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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-08-03 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1000 · 1:38

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–0. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 1st. Mace Brown earned the win. Bob Elliott went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	8	14
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Mace Brown L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	5	2	2	1	0	1
Debs Garms	4	2	3	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	5	2	2	1	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	2	3	1	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	1	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	2	1	0	0
Spud Davis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mace Brown	3	0	0	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Handley	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Art Mahan	4	0	0
Ham Schulte	4	0	1
Joe Marty	4	1	0
Chuck Klein	3	0	0
Mel Mazzera	3	0	0
Pinky May	3	0	0
Bobby Bragan	2	1	0
Bennie Warren	3	1	0
Boom-Boom Beck	3	0	0
Alex Monchak	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mace Brown	9.0	3	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	0.0	4	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	9.0	10	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-2#
Debs Garms: S.2-H;1-2#
Arky Vaughan: S.2-H;1-2#
Elbie Fletcher: S.2-H;1-3
Maurice Van Robays: 99/F.3-H
Frankie Gustine: D.1-H
Spud Davis: 99/G
Mace Brown: 99/G

Bot 1

Art Mahan: 99/G
Ham Schulte: 99/F
Joe Marty: 99/G

Top 2

Lloyd Waner: 99/G
Bob Elliott: K
Debs Garms: S
Arky Vaughan: PO1(13)

Bot 2

Chuck Klein: 99/F
Mel Mazzera: 99/F
Pinky May: 99/F

Top 3

Arky Vaughan: K
Elbie Fletcher: 99/F
Maurice Van Robays: 99/G

Bot 3

Bobby Bragan: S
Bennie Warren: 64(1)3/GDP
Boom-Boom Beck: 99/G

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: D
Spud Davis: 99/F
Mace Brown: K
Lloyd Waner: 99/F

Bot 4

Art Mahan: 99/G
Ham Schulte: 99/G
Joe Marty: 99/F

Top 5

Bob Elliott: HR/7D
Debs Garms: 99/F
Arky Vaughan: 99/F
Elbie Fletcher: W
Maurice Van Robays: 99(1)/FO

Bot 5

Chuck Klein: 99/L
Mel Mazzera: 99/F
Pinky May: E4
Bobby Bragan: 99/G

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 99/F
Spud Davis: 99/G
Mace Brown: 99/G

Bot 6

Bennie Warren: 99/G
Boom-Boom Beck: 99/F
Art Mahan: 99/F

Top 7

Lloyd Waner: 99/G
Bob Elliott: 99/F
Debs Garms: S
Arky Vaughan: S.1-2#
Elbie Fletcher: D.2-H;1-H
Maurice Van Robays: K

Bot 7

Ham Schulte: 99/G
Joe Marty: S/7.B-2(E7)
Chuck Klein: 99/G
Mel Mazzera: 99/G

Top 8

Frankie Gustine: 99/F
Spud Davis: S
Mace Brown: 99/SH.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 99/G

Bot 8

Pinky May: 99/F
Alex Monchak: K
Bennie Warren: S
Boom-Boom Beck: 99/G

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 99/F
Lee Handley: S
Arky Vaughan: 2(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 9

Art Mahan: 99/G
Ham Schulte: K
Joe Marty: 99/F