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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1943-05-18 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1026 · 2:28

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 4th. Al Javery earned the win. Johnny McCarthy went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Javery L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jim Russell	4	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	2	0	2	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	1
Al Lopez	3	1	0	0
Rip Sewell	2	1	0	0
Johnny Wyrostek	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	4	1	1	0	0	2
Chuck Workman	4	1	1	2	0	2
Chet Ross	2	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny McCarthy	3	1	1	2	0	0
Hugh Poland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Javery	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	7.0	5	1	5
Wally Hebert	1.0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Javery	9.0	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Russell: 43
Johnny Barrett: 8
Elbie Fletcher: 8

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: S8
Eddie Joost: K/C
Chuck Workman: K
Chet Ross: 53

Top 2

Bob Elliott: W
Vince DiMaggio: 8
Frankie Gustine: 13.1-2
Pete Coscarart: K

Bot 2

Johnny McCarthy: 13
Hugh Poland: 4/P
Connie Ryan: 43

Top 3

Al Lopez: 53
Rip Sewell: S8
Jim Russell: 9
Johnny Barrett: SB2
Johnny Barrett: 63

Bot 3

Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Al Javery: K
Tommy Holmes: 8

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Bob Elliott: K23
Vince DiMaggio: 7

Bot 4

Eddie Joost: S7
Chuck Workman: HR/9.1-H
Chet Ross: E6/TH.B-2
Johnny McCarthy: HR/9.2-H(UR)
Hugh Poland: 9
Connie Ryan: S6
Whitey Wietelmann: 9
Al Javery: 13

Top 5

Frankie Gustine: S9
Pete Coscarart: 64(1)3/GDP
Al Lopez: 13

Bot 5

Tommy Holmes: 5/FL
Eddie Joost: K/C
Chuck Workman: K

Top 6

Rip Sewell: 63
Jim Russell: 5/FL
Johnny Barrett: 6/P

Bot 6

Chet Ross: W
Johnny McCarthy: 64(1)/FO
Hugh Poland: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Bob Elliott: 53/BG
Vince DiMaggio: D7
Frankie Gustine: 3/FL

Bot 7

Connie Ryan: 9
Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Al Javery: 8

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 4/L
Al Lopez: S7
Johnny Wyrostek: 8
Jim Russell: 6(1)/FO

Bot 8

Tommy Holmes: 13
Eddie Joost: 7
Chuck Workman: 43

Top 9

Johnny Barrett: S8
Elbie Fletcher: 8
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 8
Frankie Gustine: 7