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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-05-20 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4096 · 1:42

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Blue Jays 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Nick Strincevich earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Nick Strincevich L: Al Gerheauser SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Moon Mullen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Adams	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jimmy Wasdell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Northey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Lupien	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Letchas	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bob Finley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Hamrick	4	1	1	2	0	1
Al Gerheauser	2	0	1	0	0	0
Coaker Triplett	1	0	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Gerheauser	6.0	4	2	1
Deacon Donahue	2.0	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	9.0	7	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Moon Mullen: 8
Buster Adams: 8
Jimmy Wasdell: 43

Bot 1

Johnny Barrett: W
Pete Coscarart: 54(1)/FO
Jim Russell: 9
Bob Elliott: D9.1-H
Frankie Gustine: 63

Top 2

Ron Northey: 3/G
Tony Lupien: 43
Charlie Letchas: D
Bob Finley: 63

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: S7/L
Vince DiMaggio: 6
Hank Camelli: E4/TH1.1-2
Nick Strincevich: 13/G1S.2-3;1-2
Johnny Barrett: S9/L.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Pete Coscarart: 8

Top 3

Ray Hamrick: 63
Al Gerheauser: S
Moon Mullen: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Jim Russell: 4
Bob Elliott: E6
Frankie Gustine: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Buster Adams: S
Jimmy Wasdell: E4.1-2
Ron Northey: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Tony Lupien: 7
Charlie Letchas: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Babe Dahlgren: D7
Vince DiMaggio: 7/F7DW.2-3
Hank Camelli: IW
Nick Strincevich: 43.3-H;1-2
Johnny Barrett: 6

Top 5

Bob Finley: 53
Ray Hamrick: K
Al Gerheauser: 3/G

Bot 5

Pete Coscarart: 53
Jim Russell: K
Bob Elliott: 13

Top 6

Moon Mullen: 7
Buster Adams: W
Jimmy Wasdell: 2
Ron Northey: 31

Bot 6

Frankie Gustine: 3/P
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Vince DiMaggio: 8

Top 7

Tony Lupien: S
Charlie Letchas: S.1-2
Bob Finley: 4
Ray Hamrick: D7/L78/R6.2-H;1-H;B-3(E6)
Coaker Triplett: 63.3-H
Moon Mullen: 43

Bot 7

Hank Camelli: S
Nick Strincevich: 16(1)3/GDP
Johnny Barrett: 9

Top 8

Buster Adams: S
Jimmy Wasdell: 16(1)/FO
Ron Northey: 8
Tony Lupien: 43

Bot 8

Pete Coscarart: S
Jim Russell: 3/P
Bob Elliott: K
Frankie Gustine: 43

Top 9

Charlie Letchas: 131
Bob Finley: HP
Ray Hamrick: 64(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Hard smash off pitcher's shins, deflected to first, but pitcher covered base in time on a very close play

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