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Phillies 4 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
May 18, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on May 18, 1939 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Phillies with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1939 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 4 H: 11 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherJim Tobin  
Losing PitcherAl Hollingsworth  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny Rizzo 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1939 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Hollingsworth  
Home Starting PitcherJim Tobin  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance2,183 
Time of Game2 hours 2 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bick Campbell
1B: Lee Ballanfant
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Klem

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hersh Martin  Center Fielder 
LeGrant Scott  Right Fielder 
George Scharein  Shortstop 
Morrie Arnovich  Left Fielder 
Pinky May  Third Baseman 
Pinky Whitney  First Baseman 
Del Young  Second Baseman 
Wally Millies  Catcher 
Al Hollingsworth  Pitcher 
Doc Prothro  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Fern Bell  Center Fielder 
Paul Waner  Right Fielder 
Johnny Rizzo  Left Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Gus Suhr  First Baseman 
Bill Brubaker  Second Baseman 
Lee Handley  Third Baseman 
Ray Mueller  Catcher 
Jim Tobin  Pitcher 
Pie Traynor  Manager 

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Phillies 4 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
May 18, 1939

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         Game of 5/18/1939 -- Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Martin H, cf          5  1  4  0   Bell F, cf            5  1  2  1   
Scott L, rf           4  1  1  0   Waner P, rf           5  1  1  0   
Scharein G, ss        4  1  2  1   Rizzo J, lf           4  1  2  3   
Klein C, 1b           0  0  0  0   Vaughan A, ss         4  0  2  0   
Arnovich M, lf        5  0  0  0   Suhr G, 1b            4  0  0  0   
May P, 3b             5  0  1  2   Brubaker B, 2b        3  0  0  0   
Whitney P, 1b-2b      4  0  0  0   Handley L, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Young D, 2b-ss        4  0  2  1   Mueller R, c          4  0  0  0   
Millies W, c          4  0  0  0   Tobin J, p            4  2  2  0   
Hollingsworth A, p    4  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  4 11  4                        37  5  9  4

Philadelphia     000 310 000 0 --  4
Pittsburgh       220 000 000 1 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hollingsworth A (L)   9.1  9  5  2  1  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Tobin J (W)          10.0 11  4  2  0  1

E -- Mueller R, Young D, Scharein G 2, Suhr G, Vaughan A
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 6
2B -- Waner P, Rizzo J, Vaughan A
3B -- Bell F
CS -- Scott L
SH -- Scott L
SF -- Rizzo J, Scharein G
T -- 2:02
A -- 2183

    

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