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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1943-05-23 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 37176 · 2:10

Philadelphia Blue Jays defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Philadelphia Blue Jays put up 3 in the 5th. Jack Kraus earned the win and Si Johnson picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Jack Kraus L: Xavier Rescigno SV: Si Johnson

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jim Russell	5	1	3	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	2	1	1
Bob Elliott	4	1	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	5	0	0	0	0
Bill Baker	4	0	2	1	0
Tommy O'Brien	4	0	2	0	0
Huck Geary	4	0	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	2	0	1
Xavier Rescigno	2	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Murtaugh	4	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Busby	3	1	0	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	1	2	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	2	0	1	0
Earl Naylor	2	1	0	0	2	1
Pinky May	3	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Padden	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Kraus	3	0	0	0	0	1
Schoolboy Rowe	1	0	1	1	0	0
Si Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Xavier Rescigno	4.2	5	4	2
Johnny Lanning	0.1	0	0	1
Dutch Dietz	2.0	1	0	0
Bob Klinger	1.0	2	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Kraus	6.0	9	2	0
Si Johnson	3.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Russell: D9
Johnny Barrett: S8.2-H
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO
Vince DiMaggio: 13.1-2
Bill Baker: S7.2-H
Tommy O'Brien: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Danny Murtaugh: 6/P
Paul Busby: 7
Danny Litwhiler: 2/FL

Top 2

Huck Geary: 6/P
Pete Coscarart: S8
Xavier Rescigno: 16(1)/FO
Jim Russell: 9

Bot 2

Jimmy Wasdell: 7
Babe Dahlgren: S8
Earl Naylor: W.1-2
Pinky May: W.2-3;1-2
Tom Padden: 3/FL
Jack Kraus: K

Top 3

Johnny Barrett: 6/L
Bob Elliott: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 5/FL

Bot 3

Danny Murtaugh: 8
Paul Busby: 13
Danny Litwhiler: 4/P

Top 4

Bill Baker: 8
Tommy O'Brien: S8
Huck Geary: 43.1-2
Pete Coscarart: 53

Bot 4

Jimmy Wasdell: 6/P
Babe Dahlgren: S9
Earl Naylor: 13.1-2
Pinky May: 8/L

Top 5

Xavier Rescigno: 8
Jim Russell: S7
Johnny Barrett: PB.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 8
Bob Elliott: 53

Bot 5

Tom Padden: K
Jack Kraus: 3/P
Danny Murtaugh: S8
Paul Busby: W.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: S7.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: D8.2-H;1-H
Babe Dahlgren: W
Earl Naylor: K

Top 6

Vince DiMaggio: 6/P
Bill Baker: S8
Tommy O'Brien: D7.1-3
Huck Geary: 8
Pete Coscarart: IW
Frank Colman: 3/G

Bot 6

Pinky May: 43
Tom Padden: S8
Jack Kraus: 16(1)/FO
Danny Murtaugh: 13

Top 7

Jim Russell: E6/G
Johnny Barrett: S8.1-2
Bob Elliott: W.2-3;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 5(2)2(3)/GDP.1-2;B-1
Bill Baker: 53

Bot 7

Paul Busby: 8
Danny Litwhiler: 7
Jimmy Wasdell: 7

Top 8

Tommy O'Brien: 3/P
Huck Geary: 43
Pete Coscarart: D8
Al Lopez: 8/L

Bot 8

Babe Dahlgren: 8
Earl Naylor: W
Pinky May: S4.1-2
Schoolboy Rowe: WP.2-H;1-3
Schoolboy Rowe: D8.3-H;BX3(85)
Si Johnson: 8/L

Top 9

Jim Russell: S1/BG.B-2(E1)
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Vince DiMaggio: 8