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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1940-09-10 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 1000 · 2:00

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 11–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 9th. Rip Sewell earned the win. Danny Litwhiler went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	4	11	16
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

W: Rip Sewell L: Charlie Frye SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	3	0	0	0	1	1
Neb Stewart	4	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Marty	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bennie Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0
Art Mahan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ham Schulte	3	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie Frye	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Atwood	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Mazzera	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	6	2	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Frye	7.0	8	1	1
Max Wilson	2.0	8	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: S7.BX2(74)
Debs Garms: D9
Bob Elliott: 4
Arky Vaughan: S9.2-3
Maurice Van Robays: 9

Bot 1

Pinky May: 63
Neb Stewart: 9
Danny Litwhiler: 2/FL

Top 2

Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Spud Davis: 53

Bot 2

Johnny Rizzo: 5
Joe Marty: 9
Bennie Warren: 5/FL

Top 3

Rip Sewell: 53
Frankie Gustine: S9
Debs Garms: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Art Mahan: 31
Ham Schulte: D7
Charlie Frye: 4
Pinky May: W
Neb Stewart: FLE3
Neb Stewart: 13

Top 4

Bob Elliott: W
Arky Vaughan: S9.1-3
Maurice Van Robays: 8.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 63

Bot 4

Danny Litwhiler: S7
Johnny Rizzo: 9
Joe Marty: 8
Bennie Warren: HP.1-2
Art Mahan: 6

Top 5

Spud Davis: 63
Rip Sewell: D7
Frankie Gustine: 63.2-3
Debs Garms: 7

Bot 5

Ham Schulte: 5/FL
Charlie Frye: K
Pinky May: K/C

Top 6

Bob Elliott: HR/7
Arky Vaughan: 7
Maurice Van Robays: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 43

Bot 6

Neb Stewart: 2/FL
Danny Litwhiler: HR/7
Johnny Rizzo: W
Joe Marty: 8
Bill Atwood: K

Top 7

Vince DiMaggio: K/C
Spud Davis: E5
Rip Sewell: S1.1-2
Frankie Gustine: E5.1-2;2-H(NR)(UR)
Debs Garms: E6.1-3;2-H(NR)(UR)
Bob Elliott: 7(B)2(3)/DP

Bot 7

Art Mahan: S8
Ham Schulte: 6
Mel Mazzera: 4(B)3(1)/DP

Top 8

Arky Vaughan: S8
Maurice Van Robays: S6.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: E4.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Al Lopez: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Rip Sewell: 53/SH.1-2
Frankie Gustine: WP.2-3
Frankie Gustine: 4

Bot 8

Pinky May: 63
Neb Stewart: S8
Danny Litwhiler: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Rizzo: 7

Top 9

Debs Garms: D7
Bob Elliott: W
Arky Vaughan: D7.1-3;2-H
Maurice Van Robays: D9.2-H;3-H
Elbie Fletcher: S1.2-2
Vince DiMaggio: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Al Lopez: S5.3-H;1X3(545)
Rip Sewell: K

Bot 9

Joe Marty: S8
Bill Atwood: 54(1)3/GDP
Art Mahan: 43