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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-05-14 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 23771 · 1:56

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 5th. Nick Strincevich earned the win. Johnny Barrett went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	9
PIT	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	0		8	13

W: Nick Strincevich L: Ewald Pyle SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Weintraub	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hal Luby	4	0	1	1	0	1
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Kerr	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ewald Pyle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Mead	1	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Ott	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	4	1	2	2	0	0
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	2	2	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	1	1	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	2	2	2	1	0
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Strincevich	4	1	2	1	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ewald Pyle	4.0	8	0	0
Harry Feldman	1.0	3	0	0
Frank Seward	2.0	1	1	0
Ken Brondell	1.0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	9.0	9	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: D8
Billy Jurges: 31.2-3
Danny Gardella: 13
Phil Weintraub: 8/L

Bot 1

Johnny Barrett: 9
Pete Coscarart: S5
Jim Russell: 64(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: 6/P

Top 2

Joe Medwick: K
Hal Luby: 6/L
Gus Mancuso: 2/FL

Bot 2

Frankie Gustine: 8/L
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Vince DiMaggio: S/8
Al Lopez: CS2(24)

Top 3

Buddy Kerr: 43
Ewald Pyle: 43
Johnny Rucker: E6/TH.B-1
Billy Jurges: 53

Bot 3

Al Lopez: 63
Nick Strincevich: 63
Johnny Barrett: S/8
Pete Coscarart: SB2
Pete Coscarart: 53

Top 4

Danny Gardella: 43
Phil Weintraub: S/8
Joe Medwick: CS2(24)
Joe Medwick: 7

Bot 4

Jim Russell: 3/P
Bob Elliott: D/8
Frankie Gustine: 9/L
Babe Dahlgren: D/9.2-H;B-3(E4/TH)
Vince DiMaggio: HR/78.3-H
Al Lopez: 8

Top 5

Hal Luby: K
Gus Mancuso: 53
Buddy Kerr: 53

Bot 5

Nick Strincevich: D/7
Johnny Barrett: HR/89.2-H
Pete Coscarart: 3/P
Jim Russell: S/8
Bob Elliott: T/78.1-H
Frankie Gustine: D/9.3-H;BX3(965)
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL

Top 6

Charlie Mead: S9
Johnny Rucker: 6
Billy Jurges: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Vince DiMaggio: W
Al Lopez: SB2
Al Lopez: 2/FL
Nick Strincevich: S/8.2-H
Johnny Barrett: BK.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 3/G.2-3
Pete Coscarart: 8

Top 7

Danny Gardella: T/7
Phil Weintraub: 7
Joe Medwick: 2/P
Hal Luby: 53

Bot 7

Jim Russell: 3/G
Bob Elliott: 53
Frankie Gustine: 53

Top 8

Gus Mancuso: 7
Buddy Kerr: S/7
Mel Ott: W.1-2
Johnny Rucker: S/7.2-H;1-2
Billy Jurges: 7
Danny Gardella: 5/P

Bot 8

Babe Dahlgren: 8
Vince DiMaggio: 2/FL
Al Lopez: D/9
Nick Strincevich: K

Top 9

Phil Weintraub: S/9
Joe Medwick: S/9.1-2
Hal Luby: S/8.2-H;1-3
Gus Mancuso: K
Buddy Kerr: 6/P
Ernie Lombardi: 3/L