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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-06-30 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 5378 · 2:21

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 9–8. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 3rd. Cookie Cuccurullo earned the win. Joe Medwick went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	8	13
PIT	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	10

W: Cookie Cuccurullo L: Ace Adams 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	5	2	3	0	0	0
George Hausmann	5	2	3	2	0	0
Mel Ott	5	1	1	1	0	2
Joe Medwick	5	2	3	3	0	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Jurges	4	0	2	2	1	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	1	0	0	1
Andy Hansen	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rube Fischer	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Russell	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	4	2	1	1	1	0
Bob Elliott	5	2	3	3	0	1
Johnny Barrett	2	2	0	0	3	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	2	1	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	2	2	1	0
Hank Camelli	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	3	2	1	0	1	0
Frank Colman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	0	0	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Hansen	2.1	5	3	2
Rube Fischer	5.2	3	3	1
Ace Adams	0.1	2	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	8.0	13	2	5
Cookie Cuccurullo	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Rucker: 31
George Hausmann: E4.B-1
Mel Ott: 9
Joe Medwick: S/9.1-3
Gus Mancuso: W.1-2
Billy Jurges: S/9.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Nap Reyes: 5(2)/FO

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: K/C
Al Rubeling: W
Bob Elliott: D/7.1-H
Johnny Barrett: 53

Top 2

Buddy Kerr: 9
Andy Hansen: K
Johnny Rucker: S9
George Hausmann: D7.1-3
Mel Ott: 8

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: 3/FL
Frankie Gustine: 8
Hank Camelli: 8

Top 3

Joe Medwick: S7
Gus Mancuso: 64(1)3/GDP
Billy Jurges: S6
Nap Reyes: 13

Bot 3

Fritz Ostermueller: 4/P
Pete Coscarart: S7
Tommy O'Brien: W.1-2
Al Rubeling: S7.2-H;1-3
Bob Elliott: D9.3-H;1-3
Johnny Barrett: IW
Babe Dahlgren: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Frankie Gustine: 13/SH.3-H;1-2
Hank Camelli: 8

Top 4

Buddy Kerr: K23
Rube Fischer: 43
Johnny Rucker: S8.B-2(E8)
George Hausmann: S/7.2-H(UR)
Mel Ott: K

Bot 4

Fritz Ostermueller: S/8
Pete Coscarart: 43/SH.1-2
Tommy O'Brien: 63
Al Rubeling: 43

Top 5

Joe Medwick: 63
Gus Mancuso: K/C
Billy Jurges: W
Nap Reyes: 63

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: K/C
Johnny Barrett: 13
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Top 6

Buddy Kerr: S/8
Rube Fischer: 3/P
Johnny Rucker: S/9.1-3
George Hausmann: S5/BG.3-H;1-2
Mel Ott: S9.2-H;1-3
Joe Medwick: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Gus Mancuso: 8
Billy Jurges: 7

Bot 6

Frankie Gustine: S7
Hank Camelli: 46(1)3/GDP
Fritz Ostermueller: 9

Top 7

Nap Reyes: 43
Buddy Kerr: 53
Rube Fischer: 63

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: E5.B-1
Tommy O'Brien: 5/P
Al Rubeling: 8
Bob Elliott: 7

Top 8

Johnny Rucker: 5/L
George Hausmann: 53
Mel Ott: K/C

Bot 8

Johnny Barrett: W
Babe Dahlgren: 7
Frankie Gustine: W.1-2
Frank Colman: W.2-3;1-2
Cookie Cuccurullo: 4(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Pete Coscarart: 8

Top 9

Joe Medwick: 2/P
Gus Mancuso: 53
Billy Jurges: 6/P

Bot 9

Tommy O'Brien: D7
Al Rubeling: 8/F8D.2-3
Bob Elliott: T9.3-H
Johnny Barrett: IW
Babe Dahlgren: IW.1-2
Frankie Gustine: S.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Jim Russell ejected for arguing balls and strikes

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