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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-08-04 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:43

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 9th. Rip Sewell earned the win. Debs Garms went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	12
PHI	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Rip Sewell L: Hugh Mulcahy SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	5	0	2	0	0	1
Debs Garms	5	2	3	2	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	0	2	2	2	0
Elbie Fletcher	5	0	0	1	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	1	0	0	0
Spud Davis	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	4	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Art Mahan	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ham Schulte	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Marty	3	0	1	0	1	1
Chuck Klein	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Mazzera	4	1	1	0	0	1
Pinky May	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Bragan	3	0	1	1	0	1
Bennie Warren	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hugh Mulcahy	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	4	2	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	8.0	7	1	1
Lloyd Brown	0.1	5	1	1
Boom-Boom Beck	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Waner: S7
Bob Elliott: S5.1-2
Debs Garms: 13.1-2;2-3
Arky Vaughan: W
Elbie Fletcher: 7.3-H
Maurice Van Robays: 46(1)/FO

Bot 1

Art Mahan: K/C
Ham Schulte: 6
Joe Marty: W
Chuck Klein: 43

Top 2

Frankie Gustine: 63
Spud Davis: S9
Rip Sewell: 8
Lloyd Waner: 8

Bot 2

Mel Mazzera: K
Pinky May: 63
Bobby Bragan: 63

Top 3

Bob Elliott: 63
Debs Garms: 63
Arky Vaughan: 1/G

Bot 3

Bennie Warren: 4
Hugh Mulcahy: 63
Art Mahan: 8

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: 8
Maurice Van Robays: 9
Frankie Gustine: E5
Spud Davis: 9

Bot 4

Ham Schulte: 7
Joe Marty: S9
Chuck Klein: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 5

Rip Sewell: 7
Lloyd Waner: 8
Bob Elliott: K

Bot 5

Mel Mazzera: S7
Pinky May: 53/SH.1-2
Bobby Bragan: S7.2-H
Bennie Warren: K/C
Hugh Mulcahy: 9

Top 6

Debs Garms: S9
Arky Vaughan: D9.1-H
Elbie Fletcher: 2
Maurice Van Robays: 9
Frankie Gustine: 4

Bot 6

Art Mahan: 7
Ham Schulte: 4
Joe Marty: 6

Top 7

Spud Davis: 8
Rip Sewell: 8
Lloyd Waner: 63

Bot 7

Chuck Klein: 3
Mel Mazzera: 43
Pinky May: S8
Bobby Bragan: K

Top 8

Bob Elliott: 13
Debs Garms: S7
Arky Vaughan: T7.1-H
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Maurice Van Robays: 53

Bot 8

Bennie Warren: 8
Johnny Rizzo: W
Art Mahan: K
Ham Schulte: 9

Top 9

Frankie Gustine: S7
Spud Davis: S7.1-3
Rip Sewell: S1.1-2;3-H
Lloyd Waner: K
Bob Elliott: S7.1-2;2-3
Debs Garms: S9.1-3;2-H;3-H
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Joe Marty: K
Chuck Klein: 9
Mel Mazzera: 31