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Pirates 9 @ Phillies 7
Shibe Park
June 25, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on June 25, 1940 at Shibe Park. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 9 to 7.

Game Summary

DateJune 25, 1940 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 7 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJohnny Lanning  
Losing PitcherKirby Higbe  
SaveBob Klinger  
Game Winning RBIMaurice Van Robays 

Game Info

DateJune 25, 1940 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherMax Butcher  
Home Starting PitcherKirby Higbe  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance1,000 
Time of Game2 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Babe Pinelli

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Bill Brubaker  Third Baseman 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Max Butcher  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ham Schulte  Second Baseman 
Joe Marty  Center Fielder 
Chuck Klein  Right Fielder 
Johnny Rizzo  Left Fielder 
Pinky May  Third Baseman 
Bobby Bragan  Shortstop 
Bill Atwood  Catcher 
Art Mahan  First Baseman 
Kirby Higbe  Pitcher 
Doc Prothro  Manager 

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Pirates 9 @ Phillies 7
Shibe Park
June 25, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/25/1940 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Gustine F, 2b         5  0  2  1   Schulte H, 2b         5  1  2  0   
Elliott B, rf         5  2  3  0   Marty J, cf           5  1  2  1   
Brubaker B, 3b        4  0  2  0   Klein C, rf           5  1  1  0   
Vaughan A, ss         5  1  1  1   Rizzo J, lf           4  2  3  3   
Fletcher E, 1b        4  3  1  0   May P, 3b             4  1  2  1   
Van Robays M, lf      4  1  2  2   Bragan B, ss          4  0  1  1   
DiMaggio V, cf        3  0  0  0   Atwood B, c           4  0  1  1   
Bowman J, ph          1  1  1  2   Mahan A, 1b           4  1  2  0   
Waner L, cf           1  0  0  0   Higbe K, p            3  0  0  0   
Lopez A, c            5  1  2  3   Mazzera M, ph         1  0  0  0   
Butcher M, p          1  0  1  0   Johnson S, p          0  0  0  0   
Lanning J, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Klinger B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  9 15  9                        39  7 14  7

Pittsburgh       012 000 600 --  9
Philadelphia     020 000 401 --  7

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Butcher M*            1.0  5  2  2  1  0
Lanning J (W)         5.2  5  4  4  2  1
Klinger B (S)         2.1  4  1  1  0  2

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Higbe K (L)           8.0 15  9  9  3  3
Johnson S             1.0  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 5 batters in 2nd

E -- Bragan B
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Elliott B 2, Van Robays M, Bowman J, Mahan A
HR -- Rizzo J
SB -- Vaughan A
CS -- Gustine F
SH -- Lanning J, Brubaker B
WP -- Lanning J
PB -- Atwood B
T -- 2:13
A -- 1000

    

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