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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1940-06-17 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:18

Boston Bees defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Boston Bees put up 2 in the 2nd. Bill Posedel earned the win. Vince DiMaggio 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	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	6
BSN	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2		5	13

W: Bill Posedel L: Johnny Lanning SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pep Young	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	2
Debs Garms	1	0	0	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	0	1	1	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	2
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	0	2
Bill Brubaker	3	0	0	0	0	2
Al Lopez	3	1	1	0	0	0
Danny MacFayden	2	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	1	2	1	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Bowman	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Buddy Hassett	5	1	3	0	0
Sibby Sisti	4	0	0	0	0
Gene Moore	4	1	1	0	0
Chet Ross	3	2	2	1	1
Max West	4	1	2	2	0
Bama Rowell	3	0	2	1	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	1
Ray Berres	4	0	2	0	0
Bill Posedel	3	0	1	1	1
Al Glossop	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Danny MacFayden	7.0	11	0
Johnny Lanning	0.0	1	1
Ken Heintzelman	1.0	1	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	9.0	6	2	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pep Young: S8
Bob Elliott: 8
Debs Garms: 7
Arky Vaughan: CS2(26)

Bot 1

Buddy Hassett: S/89
Sibby Sisti: 4/P
Gene Moore: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Arky Vaughan: W
Elbie Fletcher: K+CS2(26)/DP
Vince DiMaggio: K/C

Bot 2

Chet Ross: S7
Max West: T7/L7.1-H
Bama Rowell: 8.3-H
Eddie Miller: 63
Ray Berres: S9
Bill Posedel: 7

Top 3

Bill Brubaker: K
Al Lopez: 2/FL
Danny MacFayden: K

Bot 3

Buddy Hassett: S4
Sibby Sisti: 7
Gene Moore: 53.1-2
Chet Ross: S9.2-H
Max West: 2/FL

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: T9
Bob Elliott: K/C
Maurice Van Robays: K/C
Arky Vaughan: S9.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 4

Bama Rowell: T8
Eddie Miller: 63
Ray Berres: S1.3-3
Bill Posedel: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Vince DiMaggio: 7
Bill Brubaker: K
Al Lopez: 3/P

Bot 5

Buddy Hassett: 7
Sibby Sisti: 63
Gene Moore: 163

Top 6

Danny MacFayden: 13
Frankie Gustine: 7
Bob Elliott: K/C

Bot 6

Chet Ross: 53
Max West: 7
Bama Rowell: D7
Eddie Miller: 63

Top 7

Maurice Van Robays: 8
Arky Vaughan: 3/G
Elbie Fletcher: 9

Bot 7

Ray Berres: 53
Bill Posedel: S7
Buddy Hassett: S3.1-2
Sibby Sisti: CS3(25)
Sibby Sisti: 9/L

Top 8

Vince DiMaggio: HR/7
Bill Brubaker: 8
Al Lopez: T8
Joe Bowman: W
Frankie Gustine: S8.1-2;3-H
Bob Elliott: 8
Maurice Van Robays: K/C

Bot 8

Gene Moore: S7
Chet Ross: W.1-2
Max West: S9.1-3;2-H
Al Glossop: 13.1-2
Eddie Miller: IW
Ray Berres: 4/P
Bill Posedel: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Hassett: 43

Top 9

Arky Vaughan: 3/P
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Vince DiMaggio: K/C

Notes & reviews

Pep Young pulled a leg muscle swinging at a pitch and left with 0-2 count

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