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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1942-05-17 · Day game · Shibe Park · 11 innings · Att: 10079 · 2:39

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 5th. Rube Melton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	9
PHI	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	9

W: Rube Melton L: Bob Klinger SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	0	0	1	2	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	2	1	0
Babe Phelps	5	0	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	5	0	1	1	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	1	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	0	1	0
Dutch Dietz	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bud Stewart	2	1	0	0	1	0
Culley Rikard	1	1	1	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alf Anderson	1	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	1	2	2	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	0	1	1	0	1
Stan Benjamin	5	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	1	1	0	0	0
Al Glossop	4	1	2	0	1	0
Ernie Koy	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Bragan	5	0	2	1	0	1
Mickey Livingston	2	1	0	0	2	0
Sam Nahem	3	0	0	1	0	0
Rube Melton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Dietz	5.0	4	1	3
Hank Gornicki	2.0	0	1	0
Johnny Lanning	1.0	1	0	0
Bob Klinger	2.1	4	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Nahem	7.0	6	6	2
Tommy Hughes	0.0	1	0	0
Rube Melton	4.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 13
Johnny Barrett: S8
Jimmy Wasdell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 13
Danny Murtaugh: K
Stan Benjamin: 8

Top 2

Bob Elliott: W
Babe Phelps: S8.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL/DP.3XH(262)
Elbie Fletcher: 1/G

Bot 2

Danny Litwhiler: 53
Al Glossop: S4
Ernie Koy: PB.1-2
Ernie Koy: K
Bobby Bragan: K

Top 3

Frankie Gustine: 2/FL
Dutch Dietz: K
Pete Coscarart: S8
Johnny Barrett: 43

Bot 3

Mickey Livingston: 8/L
Sam Nahem: 63
Lloyd Waner: 13

Top 4

Jimmy Wasdell: W
Bob Elliott: S4.1-2
Babe Phelps: 4
Vince DiMaggio: K+CS3(25)/DP

Bot 4

Danny Murtaugh: 7/L
Stan Benjamin: 7
Danny Litwhiler: 8

Top 5

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Frankie Gustine: 43
Dutch Dietz: S5
Pete Coscarart: 8

Bot 5

Al Glossop: S8
Ernie Koy: FC/SH.1-2;B-1
Bobby Bragan: WP.2-3;1-2#
Bobby Bragan: 2/FL
Mickey Livingston: IW
Sam Nahem: 8.3-H
Lloyd Waner: D7.2-H;1-H
Danny Murtaugh: S7.2-H;BX2(7246)

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: 2/FL
Jimmy Wasdell: 8
Bob Elliott: 2

Bot 6

Stan Benjamin: 8
Danny Litwhiler: 9
Al Glossop: W
Ernie Koy: 5/FL

Top 7

Babe Phelps: 4
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL
Elbie Fletcher: W
Frankie Gustine: 3/FL

Bot 7

Bobby Bragan: 5/FL
Mickey Livingston: 2/FL
Sam Nahem: 3

Top 8

Bud Stewart: W
Culley Rikard: S8.1-3
Johnny Barrett: W.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Babe Phelps: 7(B)2(3)/DP.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: S7.2-H
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 8

Lloyd Waner: S9
Danny Murtaugh: 34/SH.1-2
Stan Benjamin: 43.2-3
Danny Litwhiler: 8

Top 9

Frankie Gustine: W
Bud Stewart: 1/L
Maurice Van Robays: 6#
Alf Anderson: 54(1)/FO#

Bot 9

Al Glossop: 41
Ernie Koy: 4
Bobby Bragan: D7
Mickey Livingston: IW
Rube Melton: 63

Top 10

Jimmy Wasdell: 9
Bob Elliott: 63
Babe Phelps: 8

Bot 10

Lloyd Waner: 3/G
Danny Murtaugh: HP
Stan Benjamin: CS2(24)#
Stan Benjamin: 3

Top 11

Vince DiMaggio: 53
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Frankie Gustine: S7
Bud Stewart: 6

Bot 11

Danny Litwhiler: S7
Al Glossop: 8
Ernie Koy: S5/G.1-2
Bobby Bragan: S7.2-H;1-2