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Giants 4 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
September 26, 1943

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on September 26, 1943 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 26, 1943 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBill Voiselle  
Losing PitcherHank Gornicki  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny Rucker 

Game Info

DateSeptember 26, 1943 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Voiselle  
Home Starting PitcherXavier Rescigno  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance8,617 
Time of Game2 hours 7 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Beans Reardon
2B: (none)
3B: Lee Ballanfant

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Rucker  Center Fielder 
Mickey Witek  Second Baseman 
Buster Maynard  Third Baseman 
Joe Medwick  Left Fielder 
Charlie Mead  Right Fielder 
Nap Reyes  First Baseman 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Joe Stephenson  Catcher 
Bill Voiselle  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Coscarart  Shortstop 
Tommy O'Brien  Right Fielder 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Bill Baker  Catcher 
Xavier Rescigno  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Giants 4 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
September 26, 1943

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/26/1943, game 2 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Rucker J, cf          5  0  1  1   Coscarart P, ss       4  0  0  0   
Witek M, 2b           5  0  0  0   O'Brien T, rf         4  0  1  0   
Maynard B, 3b         4  0  0  0   Gornicki H, p         0  0  0  0   
Medwick J, lf         4  1  1  0   Wyrostek J, ph        1  0  0  0   
Mead C, rf            4  0  2  0   Van Robays M, lf      3  0  0  0   
Reyes N, 1b           3  0  0  0   Russell J, lf         2  0  0  0   
Kerr B, ss            3  1  2  1   DiMaggio V, cf        4  0  0  0   
Stephenson J, c       4  2  1  0   Elliott B, 3b         3  1  2  0   
Voiselle B, p         3  0  1  2   Fletcher E, 1b        3  1  1  0   
                                   Gustine F, 2b         3  1  0  1   
                                   Baker B, c            3  0  0  0   
                                   Rescigno X, p         1  0  0  1   
                                   Barrett J, ph-rf      2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  4  8  4                        33  3  4  2

New York         002 100 000 1 --  4
Pittsburgh       030 000 000 0 --  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Voiselle B (W)       10.0  4  3  2  6  9

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rescigno X            7.0  5  3  2  1  1
Gornicki H (L)        3.0  3  1  1  0  0

E -- Voiselle B, Van Robays M
DP -- New York 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 4, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Mead C, Kerr B
SB -- Baker B, Gustine F
CS -- O'Brien T
SH -- Gustine F, Voiselle B
HBP -- by Rescigno X (Reyes N)
T -- 2:07
A -- 8617

    

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