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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1945-05-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 2693 · 2:13

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Nick Strincevich earned the win and Xavier Rescigno picked up the save. Jim Russell went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Nick Strincevich L: Dick Barrett SV: Xavier Rescigno

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Barrett	4	1	1	1	1	0
Tommy O'Brien	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jim Russell	5	1	4	2	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	0	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	1	1	1
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Strincevich	3	0	1	1	0	1
Xavier Rescigno	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Garvin Hamner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Glenn Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vance Dinges	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	1	0	0
Coaker Triplett	4	0	2	1	0	0
John Antonelli	4	0	0	1	0	1
Gus Mancuso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rene Monteagudo	1	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	6.0	6	1	3
Xavier Rescigno	3.0	2	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Barrett	6.0	6	5	1
Andy Karl	2.0	3	0	1
Lou Lucier	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 4/P
Johnny Barrett: W
Tommy O'Brien: E6.1-2
Bob Elliott: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Jim Russell: S9.1-2;3-H(UR)
Babe Dahlgren: 23

Bot 1

Garvin Hamner: D9
Glenn Crawford: 3/G
Vance Dinges: 43.2-3
Jimmy Wasdell: 9/L

Top 2

Frankie Gustine: 63
Al Lopez: W
Nick Strincevich: K23
Pete Coscarart: 53

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: 63
Coaker Triplett: 53
John Antonelli: 63

Top 3

Johnny Barrett: 3/G
Tommy O'Brien: 53
Bob Elliott: S7
Jim Russell: 8/L

Bot 3

Gus Mancuso: 43
Dick Barrett: K/C
Garvin Hamner: 8

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: 163
Frankie Gustine: D9
Al Lopez: 8/L
Nick Strincevich: S9.2XH(92)

Bot 4

Glenn Crawford: 43
Vance Dinges: 43
Jimmy Wasdell: 3/G

Top 5

Pete Coscarart: 63
Johnny Barrett: 3/G
Tommy O'Brien: 13

Bot 5

Vince DiMaggio: 7
Coaker Triplett: S8
John Antonelli: K/C
Gus Mancuso: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Bob Elliott: S7
Jim Russell: S8.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: 62(3)/FO.1-2;2-3
Nick Strincevich: 64(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Pete Coscarart: W.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Bot 6

Rene Monteagudo: S8
Garvin Hamner: K
Glenn Crawford: S9.1-2
Vance Dinges: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Tommy O'Brien: 43
Bob Elliott: 8
Jim Russell: S7
Babe Dahlgren: E6.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 6/L

Bot 7

Jimmy Wasdell: W
Vince DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Coaker Triplett: S9.1-3;2-H
John Antonelli: 8.3-H
Gus Mancuso: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Al Lopez: 53
Xavier Rescigno: 63
Pete Coscarart: D8
Johnny Barrett: D8.2-H
Tommy O'Brien: K

Bot 8

Johnny Peacock: 8
Garvin Hamner: 8
Glenn Crawford: 4

Top 9

Bob Elliott: K
Jim Russell: HR/9
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 9

Vance Dinges: S5
Jimmy Wasdell: 2/FL
Vince DiMaggio: D9.1-H
Coaker Triplett: 3/FL
John Antonelli: 8

Notes & reviews

Pirates argued that Mancus blocked the plate without the ball

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