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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-08-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Blue Jays 7–6. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Xavier Rescigno earned the win. Ron Northey went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	6	11
PIT	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1		7	13

W: Xavier Rescigno L: Andy Karl SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Moon Mullen	4	1	1	0	1	0
Buster Adams	5	2	2	1	0	0
Tony Lupien	5	2	1	1	0	2
Ron Northey	5	0	3	3	0	0
Coaker Triplett	4	0	1	0	1	1
Charlie Letchas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Merv Shea	1	1	0	0	2	0
Glen Stewart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Finley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	1	0	1	0	0	0
Andy Karl	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	6.0	10	2	1
Andy Karl	2.0	3	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	6.2	8	3	4
Nick Strincevich	0.1	0	1	0
Xavier Rescigno	2.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Moon Mullen: 3/G
Buster Adams: 43
Tony Lupien: K

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: 7
Johnny Barrett: 31

Top 2

Ron Northey: 4/P
Coaker Triplett: 63
Charlie Letchas: S8
Merv Shea: W.1-2
Glen Stewart: 9

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: S8
Frank Colman: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: S8.2-H;1-3
Frankie Gustine: S7.3-H;1-2
Al Lopez: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: 8
Pete Coscarart: 7

Top 3

Bill Lee: 53
Moon Mullen: 43
Buster Adams: 7

Bot 3

Jim Russell: S8/89
Johnny Barrett: 9
Bob Elliott: T/78.1-H
Frank Colman: S9.3-H
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Frankie Gustine: 13

Top 4

Tony Lupien: K
Ron Northey: 7
Coaker Triplett: S8
Charlie Letchas: 9

Bot 4

Al Lopez: 7
Fritz Ostermueller: 43
Pete Coscarart: S7
Jim Russell: S9.1-3
Johnny Barrett: 7

Top 5

Merv Shea: 6/P
Glen Stewart: 8
Bill Lee: 7/L

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: 8
Frank Colman: W
Babe Dahlgren: K/C
Frankie Gustine: S8.1-3
Al Lopez: S7.3-H;1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: 8

Top 6

Moon Mullen: S8
Buster Adams: S7.1-2
Tony Lupien: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Ron Northey: S9.2-H;1-3
Coaker Triplett: K+SBH;SB2
Charlie Letchas: 4/P

Bot 6

Pete Coscarart: 43
Jim Russell: 43
Johnny Barrett: 43

Top 7

Merv Shea: W
Glen Stewart: K
Bob Finley: 8
Moon Mullen: W.1-2
Buster Adams: S7.2-H;1-3
Tony Lupien: S6.3-H;1-2
Ron Northey: D9.2-H;1-H
Coaker Triplett: W
Charlie Letchas: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: 63
Frank Colman: S3.B-2(E3/TH)
Babe Dahlgren: S7.2-3
Frankie Gustine: 8.3-H(UR)
Al Lopez: W.1-2
Al Rubeling: 53

Top 8

Johnny Peacock: S
Glen Stewart: 54(1)/FO
Andy Karl: S.1-2
Moon Mullen: 3(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 8

Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: 43
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: T/78.1-H
Frank Colman: 8

Top 9

Buster Adams: 43
Tony Lupien: 6/P
Ron Northey: S
Coaker Triplett: 3/G