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Pirates 6 @ Phillies 4
Shibe Park
August 4, 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 August 4, 1940 at Shibe Park. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 4, 1940 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 4 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJohnny Lanning  
Losing PitcherCharlie Frye  
SaveKen Heintzelman  
Game Winning RBIArky Vaughan 

Game Info

DateAugust 4, 1940 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Lanning  
Home Starting PitcherCharlie Frye  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance7,182 
Time of Game2 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Klem
1B: Lee Ballanfant
2B: (none)
3B: Bick Campbell

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lloyd Waner  Center Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Debs Garms  Third Baseman 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Johnny Lanning  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ham Schulte  Second Baseman 
Chuck Klein  Right Fielder 
Mel Mazzera  Left Fielder 
Joe Marty  Center Fielder 
Pinky May  Third Baseman 
Bobby Bragan  Shortstop 
Art Mahan  First Baseman 
Wally Millies  Catcher 
Charlie Frye  Pitcher 
Doc Prothro  Manager 

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Pirates 6 @ Phillies 4
Shibe Park
August 4, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/4/1940, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Waner L, cf           4  2  2  0   Schulte H, 2b         5  0  0  0   
DiMaggio V, cf        1  0  0  0   Klein C, rf           2  0  1  0   
Elliott B, rf         5  1  3  1   Mazzera M, lf         4  0  1  0   
Garms D, 3b           4  2  2  2   Marty J, cf           5  0  0  0   
Vaughan A, ss         5  0  1  2   May P, 3b             4  2  2  0   
Fletcher E, 1b        3  0  1  0   Bragan B, ss          4  1  3  2   
Van Robays M, lf      5  0  1  1   Mahan A, 1b           4  1  0  1   
Gustine F, 2b         4  0  0  0   Millies W, c          2  0  0  0   
Lopez A, c            4  0  1  0   Warren B, ph-c        0  0  0  0   
Lanning J, p          4  1  2  0   Frye C, p             2  0  0  0   
MacFayden D, p        0  0  0  0   Rizzo J, ph           1  0  0  0   
Heintzelman K, p      0  0  0  0   Smoll L, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Atwood B, ph          1  0  1  1   
                                   Johnson S, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 13  6                        34  4  8  4

Pittsburgh       000 120 201 --  6
Philadelphia     000 200 020 --  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lanning J (W)         7.2  7  4  4  6  2
MacFayden D           0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Heintzelman K (S)     1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Frye C (L)            7.0  9  5  4  3  2
Smoll L               1.0  2  0  0  0  0
Johnson S             1.0  2  1  1  0  0

E -- Vaughan A, Bragan B, May P, Gustine F
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 10
2B -- Mazzera M, Bragan B, May P
3B -- Elliott B, Vaughan A
HR -- Garms D
CS -- Elliott B, Gustine F
T -- 2:11
A -- 7182

    

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