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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1940-09-17 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1077 · 2:20

Boston Bees defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–5. Boston Bees put up 5 in the 8th. Dick Errickson earned the win and Nick Strincevich picked up the save. Vince DiMaggio went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	5	12
BSN	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5		10	14

W: Dick Errickson L: Dick Lanahan SV: Nick Strincevich

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pep Young	5	0	1	0	1	0
Debs Garms	6	0	3	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	0	1	0
Arky Vaughan	1	0	0	1	4	0
Maurice Van Robays	5	1	0	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	0	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	2	1	0
Spud Davis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Danny MacFayden	3	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Fernandes	1	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Waner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	4	1	2	0	1	0
Johnny Cooney	1	1	1	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	5	0	1	1	0	0
Max West	4	3	2	1	1	1
Chet Ross	4	2	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	1	1	1	0	0
Gene Moore	4	0	2	3	0	0
Ray Berres	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dick Errickson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Preibisch	4	0	2	2	0	0
Nick Strincevich	1	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Lanahan	0.0	3	1	0
Danny MacFayden	7.0	5	0	0
Mace Brown	0.0	4	0	0
Oad Swigart	1.0	2	1	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Errickson	7.2	11	6	2
Nick Strincevich	1.1	1	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pep Young: 99
Debs Garms: 99
Bob Elliott: T
Arky Vaughan: 99

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Johnny Cooney: S7.1-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Bama Rowell: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Max West: W+PB.2-3
Chet Ross: FC3.3XH(32);1-2
Eddie Miller: 6
Gene Moore: D9.2-H;1-H
Ray Berres: 53

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: K
Elbie Fletcher: 99
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Bot 2

Dick Errickson: E4
Whitey Wietelmann: 46(1)3/GDP
Mel Preibisch: S7
Bama Rowell: 99

Top 3

Spud Davis: K
Danny MacFayden: S8
Pep Young: 7
Debs Garms: T/78.1-H
Bob Elliott: 99

Bot 3

Max West: 99
Chet Ross: 99
Eddie Miller: 99

Top 4

Arky Vaughan: W
Maurice Van Robays: 99(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: 99/G.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: S7.2-H
Spud Davis: 99

Bot 4

Gene Moore: 99
Ray Berres: 99
Dick Errickson: S
Whitey Wietelmann: 99

Top 5

Danny MacFayden: 99
Pep Young: D
Debs Garms: S.2-3
Bob Elliott: 99
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 99

Bot 5

Mel Preibisch: 99
Bama Rowell: 99
Max West: HR/9
Chet Ross: 99

Top 6

Elbie Fletcher: 99
Vince DiMaggio: HR/7
Spud Davis: 99
Danny MacFayden: S
Pep Young: W.1-2
Debs Garms: 99

Bot 6

Eddie Miller: 99
Gene Moore: 99
Ray Berres: 99

Top 7

Bob Elliott: W
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 6
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 8

Bot 7

Dick Errickson: 99
Whitey Wietelmann: S
Mel Preibisch: 99
Bama Rowell: 99

Top 8

Spud Davis: S7
Joe Bowman: 4
Pep Young: 7
Debs Garms: S7.1-2
Bob Elliott: S1.2-3;1-2
Arky Vaughan: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 63

Bot 8

Max West: D9
Chet Ross: S7.2-3
Eddie Miller: S7.3-H;1-2
Gene Moore: S7.2-H;1-2
Ray Berres: S7.2-H;1-2
Nick Strincevich: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: W.2-3;1-2
Mel Preibisch: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bama Rowell: 43
Max West: K/C

Top 9

Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Ed Fernandes: S9.2-H;1-2#
Paul Waner: 99
Pep Young: 99
Debs Garms: 3/L

Notes & reviews

This was Mel Preibisch's major-league debut

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