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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-07-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2271 · 1:48

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 6th. Johnny Lanning earned the win. Jimmy Wasdell went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Lanning L: Tot Pressnell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pee Wee Reese	3	1	0	0	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	1	2	0	1	0
Joe Medwick	3	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Phelps	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Vosmik	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tex Carleton	2	0	1	0	0	1
Tot Pressnell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Gallagher	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pep Young	4	2	3	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	2	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	1	1	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	1	2	1	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	0	2
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Lanning	3	1	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Carleton	5.2	6	1	3
Tot Pressnell	2.1	2	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	9.0	8	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pee Wee Reese: W
Cookie Lavagetto: CS2(2E6)
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Joe Medwick: 63.2-3;1-2
Babe Phelps: IW
Dixie Walker: PO1(23)
Dixie Walker: D.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Jimmy Wasdell: 9

Bot 1

Pep Young: S
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)3/GDP
Bob Elliott: 7

Top 2

Joe Vosmik: E8
Pete Coscarart: 4(B)3(1)/DP
Tex Carleton: S
Pee Wee Reese: 53

Bot 2

Arky Vaughan: S
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 8
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 8

Top 3

Cookie Lavagetto: 43
Joe Medwick: W
Babe Phelps: 8
Dixie Walker: 43

Bot 3

Johnny Lanning: 4
Pep Young: 53
Frankie Gustine: 63

Top 4

Jimmy Wasdell: HR
Joe Vosmik: 4
Pete Coscarart: 2/FL
Tex Carleton: K

Bot 4

Bob Elliott: 5/FL
Arky Vaughan: 9
Elbie Fletcher: K

Top 5

Pee Wee Reese: 63
Cookie Lavagetto: S
Joe Medwick: 9
Babe Phelps: 7

Bot 5

Maurice Van Robays: 3/FL
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 63

Top 6

Dixie Walker: 7
Jimmy Wasdell: S
Joe Vosmik: CS2(26)
Joe Vosmik: S
Pete Coscarart: 43

Bot 6

Johnny Lanning: D
Pep Young: D.2-H
Frankie Gustine: 2
Bob Elliott: S.2-H
Arky Vaughan: 46(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: D.1-H
Maurice Van Robays: 3/G

Top 7

Tot Pressnell: K
Pee Wee Reese: 63
Cookie Lavagetto: S
Joe Medwick: 8

Bot 7

Vince DiMaggio: 7/FL
Al Lopez: 8
Johnny Lanning: 7

Top 8

Babe Phelps: S
Dixie Walker: 6(1)3/GDP
Jimmy Wasdell: 8

Bot 8

Pep Young: S
Frankie Gustine: 3/SH.1-2
Bob Elliott: T.2-H
Arky Vaughan: IW
Elbie Fletcher: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Maurice Van Robays: 6

Top 9

Joe Vosmik: 8
Pete Coscarart: 9
Joe Gallagher: 8