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May 7, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 16 0
Pirates 9 15 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 16 0
Pirates 9 15 2

Frankie Gustine Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .600 .286
OBP .600 .286
At Bats 5 21
Hits 3 6
• Singles 2 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 2 5

Bill Swift Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Forbes Field - May 7, 1940
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Bill Swift
Al Lopez
Les Scarsella
Rabbit Warstler
Tony Cuccinello
Eddie Miller
Chet Ross
Johnny Cooney
Max West
Frankie Gustine
Rip Sewell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 11 16 0 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 15 2 10
Winning Pitcher Tom Earley
Losing Pitcher Johnny Lanning
Save Bill Swift
Game Winning RBI Les Scarsella
Attendance 2,098
Time of Game 3 hours 1 minute
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rip Sewell pinch runs for Spud Davis. Lloyd Waner pinch hits for Dick Lanahan. Bill Swift now pitching. Waner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scarsella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 LaManna hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Lanahan covering, for the out. Miller moves to third.
Top 9 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garms. Miller reaches second base with a double. Lopez scores.
Top 9 Lopez hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Elliott who is chasing the ball. Lopez reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Lee Handley now playing third base. Arky Vaughan now playing shortstop. Scarsella hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Bowman pinch hits for Pep Young. Hank LaManna now pitching. Bowman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Garms takes first base on ball four. Van Robays moves to second.
Bottom 8 Van Robays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vaughan scores.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Vaughan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Elliott scores.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cooney. Elliott reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ross strikes out.
Top 8 Cuccinello hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 West hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gustine picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gustine. Warstler scores. Cooney moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Cooney takes first base on ball four. Warstler moves to second.
Top 8 Warstler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young misplays the ball. That's an error on Young.
Top 8 Javery is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Lanahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Al Javery now pitching. Young hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miller is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Scarsella hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ross scores.
Top 7 Ross hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Elliott who is chasing the ball. Ross reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Garms hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Van Robays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 6 Fletcher is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Warstler scoops it up and throws to first, with Earley covering, for the out. Gustine scores.
Bottom 6 Elliott strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gustine hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cooney who is chasing the ball. Gustine reaches third base with a triple. Davis scores. Lanahan goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Lanahan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis moves to third.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ross. Davis reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 West hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Warstler moves to third.
Top 6 Cooney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Warstler moves to second.
Top 6 Warstler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Young strikes out.
Bottom 5 Garms hits a fly ball into right field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rabbit Warstler now playing second base. Johnny Cooney now playing center field. Max West now playing right field. Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dick Lanahan now pitching. Earley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Miller hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Lopez hits a popup towards the mound. Lanning settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Scarsella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. West scores. Cuccinello moves to third.
Top 5 Ross strikes out.
Top 5 Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanning fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. West moves to second.
Top 5 West takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scarsella scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out.
Bottom 4 Vaughan hits a line drive towards first. Scarsella reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Elliott is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Hassett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rowell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Earley for the double play.
Top 4 Pep Young now playing shortstop. Johnny Lanning now pitching. Earley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Tom Earley now pitching. Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Joe Schultz pinch hits for Russ Bauers. Schultz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garms scores. Davis moves to third.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garms moves to third.
Bottom 3 Paul Waner pinch hits for Bill Brubaker. Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Van Robays scores.
Bottom 3 Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Vaughan scores. Van Robays moves to third.
Bottom 3 Van Robays takes first base on ball four. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rowell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Miller strikes out.
Top 3 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Scarsella strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Ross moves to third.
Top 3 Russ Bauers now pitching. Ross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. West scores. Cuccinello scores.
Top 3 Cuccinello hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garms. Cuccinello reaches second base with a double. Hassett scores. West moves to third.
Top 3 West takes first base on ball four. Hassett moves to second.
Top 3 Hassett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cuccinello fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gustine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 MacFayden hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. West settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rowell hits a fly ball into center field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Strincevich strikes out.
Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brubaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to second.
Top 2 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nick Strincevich now pitching. Brubaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Garms takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Van Robays moves to second.
Bottom 1 Van Robays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gustine scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Gustine moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Gustine. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Gustine steals second.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a fly ball into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a line drive into right field. Hassett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gustine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Scarsella hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scarsella for the out.
Top 1 Ross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hassett scores. Cuccinello moves to second.
Top 1 Cuccinello is hit by the pitch. Hassett moves to second.
Top 1 West hits a popup in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 MacFayden spins and fires to second, with Brubaker covering, and Rowell is picked off.
Top 1 Hassett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rowell moves to second.
Top 1 Rowell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.