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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-06-13 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4096 · 2:12

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 2nd. Bob Klinger earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8
PIT	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0		8	13

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

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willard Marshall	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Ott	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	1	1	0	1
Babe Barna	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Danning	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	2	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Bartell	0	1	0	0	1	0
Babe Young	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alf Anderson	4	3	3	1	1	0
Johnny Barrett	4	1	2	2	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	1	2	0
Bob Elliott	5	0	1	0	0	1
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	3	1	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	1	0	0	1
Al Lopez	2	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Klinger	3	1	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	1.2	5	2	0
Harry Feldman	4.1	6	5	1
Ace Adams	2.0	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Klinger	9.0	8	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: K
Willard Marshall: 13
Mel Ott: 8/L

Bot 1

Alf Anderson: W
Johnny Barrett: WP.1-3
Johnny Barrett: 8/F.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: 53
Bob Elliott: 9/F

Top 2

Johnny Mize: 43
Babe Barna: 43
Harry Danning: 5/P

Bot 2

Maurice Van Robays: 9/F
Vince DiMaggio: S7/F
Frankie Gustine: S.1-3
Al Lopez: 34/SH.3-H;1-2
Bob Klinger: W
Alf Anderson: S.2-H;1-2
Johnny Barrett: S.2-H;1-3
Elbie Fletcher: S.3-H;1-3
Bob Elliott: 43

Top 3

Billy Jurges: 9/F
Mickey Witek: 13
Harry Feldman: K

Bot 3

Maurice Van Robays: W
Vince DiMaggio: E1/TH/SH.1-2
Frankie Gustine: K
Al Lopez: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Klinger: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Billy Werber: S
Willard Marshall: S.1-2
Mel Ott: 7/F
Johnny Mize: 7/F
Babe Barna: 43

Bot 4

Alf Anderson: 53
Johnny Barrett: S
Elbie Fletcher: CS2(26)
Elbie Fletcher: W
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: S.2-H;1-3(E8)
Vince DiMaggio: 5/FL

Top 5

Harry Danning: 7/F
Billy Jurges: S
Mickey Witek: 9/F
Harry Feldman: S.1-3
Billy Werber: 4/P

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: 53
Al Lopez: 3/FL
Bob Klinger: 63

Top 6

Willard Marshall: 99
Mel Ott: D9
Johnny Mize: S9/G.2-H
Babe Barna: 99
Harry Danning: S.1-2
Billy Jurges: 99

Bot 6

Alf Anderson: S
Johnny Barrett: W.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H;2-H
Maurice Van Robays: S
Vince DiMaggio: S.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 99

Top 7

Mickey Witek: 99
Dick Bartell: W
Billy Werber: E6.1-3
Willard Marshall: 99(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Mel Ott: 99

Bot 7

Al Lopez: 99
Bob Klinger: 99
Alf Anderson: S
Johnny Barrett: 99

Top 8

Johnny Mize: K
Babe Barna: S
Harry Danning: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Elbie Fletcher: 99
Bob Elliott: K23#
Maurice Van Robays: S
Vince DiMaggio: 99

Top 9

Billy Jurges: 99
Mickey Witek: 99
Babe Young: 99