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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1943-06-03 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3051 · 2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 9–6. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 3rd. Rip Sewell earned the win and Johnny Lanning picked up the save. Johnny Barrett went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	6	11
PIT	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	0		9	10

W: Rip Sewell L: Ken Trinkle SV: Johnny Lanning

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	6	0	1	1	0	1
Billy Jurges	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	3	1	2	1	2	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Barna	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	2	3	0	2	0
Joe Orengo	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Trinkle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Feldman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	1	1	1	0	1	0
Ray Berres	2	1	1	0	0	0
Gus Mancuso	1	0	0	0	0	0
Van Mungo	1	0	1	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Frankie Gustine	4	2	2	0	1
Jim Russell	3	2	1	0	2
Bob Elliott	5	1	2	2	0
Johnny Barrett	4	2	1	3	1
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	0	1	1
Bill Baker	3	0	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	0	1	0	2
Pete Coscarart	4	1	2	2	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Ken Trinkle	3.0	5	1
Harry Feldman	4.0	5	5
Bobby Coombs	1.0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.2	11	8	0
Johnny Lanning	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 7/F
Billy Jurges: 63
Sid Gordon: W
Mel Ott: 6/P

Bot 1

Frankie Gustine: S8.B-2(E8)
Jim Russell: E4/G.2-3
Bob Elliott: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Johnny Barrett: 16(1)/FO
Elbie Fletcher: 7/L

Top 2

Ernie Lombardi: S7
Babe Barna: 43.1-2
Mickey Witek: D7.2-3
Joe Orengo: IW
Ken Trinkle: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Johnny Rucker: 43

Bot 2

Bill Baker: 43
Vince DiMaggio: S7
Pete Coscarart: 43.1-2
Rip Sewell: 63

Top 3

Billy Jurges: 9/F
Sid Gordon: S8
Mel Ott: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Ernie Lombardi: 7/F.3-H
Babe Barna: 6/P

Bot 3

Frankie Gustine: S7
Jim Russell: W.1-2
Bob Elliott: S6.2-3;1-2
Johnny Barrett: T/89.3-H;2-H;1-H
Elbie Fletcher: 9/F.3-H
Bill Baker: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL

Top 4

Mickey Witek: D9
Joe Orengo: E5/G.2-3
Buster Maynard: 54(1)3/GDP.3-H(UR)
Johnny Rucker: 3/L

Bot 4

Pete Coscarart: T/78
Rip Sewell: 63.3-H
Frankie Gustine: 63
Jim Russell: S6
Bob Elliott: D7.1-H;BX3(75)

Top 5

Billy Jurges: W
Sid Gordon: 43.1-2
Mel Ott: W
Ernie Lombardi: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Johnny Barrett: W
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Bill Baker: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: IW
Pete Coscarart: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Rip Sewell: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: W
Jim Russell: 9/F

Top 6

Babe Barna: 53/BG
Mickey Witek: W
Joe Orengo: 64(1)/FO
Harry Feldman: 8/F

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: 9/F
Johnny Barrett: 43
Elbie Fletcher: 8/F

Top 7

Johnny Rucker: 13
Dick Bartell: D7
Sid Gordon: 23.2-3
Mel Ott: S1.3-H
Ray Berres: 46(1)/FO

Bot 7

Bill Baker: S7
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Pete Coscarart: 35(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Rip Sewell: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Babe Barna: 7/F
Mickey Witek: S5
Joe Orengo: 2/G/BINT.1-1
Gus Mancuso: E6/G.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
Dick Bartell: W.2-3;1-2
Sid Gordon: 13

Bot 8

Frankie Gustine: 13
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 2/FL
Johnny Barrett: 2/P

Top 9

Mel Ott: W
Ray Berres: S8.1-2
Babe Barna: 8/F.2-3
Mickey Witek: W.1-2
Joe Orengo: 4/P
Van Mungo: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Johnny Rucker: K/C