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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-09-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:58

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 11–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 3rd. Joe Bowman earned the win. Maurice Van Robays went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	3	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	11	13
PHI	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	11

W: Joe Bowman L: Hugh Mulcahy SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	5	1	1	0	0	0
Debs Garms	5	2	2	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	5	2	2	3	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	5	2	1	4	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	2	1	1	1
Vince DiMaggio	5	1	2	0	0	1
Al Lopez	4	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Bowman	3	1	1	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ham Schulte	4	0	1	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Neb Stewart	4	1	1	0	0	1
Heinie Mueller	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Atwood	4	1	2	1	0	0
Art Mahan	4	1	3	1	0	0
Chuck Klein	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Smoll	3	0	0	0	0	2
Larry File	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	9.0	11	2	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hugh Mulcahy	3.0	6	0	2
Lefty Smoll	6.0	7	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: 4
Debs Garms: E5
Bob Elliott: S8.1-2
Arky Vaughan: T9.1-H;2-H(UR)
Maurice Van Robays: FC.3-H(UR)
Elbie Fletcher: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 1

Pinky May: 43
Ham Schulte: 63
Danny Litwhiler: 2/FL

Top 2

Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 53
Joe Bowman: 43

Bot 2

Johnny Rizzo: 5/FL
Neb Stewart: S5
Heinie Mueller: 7
Bill Atwood: D9.1-H
Art Mahan: 43

Top 3

Frankie Gustine: S5
Debs Garms: S9.1-2
Bob Elliott: FC/SH.1-2;2-3
Arky Vaughan: 36(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Maurice Van Robays: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Elbie Fletcher: K
Vince DiMaggio: D7
Al Lopez: E6.2-H(NR)(UR)
Joe Bowman: 8

Bot 3

Chuck Klein: 43
Pinky May: 6
Ham Schulte: S7
Danny Litwhiler: S8.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: S6.1-2;2-3
Neb Stewart: 4

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: 163
Debs Garms: S8
Bob Elliott: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Heinie Mueller: 5/FL
Bill Atwood: S9
Art Mahan: T8.1-H
Lefty Smoll: 53
Pinky May: W
Ham Schulte: W.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 46(1)/FO

Top 5

Arky Vaughan: 43
Maurice Van Robays: E6.B-2
Elbie Fletcher: S.2-H(UR)
Vince DiMaggio: D7.1-3
Al Lopez: W
Joe Bowman: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Johnny Rizzo: 8
Neb Stewart: K
Heinie Mueller: 3/G

Top 6

Debs Garms: 43
Bob Elliott: 53
Arky Vaughan: T9
Maurice Van Robays: 53

Bot 6

Bill Atwood: 7
Art Mahan: S9
Lefty Smoll: K/C
Pinky May: D7.1-H
Ham Schulte: 9

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO
Al Lopez: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Danny Litwhiler: S5
Johnny Rizzo: 7
Neb Stewart: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Joe Bowman: S8
Frankie Gustine: FC4.1X2(4E6);BX1(63)
Debs Garms: 53
Bob Elliott: S7.2-H
Arky Vaughan: 63

Bot 8

Larry File: 7
Bill Atwood: 3/P
Art Mahan: D9
Lefty Smoll: K/C

Top 9

Maurice Van Robays: 5
Elbie Fletcher: S8
Vince DiMaggio: OA.1X2(2E4)
Vince DiMaggio: 9
Al Lopez: 13

Bot 9

Pinky May: 53
Ham Schulte: 63
Danny Litwhiler: 43

Notes & reviews

Sam File missed 2B

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