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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1940-07-26 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1093 · 2:04

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Bees 9–0. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 4th. Ken Heintzelman earned the win. Maurice Van Robays went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ken Heintzelman L: Bill Posedel SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	4	1	2	2	0	0
Debs Garms	4	1	1	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	2	2	0	2	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	1	0	1	0
Maurice Van Robays	5	1	3	3	0	1
Frankie Gustine	5	1	1	0	0	0
Al Lopez	4	1	3	2	1	0
Ken Heintzelman	4	0	0	0	1	2
Vince DiMaggio	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	0	1	0	0	1	0
Lee Handley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Buddy Hassett	5	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	4	2	0	0
Sibby Sisti	3	0	1	1
Max West	4	0	0	1
Chet Ross	2	2	2	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0
Al Glossop	2	1	0	0
Ray Berres	1	0	0	0
Bill Posedel	1	0	0	0
Stan Andrews	3	0	0	0
Nick Strincevich	1	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	1	0	1	0
Bama Rowell	1	0	0	0
Phil Masi	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	9.0	5	5	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	3.0	8	0	0
Nick Strincevich	4.0	3	1	2
Ace Williams	2.0	2	5	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: 3/G
Paul Waner: D8
Debs Garms: S7.2-H
Arky Vaughan: S5/BG.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 36(1)/FO.2-H(E6/TH1)(NR)
Maurice Van Robays: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Buddy Hassett: 4/L
Johnny Cooney: 43
Sibby Sisti: W
Max West: 8

Top 2

Frankie Gustine: 63
Al Lopez: D8
Ken Heintzelman: 63
Lloyd Waner: 8

Bot 2

Chet Ross: S5/BG
Eddie Miller: 64(1)3/GDP
Al Glossop: S5/BG
Ray Berres: 5/L

Top 3

Paul Waner: 7
Debs Garms: 43
Arky Vaughan: S8
Elbie Fletcher: 8

Bot 3

Bill Posedel: 2/FL
Buddy Hassett: 13/BG
Johnny Cooney: E4/G
Sibby Sisti: K

Top 4

Maurice Van Robays: D7
Frankie Gustine: S3/BG.2-3
Al Lopez: D/78.3-H;1-3
Ken Heintzelman: 63
Lloyd Waner: HP
Paul Waner: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Debs Garms: 5/L
Arky Vaughan: 4/L

Bot 4

Max West: 7
Chet Ross: D7
Eddie Miller: 7
Al Glossop: 2/P

Top 5

Elbie Fletcher: S8
Maurice Van Robays: K
Frankie Gustine: 6/P
Al Lopez: 7/L

Bot 5

Stan Andrews: 5/P
Nick Strincevich: 43
Buddy Hassett: 13

Top 6

Ken Heintzelman: K
Lloyd Waner: 63
Paul Waner: 63

Bot 6

Johnny Cooney: S8
Sibby Sisti: 8
Max West: K/C
Chet Ross: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: 2/FL

Top 7

Debs Garms: 3/L
Arky Vaughan: W
Elbie Fletcher: 7/L.1-3(E6/TH1)
Maurice Van Robays: D8.3-H
Frankie Gustine: 7

Bot 7

Whitey Wietelmann: W
Stan Andrews: 8
Bama Rowell: 46(1)/FO
Buddy Hassett: 3/FL

Top 8

Al Lopez: W
Ken Heintzelman: K/BF
Vince DiMaggio: 4/P
Paul Waner: CS2(26)

Bot 8

Johnny Cooney: S7
Sibby Sisti: 3/FL
Max West: 8
Chet Ross: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: 7/FL

Top 9

Bob Elliott: W
Lee Handley: PO1(E3).1-2
Lee Handley: 8.2-3
Arky Vaughan: W
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: S7.3-H(UR);2-H;1-2
Frankie Gustine: 9.2-3
Al Lopez: S7.3-H;1-2
Ken Heintzelman: W.2-3;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 53

Bot 9

Whitey Wietelmann: 6/P
Stan Andrews: 4/P
Phil Masi: W
Buddy Hassett: 43