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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 21, 1939
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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 June 21, 1939 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 21, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 21, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cliff Melton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Tobin |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 5,194 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Barr 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: Ziggy Sears |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Billy Jurges | Shortstop |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Zeke Bonura | First Baseman |
| Frank Demaree | Center Fielder |
| Lou Chiozza | Third Baseman |
| Alex Kampouris | Second Baseman |
| Cliff Melton | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Fern Bell | Left Fielder |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Lee Handley | Third Baseman |
| Pep Young | Second Baseman |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Jim Tobin | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 21, 1939
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Tobin
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Tobin
Jurges hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Waner. Jurges reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Danning vs. Tobin
Danning hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. Danning reaches second base with a double. Jurges scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Tobin
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Danning scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Tobin
Bonura strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Demaree vs. Tobin
There goes Ott. The throw from Mueller and he is safe. Ott steals second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Demaree vs. Tobin
Demaree hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan bunts towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Melton
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Tobin
Chiozza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kampouris vs. Tobin
Kampouris hits a line drive into center field. Waner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Waner. Chiozza moves to third. Kampouris moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Melton vs. Tobin
Melton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chiozza scores. Kampouris scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Brown
Mace Brown now pitching.
Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Melton moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jurges vs. Brown
Jurges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Melton moves to third. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Danning vs. Brown
Danning hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ott vs. Brown
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Melton
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Melton
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Handley for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura juggles the ball. That's an error on Bonura. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Melton
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Brown
Bonura hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bell. Bonura reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Demaree vs. Brown
Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bonura moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Chiozza vs. Brown
Chiozza takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kampouris vs. Brown
Kampouris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Melton vs. Brown
Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Melton
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Brown
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Brown
Jurges hits a line drive into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Brown
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Melton
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Melton
Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Handley vs. Melton
Handley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vaughan scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Handley moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Melton
Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Brown
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonura vs. Brown
Bonura hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demaree vs. Brown
Demaree hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chiozza vs. Brown
Chiozza hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Melton
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chiozza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a line drive towards third. Chiozza reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Brown
Kampouris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Melton vs. Brown
Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Brown
Moore hits a line drive towards short. Vaughan catches it and throws to first to double up Melton. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Melton
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Melton
Fletcher hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Melton
Handley hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurges vs. Brown
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Brown
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Brown
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Danning moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonura vs. Brown
Bonura takes first base on ball four. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Demaree vs. Brown
Demaree hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Danning tags and scores. Ott tags and moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chiozza vs. Brown
Chiozza hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chiozza for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Melton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Melton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Melton
Mueller bunts towards third. Chiozza fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Young moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzo vs. Melton
Johnny Rizzo pinch hits for Mace Brown.
Rizzo takes first base on ball four. Young moves to third. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Waner vs. Melton
Waner is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Waner vs. Melton
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out. Young scores. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Sewell
Rip Sewell now pitching.
Kampouris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melton vs. Sewell
Melton bunts towards the mound. Sewell fields it and throws to first for the out. Kampouris moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Sewell
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jurges vs. Sewell
Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Melton
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Melton
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Handley vs. Brown
Jumbo Brown now pitching.
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it and throws to second for the out. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Brown
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Handley moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Klein vs. Brown
Chuck Klein pinch hits for Ray Mueller.
Klein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris fields it and throws to second for the out. Handley scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suhr vs. Brown
Gus Suhr pinch hits for Rip Sewell.
Suhr takes first base on ball four. Klein moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waner vs. Hubbell
Carl Hubbell now pitching.
Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Bowman
Ray Berres now catching. Joe Bowman now pitching.
Danning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Bowman
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonura vs. Bowman
Bonura is hit by the pitch. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Demaree vs. Bowman
Demaree takes first base on ball four. Danning moves to third. Bonura moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chiozza vs. Bowman
Chiozza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Danning scores. Bonura moves to third. Demaree moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kampouris vs. Bowman
Kampouris strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hubbell vs. Bowman
Hubbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Hubbell
Waner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott who is chasing the ball. Waner reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vaughan vs. Hubbell
Vaughan strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Hubbell
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fletcher vs. Hubbell
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bonura scoops it up and throws to first, with Hubbell covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/21/1939 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Moore J, lf 5 0 1 0 Waner L, cf 5 0 2 0
Jurges B, ss 5 1 2 0 Waner P, rf 5 0 1 1
Danning H, c 5 3 3 1 Vaughan A, ss 5 1 2 0
Ott M, rf 5 0 2 1 Bell F, lf 5 1 1 0
Bonura Z, 1b 3 0 1 0 Fletcher E, 1b 5 0 1 0
Demaree F, cf 3 0 1 1 Handley L, 3b 4 1 1 1
Chiozza L, 3b 4 1 2 1 Young P, 2b 4 1 3 1
Kampouris A, 2b 5 1 2 0 Mueller R, c 3 0 1 0
Melton C, p 3 0 2 2 Klein C, ph 1 0 0 1
Brown J, p 0 0 0 0 Berres R, c 0 0 0 0
Hubbell C, p 1 0 0 0 Tobin J, p 0 0 0 0
Brown M, p 2 0 0 0
Rizzo J, ph 0 0 0 0
Sewell R, p 0 0 0 0
Suhr G, ph 0 0 0 0
Bowman J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 6 16 6 39 4 12 4
New York 220 000 101 -- 6
Pittsburgh 000 100 120 -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Melton C (W)* 7.0 10 4 4 1 2
Brown J 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Hubbell C (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Tobin J (L)+ 1.0 6 4 4 0 2
Brown M 6.0 7 1 1 2 1
Sewell R 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Bowman J 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 2nd
E -- Waner L, Bonura Z
DP -- New York 1, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- New York 12, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Jurges B, Danning H, Bonura Z
3B -- Waner P
SB -- Ott M
SH -- Melton C
SF -- Demaree F
HBP -- by Bowman J (Bonura Z)
T -- 2:37
A -- 5194
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