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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1943-08-12 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 12065 · 2:00

Philadelphia Blue Jays defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Philadelphia Blue Jays put up 2 in the 4th. Dick Conger earned the win and Newt Kimball picked up the save. Bob Elliott went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Conger L: Xavier Rescigno SV: Newt Kimball

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	5	1	2	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	3	2	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	0	0	1	2
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	2	0	2	1	2	0
Bill Baker	3	0	0	0	1	0
Xavier Rescigno	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny Murtaugh	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buster Adams	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jimmy Wasdell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ron Northey	3	1	1	2	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	1	0	0	1
Dee Moore	2	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Stewart	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky May	3	1	2	1	0	0
Dick Conger	2	0	0	0	0	0
Coaker Triplett	1	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Xavier Rescigno	7.1	5	3	4
Wally Hebert	0.2	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Conger	7.0	8	3	2
Newt Kimball	2.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 99
Tommy O'Brien: D7
Maurice Van Robays: 8
Bob Elliott: S7.2-H;B-3(E5/TH)
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 1

Danny Murtaugh: 99
Buster Adams: K
Jimmy Wasdell: 99

Top 2

Frankie Gustine: 99
Vince DiMaggio: S
Bill Baker: SB2
Bill Baker: 99
Xavier Rescigno: K

Bot 2

Ron Northey: W
Babe Dahlgren: K
Dee Moore: 99
Glen Stewart: K

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: 99
Tommy O'Brien: S
Maurice Van Robays: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Pinky May: S
Dick Conger: 99
Danny Murtaugh: 99
Buster Adams: K

Top 4

Bob Elliott: HR/7
Elbie Fletcher: W
Frankie Gustine: 3/G.1-3(E3/TH)
Vince DiMaggio: S7.3-H(UR)
Bill Baker: W.1-2
Xavier Rescigno: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99

Bot 4

Jimmy Wasdell: W
Ron Northey: HR/9.1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Dee Moore: 99
Glen Stewart: 99

Top 5

Tommy O'Brien: 99
Maurice Van Robays: 99
Bob Elliott: S
Elbie Fletcher: 99

Bot 5

Pinky May: 99
Dick Conger: 99
Danny Murtaugh: 99

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 99
Vince DiMaggio: W
Bill Baker: 99
Xavier Rescigno: 99

Bot 6

Buster Adams: 99
Jimmy Wasdell: 99
Ron Northey: 99

Top 7

Pete Coscarart: 99
Tommy O'Brien: 99
Maurice Van Robays: S
Bob Elliott: 99

Bot 7

Babe Dahlgren: S7
Dee Moore: 13/SH.1-2
Glen Stewart: 8
Pinky May: S8.2-H;B-2(TH)
Coaker Triplett: S7.2-H
Danny Murtaugh: CS2(99)

Top 8

Elbie Fletcher: K
Frankie Gustine: K
Vince DiMaggio: W
Bill Baker: 99(1)/FO

Bot 8

Danny Murtaugh: W
Buster Adams: 99/SH.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 99
Ron Northey: 99

Top 9

Johnny Barrett: K
Jim Russell: 99/F
Tommy O'Brien: 7/F

Notes & reviews

Pirate manager Frisch claimed 3-2 pitch was actually strike 3, rushed to the plate and was ejected by HP umpire Dunn
Players Klinger and Rubeling continued argument from bench and were ejected by HP umpire Dunn
Gornicki continued earlier argument and was ejected by HP umpire Dunn
Barrett and Russell had been removed from the Pirate bench earlier by HP umpire Dunn, but were not ejected; they were allowed to pinch-hit in the 9th

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