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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1943-09-11 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 1568 · 70°F, cloudy, dry · 1:55

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 11–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 8th. Bob Klinger earned the win. Elbie Fletcher went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	5	3	11	14
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8

W: Bob Klinger L: Johnny Vander Meer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	2	3	1	1	0
Maurice Van Robays	5	1	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	0	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	2	2	3	1	1
Al Rubeling	5	2	3	2	0	0
Al Lopez	5	0	2	1	0	1
Bob Klinger	2	1	1	0	2	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lonny Frey	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bert Haas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Estel Crabtree	2	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	3	1	0	0	1	0
Woody Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	1	0	0
Ray Mueller	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Max Marshall	2	0	2	0	0	0
Chuck Aleno	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lon Goldstein	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Klinger	9.0	8	1	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	7.1	10	4	2
Ed Heusser	0.2	1	1	0
Jack Niemes	1.0	3	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 9
Jim Russell: 9
Maurice Van Robays: 63

Bot 1

Dain Clay: 53
Lonny Frey: S9
Bert Haas: S8.1-2
Estel Crabtree: 56(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Vince DiMaggio: 53
Bob Elliott: 4
Elbie Fletcher: W
Al Rubeling: 9

Bot 2

Eric Tipton: W
Woody Williams: SB2
Woody Williams: 3/G.2-3
Eddie Miller: 7.3-H
Ray Mueller: 63

Top 3

Al Lopez: K/C
Bob Klinger: W
Pete Coscarart: S8.1-2
Jim Russell: S8.2-H;1-H(E8)(NR)(UR);B-2
Maurice Van Robays: 53
Vince DiMaggio: W
Bob Elliott: 8/L

Bot 3

Johnny Vander Meer: 7
Dain Clay: S1
Lonny Frey: S9.1-3
Bert Haas: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: K/C
Al Rubeling: 43
Al Lopez: 9

Bot 4

Estel Crabtree: S9
Eric Tipton: 9
Woody Williams: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bob Klinger: S7
Pete Coscarart: 2/FL/DP.1X2(23)
Jim Russell: S8
Maurice Van Robays: 63

Bot 5

Eddie Miller: 7/L
Ray Mueller: 3
Johnny Vander Meer: 43

Top 6

Vince DiMaggio: 53
Bob Elliott: 7
Elbie Fletcher: 9

Bot 6

Dain Clay: K
Lonny Frey: 53
Bert Haas: K

Top 7

Al Rubeling: T9
Al Lopez: S8.3-H
Bob Klinger: 36(1)4/GDP/BG
Pete Coscarart: 63

Bot 7

Max Marshall: D9
Eric Tipton: 63
Woody Williams: 8
Eddie Miller: 13

Top 8

Jim Russell: S9
Maurice Van Robays: 4
Vince DiMaggio: D7.1-3
Bob Elliott: IW
Elbie Fletcher: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Al Rubeling: S8.3-H;2-H
Al Lopez: S9.1-3
Bob Klinger: CS2(24).3-H
Bob Klinger: W
Pete Coscarart: 13

Bot 8

Chuck Aleno: 53
Lon Goldstein: S8
Dain Clay: E6.1-2
Lonny Frey: 5/L
Bert Haas: 9

Top 9

Jim Russell: W
Maurice Van Robays: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Vince DiMaggio: 9.3-H;2-3
Bob Elliott: 4
Elbie Fletcher: S5.3-H
Al Rubeling: S8.1-H(E5)(UR)(NR);B-2
Al Lopez: 9

Bot 9

Max Marshall: S9
Eric Tipton: 4
Woody Williams: 6(1)/FO
Eddie Miller: 3