Giants @ Dodgers
June 23, 1943

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Giants 2 5 1
Dodgers 7 8 1
Top 9 R H E
Giants 2 5 1
Dodgers 7 8 1

Johnny Rucker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .248
OBP .500 .267
At Bats 3 117
Hits 1 29
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 3
RBI’s 1 7

Rube Melton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 0
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Ebbets Field - June 23, 1943
Out
Rube Melton
Bobby Bragan
Dolph Camilli
Billy Herman
Arky Vaughan
Al Glossop
Dixie Walker
Augie Galan
Paul Waner
Johnny Rucker
Gus Mancuso

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 2 5 1 8
Brooklyn Dodgers 7 8 1 11
Winning Pitcher Rube Melton
Losing Pitcher Johnnie Wittig
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Augie Galan
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 52 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Buster Maynard pinch hits for Ace Adams. Maynard hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Orengo strikes out.
Top 9 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Galan hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Herman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Camilli hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Waner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bartell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vaughan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ace Adams now pitching. Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Melton takes first base on ball four. Galan scores. Glossop moves to third. Bragan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Harry Feldman now pitching. Bragan takes first base on ball four. Herman scores. Galan moves to third. Glossop moves to second.
Bottom 7 Van Mungo now pitching. Glossop takes first base on ball four. Walker scores. Herman moves to third. Galan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Galan takes first base on ball four. Vaughan scores. Walker moves to third. Herman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Herman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vaughan moves to third. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Walker is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Camilli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wittig fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Waner bunts towards the mound. Wittig fields it and throws to first for the out. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jurges is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Camilli scoops it up and throws to first, with Melton covering, for the out.
Top 7 Wittig hits a fly ball into center field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wittig fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bragan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Glossop moves to second.
Bottom 6 Glossop takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Galan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herman hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Orengo strikes out.
Top 6 Mancuso hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Camilli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bragan scores. Vaughan scores. Waner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Waner takes first base on ball four. Bragan moves to third. Vaughan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bragan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Melton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bragan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Orengo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Glossop for the out.
Top 5 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Galan hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Herman takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Camilli hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Waner hits a line drive into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jurges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rucker takes first base on ball four. Witek scores. Bartell moves to third. Orengo moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Wittig hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Orengo is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Mancuso bunts towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out. Witek moves to third. Bartell moves to second.
Top 4 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vaughan fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Vaughan. Ott scores. Witek moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Witek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ott moves to third.
Top 4 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Melton hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bragan hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rucker hits a fly ball into center field. Galan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Galan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herman hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walker hits a fly ball towards right. Ott settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Ott.
Top 2 Wittig strikes out.
Top 2 Orengo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bartell moves to third.
Top 2 There goes Bartell. The throw from Bragan and he is safe. Bartell steals second.
Top 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Witek strikes out.
Bottom 1 Camilli strikes out.
Bottom 1 Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Orengo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waner for the out.
Bottom 1 Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vaughan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Rucker moves to third.
Top 1 Jurges takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second.
Top 1 Rucker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.