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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1941-09-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 6803 · 2:07

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 4th. Rip Sewell earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	8
PIT	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2		6	10

W: Rip Sewell L: Hugh Casey SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dixie Walker	5	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Herman	4	1	2	1	0	0
Pete Reiser	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	3	1	1	1	1	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	1	1	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	1	2	0	0
Pee Wee Reese	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Freddie Fitzsimmons	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	1	0	0	0	0	0
Augie Galan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	2	1	1	0	1	0
Bud Stewart	4	1	1	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	3	2	2	2	1	0
Debs Garms	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stu Martin	2	1	2	1	0	0
Al Lopez	3	1	0	0	1	0
Alf Anderson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Lanning	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Leip	1	0	1	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	4.0	6	1	0
Larry French	3.0	2	1	2
Luke Hamlin	0.0	1	0	0
Hugh Casey	1.0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	7.2	6	1	1
Rip Sewell	1.1	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dixie Walker: 23
Billy Herman: 7
Pete Reiser: 31

Bot 1

Frankie Gustine: 63
Elbie Fletcher: W
Bud Stewart: 46(1)/FO
Vince DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Dolph Camilli: 31
Joe Medwick: 53
Cookie Lavagetto: 2/FL

Bot 2

Debs Garms: 8
Stu Martin: S
Al Lopez: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Pee Wee Reese: 7
Mickey Owen: K
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 7

Bot 3

Alf Anderson: 143
Johnny Lanning: 7
Frankie Gustine: 3/G

Top 4

Dixie Walker: 9
Billy Herman: S
Pete Reiser: 46(1)/FO
Dolph Camilli: W.1-2
Joe Medwick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Elbie Fletcher: S
Bud Stewart: D.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: S.3-H;2-H
Debs Garms: 43.1-2
Stu Martin: S.2-H
Al Lopez: 13.1-2
Alf Anderson: S.2-H(E3)(UR)(NR)
Johnny Lanning: 9

Top 5

Cookie Lavagetto: 8
Pee Wee Reese: E6
Mickey Owen: S.1-3
Lew Riggs: FC.3XH(32);1-2
Dixie Walker: 43

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: S
Elbie Fletcher: 14/SH.1-2
Bud Stewart: 9
Vince DiMaggio: IW
Debs Garms: K

Top 6

Billy Herman: 2/FL
Pete Reiser: 43
Dolph Camilli: 5/L

Bot 6

Ed Leip: S
Al Lopez: 46(1)3/GDP
Alf Anderson: 43

Top 7

Joe Medwick: 13
Cookie Lavagetto: 2/FL
Pee Wee Reese: 8

Bot 7

Johnny Lanning: 13
Frankie Gustine: HP
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Bud Stewart: K

Top 8

Mickey Owen: 63
Augie Galan: 3/G
Dixie Walker: D
Billy Herman: S.2-H
Pete Reiser: S.1-2
Dolph Camilli: S.2-H;1-2
Joe Medwick: S.2-H;1-2
Cookie Lavagetto: D.2-H;1-H
Pee Wee Reese: 5/FL

Bot 8

Vince DiMaggio: S.B-2(E7)
Debs Garms: 8.2-3
Maurice Van Robays: 63
Al Lopez: BK.3-H
Al Lopez: W
Alf Anderson: T.1-H
Rip Sewell: 13

Top 9

Mickey Owen: 8
Jimmy Wasdell: 2/FL
Dixie Walker: 31

Notes & reviews

Dodgers manager Leo Durocher argued the balk; Hugh Casey threw three consecutive pitches above and behind the head of Al Lopez; after the third such pitch, HP umpire George Magerkurth walked toward the mound; Dodgers Manager Leo Durocher ran back onto the field and was ejected by Magerkurth

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