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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-08-28 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4100 · 1:54

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 6th. Joe Bowman earned the win. Maurice Van Robays went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Bowman L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	5	0	3	1	0	0
Ham Schulte	3	1	0	0	1	0
Mel Mazzera	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Rizzo	2	0	0	0	2	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Bragan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Art Mahan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Atwood	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kirby Higbe	3	0	2	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Debs Garms	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	2	1	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	2	2	4	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	0	2	0	0	0
Lee Handley	2	0	0	1	1	1
Ed Fernandes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	8.0	6	1	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	9.0	8	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pinky May: S8
Ham Schulte: 3/G/SH.1-2
Mel Mazzera: 13
Johnny Rizzo: IW
Danny Litwhiler: K

Bot 1

Debs Garms: 4/L
Bob Elliott: 7
Paul Waner: 3/FL

Top 2

Bobby Bragan: K
Art Mahan: S9
Bill Atwood: 5/P
Kirby Higbe: S8.1-2
Pinky May: S9.2-H;1X3(935)

Bot 2

Arky Vaughan: S9
Maurice Van Robays: HR/7.1-H
Vince DiMaggio: HP
Lee Handley: SB2
Lee Handley: K/C
Ed Fernandes: 2/FL
Joe Bowman: 43

Top 3

Ham Schulte: W
Mel Mazzera: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Rizzo: E6.2-3
Danny Litwhiler: S9.3-H;1X3(95)
Bobby Bragan: 13

Bot 3

Debs Garms: 43
Bob Elliott: 3/P
Paul Waner: 8

Top 4

Art Mahan: E3/TH
Bill Atwood: 1/BP
Kirby Higbe: 2/FL
Pinky May: 43

Bot 4

Arky Vaughan: 3/G
Maurice Van Robays: 5/L
Vince DiMaggio: D7
Lee Handley: IW
Ed Fernandes: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ham Schulte: 7
Mel Mazzera: D9
Johnny Rizzo: W
Danny Litwhiler: 5/P
Bobby Bragan: 2/FL

Bot 5

Joe Bowman: K/C
Debs Garms: 9
Bob Elliott: 63

Top 6

Art Mahan: 9/L
Bill Atwood: 4/P
Kirby Higbe: S8
Pinky May: S8.1-2
Ham Schulte: 6/P

Bot 6

Paul Waner: D/78
Arky Vaughan: FC3/TH3.2-3;B-1
Maurice Van Robays: D9.3-H;1-H
Vince DiMaggio: S8.2-3
Lee Handley: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Ed Fernandes: CS2(26)
Ed Fernandes: 63

Top 7

Mel Mazzera: 8
Johnny Rizzo: 63
Danny Litwhiler: 6/P

Bot 7

Joe Bowman: K
Debs Garms: 3/FL
Bob Elliott: 43

Top 8

Bobby Bragan: 7
Art Mahan: 8
Bill Atwood: K

Bot 8

Paul Waner: 9
Arky Vaughan: 43
Maurice Van Robays: 63

Top 9

Chuck Klein: 8
Pinky May: 8
Ham Schulte: 2/FL