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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 23, 1937
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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 May 23, 1937 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 23, 1937 |
|---|---|
| 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 | May 23, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Smith |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Cy Blanton |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 29,486 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 32 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tiny Parker 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
| Lou Chiozza | Third Baseman |
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Jimmy Ripple | Center Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Johnny McCarthy | First Baseman |
| Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Al Smith | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Woody Jensen | Center Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Dickshot | Left Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Gus Suhr | First Baseman |
| Al Todd | Catcher |
| Lee Handley | Second Baseman |
| Bill Brubaker | Third Baseman |
| Cy Blanton | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 23, 1937
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Blanton
Chiozza bunts towards first. Suhr scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chiozza for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Blanton
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Smith
Jensen strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Smith
Waner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickshot vs. Smith
Dickshot is hit by the pitch. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughan vs. Smith
Vaughan hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suhr vs. Smith
Suhr is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Blanton
Ripple hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Blanton
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarthy vs. Blanton
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blanton juggles the ball. That's an error on Blanton. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mancuso vs. Blanton
Mancuso strikes out. There goes Ott. The throw from Todd and Ott is out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Smith
Todd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Handley vs. Smith
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brubaker vs. Smith
Brubaker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Blanton
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Blanton
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brubaker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanton vs. Smith
Blanton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Smith
Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCarthy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Smith
Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blanton moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickshot vs. Smith
Dickshot hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy fields the ball and throws to Smith covering. Safe. Blanton moves to third. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vaughan vs. Smith
Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blanton scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suhr vs. Smith
Suhr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waner scores. Dickshot moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Todd vs. Smith
Todd hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiozza vs. Blanton
Chiozza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Blanton
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Blanton
Ripple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Blanton
Ott takes first base on ball four. Ripple moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarthy vs. Blanton
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Suhr scoops it up and throws to first, with Blanton covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Smith
Handley hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCarthy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brubaker vs. Smith
Brubaker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanton vs. Smith
Blanton hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Blanton
Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Blanton
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Blanton
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Smith
Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Smith
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickshot vs. Smith
Dickshot hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Smith
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy fields the ball and throws to Smith covering. Safe. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Suhr vs. Smith
Suhr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dickshot. Bartell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chiozza vs. Blanton
Chiozza hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Todd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Blanton
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bartell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ripple vs. Blanton
Ripple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Smith
Todd is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Smith
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brubaker vs. Smith
Brubaker strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Blanton
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Blanton
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley misplays the ball. That's an error on Handley. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Blanton
Mancuso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarthy moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitehead vs. Blanton
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blanton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCarthy moves to third. Mancuso moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leslie vs. Blanton
Mickey Haslin pinch runs for Gus Mancuso. Sam Leslie pinch hits for Al Smith.
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out. McCarthy scores. Haslin moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Haslin scores. Leslie moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chiozza vs. Blanton
Chiozza takes first base on ball four. Leslie moves to third. Bartell moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Moore vs. Blanton
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanton vs. Schumacher
Harry Danning now catching. Hal Schumacher now pitching.
Blanton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Schumacher
Jensen hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ripple, who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Waner vs. Schumacher
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chiozza fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dickshot vs. Schumacher
Dickshot hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Dickshot reaches second base with a double. Jensen scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Schumacher
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Blanton
Ripple hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Todd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Blanton
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarthy vs. Blanton
McCarthy hits a fly ball into center field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Blanton
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Schumacher
Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Schumacher, and towards Whitehead, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Schumacher
Todd takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Handley vs. Schumacher
Handley hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ripple, who is chasing the ball. Handley reaches third base with a triple. Todd goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brubaker vs. Schumacher
Brubaker is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Blanton vs. Schumacher
There goes Handley, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Handley steals home. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanton vs. Schumacher
Blanton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Schumacher
Jensen strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Blanton
Whitehead hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Blanton
Kiddo Davis pinch hits for Hal Schumacher.
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitehead moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brubaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chiozza vs. Blanton
Chiozza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitehead scores. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Hoyt
Waite Hoyt now pitching.
Moore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dickshot. Moore reaches second base with a double. Davis scores. Chiozza moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ripple vs. Hoyt
Ripple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jensen. Ripple reaches second base with a double. Chiozza scores. Moore scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ott vs. Hoyt
Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarthy vs. Hoyt
McCarthy hits a line drive into center field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Melton
Cliff Melton now pitching.
Waner strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickshot vs. Melton
Dickshot hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Melton
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suhr vs. Melton
Suhr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Todd vs. Melton
Todd hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy scoops it up and throws to first, with Melton covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/23/1937 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Bartell D, ss 5 0 2 1 Jensen W, cf 5 1 2 0
Chiozza L, 3b 4 1 1 1 Waner P, rf 4 1 1 0
Moore J, lf 5 1 1 1 Dickshot J, lf 4 0 3 1
Ripple J, cf 5 0 2 2 Vaughan A, ss 5 0 1 1
Ott M, rf 3 0 1 0 Suhr G, 1b 5 0 2 1
McCarthy J, 1b 5 1 0 0 Todd A, c 4 1 1 0
Mancuso G, c 3 0 1 0 Handley L, 2b 4 1 1 1
Haslin M, pr 0 1 0 0 Brubaker B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Danning H, c 1 0 0 0 Blanton C, p 3 1 1 0
Whitehead B, 2b 4 1 2 0 Hoyt W, p 0 0 0 0
Smith A, p 2 0 0 0
Leslie S, ph 1 0 0 1
Schumacher H, p 0 0 0 0
Davis K, ph 1 1 1 0
Melton C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 6 11 6 38 5 12 4
New York 000 000 204 -- 6
Pittsburgh 002 000 120 -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Smith A 6.0 7 2 2 1 4
Schumacher H (W) 2.0 3 3 3 2 2
Melton C (S) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton C 8.1 9 5 3 3 3
Hoyt W (L) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
E -- Blanton C, Handley L
DP -- New York 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 9, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Bartell D, Dickshot J, Moore J, Ripple J
3B -- Jensen W, Handley L
SB -- Handley L
CS -- Ott M
HBP -- by Smith A (Dickshot J)
T -- 2:32
A -- 29486
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