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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-06-28 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 18479 · 2:12

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 9–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 1st. Max Butcher earned the win. Johnny Barrett went 2-for-2 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Max Butcher L: Rube Fischer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ziggy Sears · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Rucker	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Hausmann	4	0	2	0	0	0
Mel Ott	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Medwick	3	1	1	0	1	0
Phil Weintraub	2	1	1	1	1	0
Billy Jurges	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Mancuso	4	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Polli	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sloan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Luby	1	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	3	2	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	2	4	1	1	0
Al Rubeling	5	0	0	2	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	0	0	1	2
Johnny Barrett	2	3	2	3	2	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	2	2	0	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	1	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Butcher	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Zak	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Fischer	0.1	2	2	0
Lou Polli	5.2	7	2	0
Johnny Allen	0.1	3	0	1
Frank Seward	1.2	1	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	9.0	7	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: S4.B-2(E4/TH)
George Hausmann: 43.2-3
Mel Ott: W
Joe Medwick: 3/P
Phil Weintraub: 3/FL

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: S/8
Jim Russell: W.1-2
Al Rubeling: 2/BG/BINT.2-2;1-1
Bob Elliott: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Barrett: T/78.3-H;2-H;1-H
Babe Dahlgren: S/7.3-H
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)/FO
Al Lopez: 9

Top 2

Billy Jurges: K
Gus Mancuso: S/8
Buddy Kerr: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 2

Max Butcher: S/7
Pete Coscarart: 96(1)/FO
Jim Russell: T/9.1-H
Al Rubeling: 9.3-H
Bob Elliott: 5/FL

Top 3

Lou Polli: 63
Johnny Rucker: 1/G
George Hausmann: D/7
Mel Ott: K

Bot 3

Johnny Barrett: W
Babe Dahlgren: SB2
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Frankie Gustine: 2/FL
Al Lopez: 6/P

Top 4

Joe Medwick: 8
Phil Weintraub: W
Billy Jurges: 8
Gus Mancuso: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Max Butcher: 7
Pete Coscarart: S5
Jim Russell: S/8.1-3
Al Rubeling: 9.3-H
Bob Elliott: CS2(24)

Top 5

Buddy Kerr: S/8
Lou Polli: 14(1)3/GDP
Johnny Rucker: W
George Hausmann: S/7.1-2
Mel Ott: 8

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: 6/P
Johnny Barrett: W
Babe Dahlgren: 7
Frankie Gustine: T/89.1-H
Al Lopez: 63

Top 6

Joe Medwick: W
Phil Weintraub: T/78.1-H
Billy Jurges: 2/FL
Gus Mancuso: 8.3-H
Buddy Kerr: 7

Bot 6

Max Butcher: 53
Pete Coscarart: 8
Jim Russell: S/7
Al Rubeling: 43

Top 7

Bruce Sloan: 63
Johnny Rucker: 8
George Hausmann: 5/P

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: K/C
Johnny Barrett: T/89
Babe Dahlgren: S/9.3-H
Frankie Zak: S3.1-2
Al Lopez: 8
Max Butcher: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Coscarart: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Mel Ott: 9
Joe Medwick: D/7
Hal Luby: 63
Billy Jurges: 43

Bot 8

Jim Russell: S/8
Al Rubeling: 46(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: CS2(26)
Bob Elliott: K

Top 9

Gus Mancuso: 13
Buddy Kerr: 63
Danny Gardella: 9

Notes & reviews

Rubeling ran into his own bunt
Pirates manager Frisch ejected by 3B umpire Barr because he thought Weintraub had been ejected at end of previous inning when arguing he was safe ono force play
Johnny Allen ejected by HP umpire Ziggy Sears for arguing that Frankie Zak ran out of the baseline

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