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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-09-19 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:05

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Bill McGee earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Bill McGee L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	4	1	1	0	1	0
Terry Moore	4	1	2	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	0	1	0	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Orengo	2	0	0	0	2	1
Marty Marion	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill McGee	3	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	9.0	5	1	6

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	8	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: W
Terry Moore: S4.1-2
Enos Slaughter: S9.2-H;1-3
Johnny Mize: 8.3-H
Ernie Koy: K/C
Joe Orengo: 53

Bot 1

Frankie Gustine: K
Debs Garms: 2
Bob Elliott: 5

Top 2

Marty Marion: 7/L
Mickey Owen: K/C
Bill McGee: 43

Bot 2

Arky Vaughan: 8
Maurice Van Robays: K
Elbie Fletcher: S9
Vince DiMaggio: K

Top 3

Jimmy Brown: 63
Terry Moore: S7
Enos Slaughter: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 3

Ed Fernandes: 13
Rip Sewell: 23/BG
Frankie Gustine: 9

Top 4

Johnny Mize: 8
Ernie Koy: K
Joe Orengo: W
Marty Marion: S7.1-2
Mickey Owen: 13

Bot 4

Debs Garms: 63
Bob Elliott: 53
Arky Vaughan: S9
Maurice Van Robays: HP.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: W.2-3;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 6

Top 5

Bill McGee: 13
Jimmy Brown: S9
Terry Moore: SB2
Terry Moore: 3
Enos Slaughter: 9

Bot 5

Ed Fernandes: 63
Rip Sewell: 4
Frankie Gustine: K/C

Top 6

Johnny Mize: 7
Ernie Koy: T9
Joe Orengo: PO3(25)
Joe Orengo: W
Marty Marion: S7.1-2
Mickey Owen: 7/L

Bot 6

Debs Garms: 3/BP
Bob Elliott: 3
Arky Vaughan: D9
Maurice Van Robays: S7.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: 2/FL

Top 7

Bill McGee: 7
Jimmy Brown: 1/G
Terry Moore: 63

Bot 7

Vince DiMaggio: K
Ed Fernandes: 8
Rip Sewell: 7

Top 8

Enos Slaughter: E6
Johnny Mize: 46(1)3/GDP
Ernie Koy: 6

Bot 8

Frankie Gustine: 63
Debs Garms: 4/L
Bob Elliott: 8

Top 9

Joe Orengo: K/C
Marty Marion: 13
Mickey Owen: S8
Bill McGee: W.1-2
Jimmy Brown: 13

Bot 9

Arky Vaughan: 9/L
Maurice Van Robays: K/C
Elbie Fletcher: S8
Vince DiMaggio: 7