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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1943-06-02 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 10162 · 1:57

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 9th. Xavier Rescigno earned the win. Elbie Fletcher went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10

W: Xavier Rescigno L: Nate Andrews SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	1	0	0	1	1
Chuck Workman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny McCarthy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chet Ross	2	0	0	1	1	1
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	1	2	0	0	0
Nate Andrews	2	0	1	0	0	0
Butch Nieman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Huck Geary	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	1	0	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	3	2	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	3	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	1
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	0	1	0
Wally Hebert	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Andrews	8.0	9	3	1
Red Barrett	0.0	1	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wally Hebert	7.0	6	2	3
Xavier Rescigno	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: 7
Whitey Wietelmann: 8
Chuck Workman: K

Bot 1

Huck Geary: 63
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Barrett: 13

Top 2

Johnny McCarthy: 9
Chet Ross: 53
Eddie Joost: 53

Bot 2

Elbie Fletcher: 3/G
Al Lopez: 63
Vince DiMaggio: K

Top 3

Connie Ryan: S7
Clyde Kluttz: 7
Nate Andrews: 23/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: S8.2XH(8265)

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: 7/L
Wally Hebert: S7
Huck Geary: S5/BG.1-2
Jim Russell: 8
Bob Elliott: 8

Top 4

Whitey Wietelmann: W
Chuck Workman: FC1/SH.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: S1.2-3;1-2
Chet Ross: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eddie Joost: 52(3)3/GDP.2-3;1-2
Connie Ryan: 8

Bot 4

Johnny Barrett: 43/BG
Elbie Fletcher: S6
Al Lopez: S7.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Clyde Kluttz: S8
Nate Andrews: 34/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 43.2-3
Whitey Wietelmann: K

Bot 5

Pete Coscarart: S8
Wally Hebert: 34/SH.1-2
Huck Geary: 5/FL
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Chuck Workman: 31
Johnny McCarthy: 31
Chet Ross: K

Bot 6

Johnny Barrett: 7
Elbie Fletcher: S9
Al Lopez: CS2(24)
Al Lopez: S9.BX2(94)

Top 7

Eddie Joost: 7
Connie Ryan: 63
Clyde Kluttz: S8
Nate Andrews: S8.1-H(E8/TH)(NR)(UR)
Tommy Holmes: 16(1)/FO

Bot 7

Vince DiMaggio: 53
Pete Coscarart: 7
Tommy O'Brien: 63

Top 8

Whitey Wietelmann: 31
Chuck Workman: 8
Johnny McCarthy: S9
Butch Nieman: 9

Bot 8

Huck Geary: 13
Jim Russell: 13/BG
Bob Elliott: 63

Top 9

Eddie Joost: E6
Connie Ryan: 53/SH.1-2
Clyde Kluttz: 13/SH.2-3
Nate Andrews: 9/L

Bot 9

Johnny Barrett: W
Elbie Fletcher: HR/9.1-H
Al Lopez: T/78
Vince DiMaggio: IW
Pete Coscarart: IW.1-2
Frank Colman: S8.3-H;2-3;1-2