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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1941-07-18 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:04

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 6th. Ken Heintzelman earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Ken Heintzelman L: Art Johnson SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Stewart	5	2	2	0	0	1
Arky Vaughan	3	1	1	0	1	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	1	1	1	1	1
Elbie Fletcher	5	0	1	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	1	1	1	1	0
Lee Handley	4	0	1	2	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	4	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skippy Roberge	3	1	0	0	1	1
Johnny Cooney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sibby Sisti	3	0	1	0	1	0
Chet Ross	3	0	2	1	1	0
Buddy Gremp	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	2	0	0	0	0	0
Art Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Earley	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Montgomery	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	9.0	4	5	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Johnson	5.1	6	2	1
Tom Earley	2.2	2	0	1
Hank LaManna	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: 7/F
Bud Stewart: 9/F
Arky Vaughan: 43

Bot 1

Skippy Roberge: 7/F
Johnny Cooney: 3/P/FL
Sibby Sisti: 3/P

Top 2

Maurice Van Robays: 8/F
Elbie Fletcher: 43
Vince DiMaggio: 7/F

Bot 2

Chet Ross: S5
Buddy Gremp: 46(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Paul Waner: 6/P
Eddie Miller: 7/F

Top 3

Lee Handley: 13/BG
Al Lopez: 3/P/FL
Ken Heintzelman: S9
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Phil Masi: 8/L
Art Johnson: 43
Skippy Roberge: K/C

Top 4

Bud Stewart: K/C
Arky Vaughan: 63
Maurice Van Robays: W
Elbie Fletcher: S9.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Lee Handley: 7/F

Bot 4

Johnny Cooney: S8
Sibby Sisti: 7/F
Chet Ross: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Al Lopez: 8/F
Ken Heintzelman: 13
Frankie Gustine: 7/F

Bot 5

Buddy Gremp: 63
Paul Waner: 8/F
Eddie Miller: 6/P

Top 6

Bud Stewart: S9
Arky Vaughan: FC5/SH.1-2;B-1
Maurice Van Robays: S9.2-3;1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 9/F.3-H;2-3
Vince DiMaggio: S7.3-H;1-2
Lee Handley: D7.2-H;1-H
Al Lopez: 13.2-3
Ken Heintzelman: K

Bot 6

Phil Masi: 3/P
Tom Earley: K/C
Skippy Roberge: 13

Top 7

Frankie Gustine: 23
Bud Stewart: S9
Arky Vaughan: S9.1-3;B-2(E9/TH3)
Maurice Van Robays: 53.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: 8/F

Bot 7

Johnny Cooney: 9/F
Sibby Sisti: W
Chet Ross: W.1-2
Buddy Gremp: 13.2-3;1-2
Paul Waner: 13

Top 8

Vince DiMaggio: E5/TH1
Lee Handley: 2/BP
Al Lopez: E4.1-2
Ken Heintzelman: 5/P/FL
Frankie Gustine: 13

Bot 8

Eddie Miller: 8/F
Al Montgomery: W
Jim Tobin: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Bud Stewart: 3/G
Arky Vaughan: W
Maurice Van Robays: K+SB2
Elbie Fletcher: 8/F

Bot 9

Skippy Roberge: W
Johnny Cooney: 8/L
Sibby Sisti: S8.1-2
Chet Ross: S7.2-H;1-3
Buddy Gremp: 54(1)/FO
Paul Waner: W.1-2
Eddie Miller: 7/F

Notes & reviews

Ross injured his ankle sliding into 2b and had to be helped from the field.

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