Pirates @ Giants
May 16, 1943

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 1 7 0
Giants 3 6 2
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 1 7 0
Giants 3 6 2

Jim Russell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .200
OBP .000 .307
At Bats 0 65
Hits 0 13
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 3

Johnnie Wittig Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 1
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Polo Grounds - May 16, 1943
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Out
Johnnie Wittig
Ernie Lombardi
Joe Orengo
Mickey Witek
Sid Gordon
Billy Jurges
Babe Barna
Buster Maynard
Mel Ott
Jim Russell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 1 7 0 8
New York Giants 3 6 2 5
Winning Pitcher Johnnie Wittig
Losing Pitcher Max Butcher
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mel Ott
Attendance 13,056
Time of Game 2 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jim Russell pinch hits for Max Butcher. Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Coscarart hits a fly ball into left field. Barna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lopez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lombardi hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Maynard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Witek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jurges hits a fly ball into left field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gustine hits a fly ball into center field. Maynard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Elliott bunts towards first. Orengo scoops it up and throws to first, with Wittig covering, for the out. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Bottom 7 Wittig hits a fly ball into left field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Orengo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Al Lopez now catching. Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wyrostek is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Barrett takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Butcher hits a popup towards short. Jurges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tommy O'Brien pinch runs for Bill Baker. Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Brien moves to third.
Top 7 Baker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Baker reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Barna hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lombardi for the out.
Bottom 6 Ott strikes out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a popup towards the mound. Wittig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Barna. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. Wyrostek scores. Elliott moves to third.
Top 6 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gordon. Wyrostek moves to third.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Wyrostek moves to second.
Top 6 Wyrostek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Barrett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Orengo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maynard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jurges hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Wittig strikes out.
Top 5 Butcher hits a fly ball into center field. Maynard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Orengo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Barna hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barrett. Barna reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gustine strikes out.
Top 4 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 4 Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Orengo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wyrostek hits a fly ball into left field. Barna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ott strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maynard hits a line drive into left field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Witek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jurges moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jurges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Wittig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Butcher bunts towards first. Orengo fields it and throws to third for the out. Coscarart moves to second.
Top 3 Coscarart takes first base on ball four. Baker moves to second.
Top 3 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Orengo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. Barna moves to second.
Bottom 2 Barna takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Wyrostek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gustine hits a line drive towards first. Orengo catches it and steps on first to double up Elliott.
Top 2 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Barna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Ott strikes out.
Bottom 1 Maynard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 1 Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wittig fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Barrett hits a popup towards first. Orengo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.