bowman L: Milt Shoffner SV: Mace Brown

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rabbit Warstler	4	2	2	0	1	0
Debs Garms	5	1	3	2	0	0
Buddy Hassett	5	0	3	0	0	0
Max West	5	0	2	3	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	1	0	1	2
Al Simmons	5	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Sibby Sisti	3	1	1	0	1	0
Milt Shoffner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Errickson	1	0	0	0	1	0
Phil Masi	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fern Bell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	2	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Rizzo	4	1	2	2	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	1	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	2	0	1	0	1	0
Lee Handley	4	1	1	1	0	1
Pep Young	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Berres	4	1	1	1	0	1
Joe Bowman	3	0	1	2	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Shoffner	3.1	8	0	1
Dick Errickson	4.2	2	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	7.0	10	1	3
Rip Sewell	1.0	2	2	1
Mace Brown	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rabbit Warstler: 8/L
Debs Garms: S8
Buddy Hassett: S7.1-2
Max West: 9/F.2-3
Tony Cuccinello: K/C

Bot 1

Fern Bell: S7
Arky Vaughan: 53/SH.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: S8.2-H
Chuck Klein: 46(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: S9.1-2
Lee Handley: K

Top 2

Al Simmons: 2/FL
Al Lopez: K
Sibby Sisti: S8
Milt Shoffner: K

Bot 2

Pep Young: 53
Ray Berres: 63
Joe Bowman: 43

Top 3

Rabbit Warstler: 63
Debs Garms: 8/F
Buddy Hassett: 43

Bot 3

Fern Bell: 43
Arky Vaughan: S9
Johnny Rizzo: CS2(26)
Johnny Rizzo: 2/FL

Top 4

Max West: 8/F
Tony Cuccinello: 6/P
Al Simmons: 9/L

Bot 4

Chuck Klein: S5
Elbie Fletcher: 54/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: D/78.2-H
Pep Young: S3.2-3
Ray Berres: D7.3-H;1-3
Joe Bowman: D9.3-H;2-H
Fern Bell: 6/P
Arky Vaughan: W
Johnny Rizzo: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Al Lopez: 9/F
Sibby Sisti: 53
Dick Errickson: W
Rabbit Warstler: S/89.1-3
Debs Garms: 7/F

Bot 5

Chuck Klein: 3/G
Elbie Fletcher: 53
Lee Handley: 43

Top 6

Buddy Hassett: 13
Max West: S3
Tony Cuccinello: S9.1-3
Al Simmons: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Pep Young: 63
Ray Berres: K/C
Joe Bowman: 9/F

Top 7

Phil Masi: 43
Sibby Sisti: 8/F
Dick Errickson: 53

Bot 7

Fern Bell: 9/L
Arky Vaughan: 43
Johnny Rizzo: HR/7
Chuck Klein: 2/FL

Top 8

Rabbit Warstler: S8
Debs Garms: S9.1-2
Buddy Hassett: S7.2-3;1-2
Max West: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Tony Cuccinello: K
Al Simmons: 4/P
Phil Masi: 13

Bot 8

Elbie Fletcher: W
Lee Handley: 8/F
Pep Young: 5/FL
Ray Berres: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Sibby Sisti: W
Jimmy Outlaw: S3.1-2
Rabbit Warstler: W.2-3;1-2
Debs Garms: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Buddy Hassett: S5.2-3;1-2
Max West: 3/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tony Cuccinello: IW
Al Simmons: 12(3)3/GDP