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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1943-05-19 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 4959 · 2:01

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 1st. George Jeffcoat earned the win and Allyn Stout picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: George Jeffcoat L: Hank Gornicki SV: Allyn Stout

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	2	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Russell	5	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	2	1	2	0	2	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	2	1	0	0
Huck Geary	1	1	0	0	3	0
Al Lopez	4	1	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Hallett	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Gornicki	0.0	4	0	0
Johnny Lanning	2.0	1	2	0
Jack Hallett	4.0	3	0	2
Max Butcher	2.0	1	2	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Jeffcoat	8.1	5	6	6
Allyn Stout	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: W
Johnny Wyrostek: SB2
Johnny Wyrostek: K
Jim Russell: K
Bob Elliott: K

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: S
Eddie Joost: S.1-2
Chuck Workman: S.1-2;2-H
Chet Ross: S.1-3;2-H
Johnny McCarthy: 4(1)3/GDP.3-H
Hugh Poland: 9

Top 2

Elbie Fletcher: D
Vince DiMaggio: 7/FL
Huck Geary: 3/FL
Al Lopez: 3

Bot 2

Connie Ryan: S
Whitey Wietelmann: 7
George Jeffcoat: FC/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: W.2-3;1-2
Eddie Joost: 8.3-H;2-3(E8);1-2
Chuck Workman: W
Chet Ross: 2/FL

Top 3

Tommy O'Brien: 7
Frankie Gustine: 7
Johnny Wyrostek: K

Bot 3

Johnny McCarthy: 63
Hugh Poland: 7
Connie Ryan: 8

Top 4

Jim Russell: 53
Bob Elliott: 13
Elbie Fletcher: S
Vince DiMaggio: D.1-H
Huck Geary: W
Al Lopez: 2

Bot 4

Whitey Wietelmann: 8
George Jeffcoat: K
Tommy Holmes: S
Eddie Joost: 3

Top 5

Jack Hallett: K
Frankie Gustine: 3/G
Johnny Wyrostek: 7

Bot 5

Chuck Workman: 43
Chet Ross: 6
Johnny McCarthy: 7

Top 6

Jim Russell: 3/G
Bob Elliott: 63
Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: S.1-2
Huck Geary: W.2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: 13

Bot 6

Hugh Poland: 6
Connie Ryan: S
Whitey Wietelmann: SB2
Whitey Wietelmann: K
George Jeffcoat: S.2-H
Tommy Holmes: 4

Top 7

Frank Colman: 43
Frankie Gustine: 8
Johnny Wyrostek: 7

Bot 7

Eddie Joost: S
Chuck Workman: PO1(13)
Chuck Workman: K
Chet Ross: 53

Top 8

Jim Russell: K
Bob Elliott: 5/L
Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: 7

Bot 8

Johnny McCarthy: 9
Hugh Poland: 43
Connie Ryan: W
Whitey Wietelmann: W.1-2
George Jeffcoat: 43

Top 9

Huck Geary: W
Al Lopez: E6.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 63.1-2;2-3
Frankie Gustine: S.2-H(UR);3-H
Johnny Wyrostek: 2
Jim Russell: 1