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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1943-06-06 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:14

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 18–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 8 in the 8th. Bob Klinger earned the win. Huck Geary went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
PIT	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	8		18	18

W: Bob Klinger L: Cliff Melton SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	1	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	4	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Barna	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Orengo	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cliff Melton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ace Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Coombs	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	5	3	4	4	1	0
Jim Russell	6	3	3	2	0	0
Bob Elliott	5	1	1	5	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	5	2	5	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	1	1	0	1	2
Al Lopez	4	2	1	1	1	1
Vince DiMaggio	2	2	1	1	3	0
Huck Geary	4	2	1	4	1	0
Bob Klinger	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Melton	3.0	3	3	1
Ken Trinkle	0.0	2	0	0
Ace Adams	2.1	4	2	0
Bobby Coombs	2.2	9	2	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Klinger	9.0	5	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 43
Billy Jurges: 53
Sid Gordon: 3/G

Bot 1

Frankie Gustine: W
Jim Russell: T89.1-H
Bob Elliott: 8/F.3-H
Tommy O'Brien: S7
Elbie Fletcher: K
Al Lopez: 13

Top 2

Mel Ott: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 63
Babe Barna: 3/FL

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: W
Huck Geary: 5(B)3(1)/FDP
Bob Klinger: 4/L

Top 3

Mickey Witek: K/C
Joe Orengo: 7/F
Cliff Melton: E4/TH.B-2
Johnny Rucker: 8

Bot 3

Frankie Gustine: 8/F
Jim Russell: 63
Bob Elliott: 6

Top 4

Billy Jurges: D9
Sid Gordon: S7.2-3
Mel Ott: 5/FL
Ernie Lombardi: S8.3-H;1-2
Babe Barna: 6/P
Mickey Witek: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Tommy O'Brien: T89
Elbie Fletcher: W
Al Lopez: S7.3-H;1-3
Vince DiMaggio: S8.3-H;1-3;B-2(E8)
Huck Geary: 2/FL
Bob Klinger: 4/P
Frankie Gustine: S8.3-H;2-H
Jim Russell: CS2(26)

Top 5

Joe Orengo: K/C
Ace Adams: 8/F
Johnny Rucker: 9/F

Bot 5

Jim Russell: 5/FL
Bob Elliott: 8/F
Tommy O'Brien: S7
Elbie Fletcher: S8.1-2
Al Lopez: 43

Top 6

Billy Jurges: 43
Sid Gordon: S7
Mel Ott: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Vince DiMaggio: W
Huck Geary: W.1-2
Bob Klinger: 4/SH.2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: D9/L.3-H;2-H
Jim Russell: T89.2-H
Bob Elliott: 7/F.3-H
Tommy O'Brien: S8
Elbie Fletcher: K

Top 7

Ernie Lombardi: 43
Babe Barna: 8/F
Mickey Witek: 4/P

Bot 7

Al Lopez: K
Vince DiMaggio: 13
Huck Geary: 6/P

Top 8

Joe Orengo: 7/F
Bobby Coombs: W
Johnny Rucker: S9.1-2
Billy Jurges: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Bob Klinger: S8
Frankie Gustine: S9.1-2
Jim Russell: S7.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: T89.3-H;2-H;1-H
Tommy O'Brien: D9.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: 9/L
Al Lopez: W
Vince DiMaggio: W.2-3;1-2
Huck Geary: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bob Klinger: 63
Frankie Gustine: S7
Jim Russell: 5/FL

Top 9

Sid Gordon: 23
Mel Ott: K/C
Ernie Lombardi: 8/F