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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-07-11 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2034 · 2:06

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 12–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 7 in the 4th. Lefty Wilkie earned the win. Elbie Fletcher went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
PIT	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	4		12	16

W: Lefty Wilkie L: Ike Pearson SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	4	0	1	2	1	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	0	0	1	0
Al Glossop	4	0	0	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Northey	4	1	2	0	0	1
Nick Etten	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Bragan	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Livingston	3	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Podgajny	2	1	1	2	0	0
Ernie Koy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Naylor	2	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Benjamin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	2	1	0	1	0
Johnny Barrett	3	1	0	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	2	2	4	1	0
Bob Elliott	5	1	3	1	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	5	1	2	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	2	2	2	1	1
Frankie Gustine	5	2	2	3	0	0
Al Lopez	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Klinger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lefty Wilkie	4	1	2	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Podgajny	3.1	6	2	0
Ike Pearson	0.0	1	1	0
Rube Melton	0.2	2	0	0
Earl Naylor	4.0	7	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Klinger	2.2	6	4	1
Lefty Wilkie	6.1	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pinky May: 13
Lloyd Waner: W
Al Glossop: 9
Danny Litwhiler: E6.1-2
Ron Northey: K

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: W
Johnny Barrett: 14/SH.1-2#
Elbie Fletcher: 43.2-3
Bob Elliott: S7.3-H
Jimmy Wasdell: 43

Top 2

Nick Etten: 3
Bobby Bragan: W
Mickey Livingston: S.1-2
Johnny Podgajny: 16(1)/FO.2-3
Pinky May: W.1-2
Lloyd Waner: 7

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: S
Frankie Gustine: 4
Al Lopez: S.1-2
Bob Klinger: 65(2)/FO.1-2
Pete Coscarart: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Al Glossop: 31
Danny Litwhiler: 8
Ron Northey: S9.B-3(E9)
Nick Etten: S.3-H
Bobby Bragan: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Mickey Livingston: IW
Johnny Podgajny: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Pinky May: D9.3-H;1-H
Ernie Koy: 13

Bot 3

Johnny Barrett: 43
Elbie Fletcher: 43
Bob Elliott: 9

Top 4

Al Glossop: 63
Danny Litwhiler: 43
Ron Northey: S
Nick Etten: 13

Bot 4

Jimmy Wasdell: S1/G1
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: S8.2-H;1-2
Al Lopez: WP.2-H;1-3
Al Lopez: 53
Lefty Wilkie: S.3-H
Pete Coscarart: S8.1-2
Johnny Barrett: W.2-3;1-2
Elbie Fletcher: HR/F9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bob Elliott: S
Jimmy Wasdell: 6
Vince DiMaggio: 5

Top 5

Bobby Bragan: 53
Mickey Livingston: 53
Earl Naylor: 53

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: 53
Al Lopez: 63
Lefty Wilkie: T
Pete Coscarart: 4

Top 6

Pinky May: 9
Ernie Koy: 13
Al Glossop: W
Danny Litwhiler: S.1-2
Ron Northey: 9

Bot 6

Johnny Barrett: 43
Elbie Fletcher: S
Bob Elliott: 3
Jimmy Wasdell: S.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K

Top 7

Nick Etten: 13
Bobby Bragan: 63
Mickey Livingston: 53

Bot 7

Frankie Gustine: 63
Al Lopez: S
Lefty Wilkie: 64(1)/FO
Pete Coscarart: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Earl Naylor: 9
Pinky May: 4
Ernie Koy: 63

Bot 8

Johnny Barrett: 5
Elbie Fletcher: W
Bob Elliott: S5/BG.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 9
Vince DiMaggio: T/78.2-H;1-H
Frankie Gustine: HR8/L89XD/IPHR.3-H
Al Lopez: E6
Lefty Wilkie: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Al Glossop: 9
Danny Litwhiler: 53
Stan Benjamin: 3

Notes & reviews

Barrett fumbled
Off Podgajny's glove
The ball caromed off the front of the boxes between the Pirate dugout and warm-up spots.
Into lower RF stands
Rolled to the light tower in RCF (429' mark)

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