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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-05-05 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 10992 · 2:03

Boston Bees defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Boston Bees put up 2 in the 6th. Nick Strincevich earned the win and Dick Coffman picked up the save. Elbie Fletcher went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Nick Strincevich L: Mace Brown SV: Dick Coffman

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bama Rowell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Hassett	3	1	0	0	0	0
Max West	3	2	2	1	1	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chet Ross	3	1	1	0	1	0
Les Scarsella	4	1	3	3	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Strincevich	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	2	0	0	0	0	2
Rabbit Warstler	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Debs Garms	1	0	0	0	3	0
Arky Vaughan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	1	1	0
Johnny Rizzo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pep Young	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ray Berres	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mace Brown	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fern Bell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	5.0	4	5	2
Dick Coffman	4.0	0	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mace Brown	7.0	7	1	1
Johnny Lanning	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bama Rowell: 6/P
Buddy Hassett: 8
Max West: S7
Tony Cuccinello: S8.1-2
Chet Ross: W.2-3;1-2
Les Scarsella: S3.3-H;2XH(35);1-2

Bot 1

Lee Handley: 3/BG
Lloyd Waner: 43
Debs Garms: 31

Top 2

Al Lopez: 9
Eddie Miller: 63
Nick Strincevich: 31

Bot 2

Arky Vaughan: 13
Elbie Fletcher: HR/9
Johnny Rizzo: 6/L
Pep Young: K

Top 3

Bama Rowell: 31
Buddy Hassett: E4/G
Max West: WP.1-2
Max West: S9.2-H(UR)
Tony Cuccinello: 9
Chet Ross: PO1(13E4).1-2
Chet Ross: 13

Bot 3

Ray Berres: S8
Mace Brown: 14/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: 4/P
Lloyd Waner: 6/L

Top 4

Les Scarsella: 13
Al Lopez: S4
Eddie Miller: 7/FL
Nick Strincevich: 13

Bot 4

Debs Garms: W
Arky Vaughan: CS2(26)
Arky Vaughan: 6/P
Elbie Fletcher: W
Johnny Rizzo: 7

Top 5

Bama Rowell: 63
Buddy Hassett: 13
Max West: 3/G

Bot 5

Pep Young: K/C
Ray Berres: 6/L
Mace Brown: W
Lee Handley: S5.1-2
Lloyd Waner: S9.2-3;1-2
Debs Garms: PO2(26)

Top 6

Tony Cuccinello: 9
Chet Ross: T/89
Les Scarsella: T/78.3-H;B-H(E7/TH)(NR)(UR)
Al Lopez: 53
Eddie Miller: 53

Bot 6

Debs Garms: W
Arky Vaughan: W.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Johnny Rizzo: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Pep Young: 4/P

Top 7

Dick Coffman: K
Rabbit Warstler: 5/FL
Johnny Cooney: 53

Bot 7

Ray Berres: 3/L
Fern Bell: K/C
Lee Handley: 43

Top 8

Max West: W
Tony Cuccinello: 63.1-2
Chet Ross: 8.2-3
Les Scarsella: T9.3-H
Al Lopez: 5/P

Bot 8

Lloyd Waner: 6/P
Debs Garms: W
Arky Vaughan: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 9

Eddie Miller: 8
Dick Coffman: K
Rabbit Warstler: 8

Bot 9

Elbie Fletcher: 7
Johnny Rizzo: 6/P
Pep Young: K

Notes & reviews

Cuccinello was thrown out after overrunning third base.

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