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Pirates 2 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
June 26, 1942

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on June 26, 1942 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJune 26, 1942 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 2 H: 6 E: 5 LOB: 2
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherCliff Melton  
Losing PitcherRip Sewell  
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Game Winning RBIMel Ott 

Game Info

DateJune 26, 1942 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherRip Sewell  
Home Starting PitcherCliff Melton  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance7,585 
Time of Game1 hour 50 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: George Barr
2B: (none)
3B: George Magerkurth

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alf Anderson  Shortstop 
Johnny Barrett  Right Fielder 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Maurice Van Robays  Left Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Pete Coscarart  Second Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Rip Sewell  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Werber  Third Baseman 
Billy Jurges  Shortstop 
Mel Ott  Right Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Babe Barna  Left Fielder 
Hank Leiber  Center Fielder 
Harry Danning  Catcher 
Mickey Witek  Second Baseman 
Cliff Melton  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Pirates 2 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
June 26, 1942

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         Game of 6/26/1942 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Anderson A, ss        4  0  1  0   Werber B, 3b          3  1  1  0   
Barrett J, rf         3  0  0  0   Jurges B, ss          3  0  0  0   
Gustine F, ph         1  0  0  0   Ott M, rf             3  1  2  2   
Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  2  0   Mize J, 1b            4  1  0  0   
Elliott B, 3b         4  0  0  0   Barna B, lf           3  0  0  1   
Van Robays M, lf      3  1  1  0   Leiber H, cf          4  0  0  0   
DiMaggio V, cf        3  1  1  2   Danning H, c          4  0  1  0   
Coscarart P, 2b       3  0  0  0   Witek M, 2b           3  0  0  0   
Lopez A, c            3  0  1  0   Melton C, p           4  1  2  0   
Sewell R, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Baker B, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Dietz D, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  2  6  2                        31  4  6  3

Pittsburgh       020 000 000 --  2
New York         013 000 00x --  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sewell R (L)          7.0  6  4  2  3  2
Dietz D               1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Melton C (W)          9.0  6  2  2  0  4

E -- Fletcher E, Elliott B, Coscarart P 2, Anderson A
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 2, New York 8
HR -- DiMaggio V
CS -- Fletcher E, Barrett J, Barna B
SH -- Jurges B, Witek M
T -- 1:50
A -- 7585

    

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