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Scores
Standings
PHA
@CHW		4
9
WSH
@CLE		5
11
NYY
@DET		7
14
BOS
@SLB		6
4
CIN
@BRO		5
6
CHC
@BSN		1
6
PIT
@NYG		4
3		 
(11)
STL
@PHI		10
3
STL
@PHI		18
10		 
(10)
Friday, July 16, 1937,
, Polo Grounds V
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:30
Pirates
4
41-33
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Giants
3
47-30
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Mace Brown (3-0)
L: Cliff Melton (9-5)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10 11    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  2  0   0  0  0   1  0  0   0  1    4  7  2
Giants          2  0  1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0    3  8  1

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lee Handley 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .277 .715 1 3
Lloyd Waner CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .774 5 0 SH
Woody Jensen LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .253 .655 4 0
Gus Suhr 1B 3 0 1 0 2 0 .289 .836 8 2
Al Todd C 5 1 0 0 0 0 .320 .796 5 2
Johnny Dickshot RF 3 1 2 0 2 1 .243 .653 2 0
Pep Young SS 5 1 1 2 0 0 .267 .733 6 7 HR
Bill Brubaker 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 .208 .627 0 2 HR
Cy Blanton P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .085 .258 0 0
   Paul Waner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .387 .959
   Mace Brown P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .417 2 0
Team Totals 39 4 7 3 5 4 .179 .606 33 16
HR: P Young (5); B Brubaker (2).
SH: L Waner (8).
TB: B Brubaker 5; P Young 4; J Dickshot 2; L Handley; G Suhr.
RBI: P Young 2 (23); B Brubaker (14).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 2. P Young-G Suhr; A Todd-P Young.
E: P Young (9); L Handley (22).

New York Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lou Chiozza 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .546 2 5
Dick Bartell SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 .313 .896 2 8 SB
Jo-Jo Moore LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 .326 .840 1 0 SB,GDP
Wally Berger CF 4 0 2 2 1 0 .299 .938 1 0
Mel Ott RF 4 0 1 1 1 1 .254 .885 1 0
Johnny McCarthy 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .662 17 1
Burgess Whitehead 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 .674 5 3
   Jimmy Ripple PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307 .773
Harry Danning C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .187 .504 4 0
Cliff Melton P 3 0 1 0 0 2 .212 .424 0 3 SH
   Dick Coffman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1.167 0 0
Team Totals 39 3 8 3 3 4 .205 .467 33 20
SH: C Melton (6).
TB: B Whitehead 2; W Berger 2; D Bartell 2; C Melton; M Ott.
GIDP: J Moore (4).
RBI: W Berger 2 (41); M Ott (52).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
E: B Whitehead (13).
Baserunning
SB: D Bartell (4, -1st base off  POCS); J Moore (3, -1st base off  POCS).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Cy Blanton 3 5 3 2 2 1 0 2.54 15 38
Mace Brown, W (3-0) 8 3 0 0 1 3 0 2.84 28
Team Totals 11 8 3 2 3 4 0 1.64 43 38

New York Giants

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Cliff Melton, L (9-5) 10.1 7 4 3 4 4 2 2.49 42 65
Dick Coffman 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.49 3
Team Totals 11 7 4 3 5 4 2 2.45 45 65
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Klem, 1B - Ziggy Sears, 2B - (none), 3B - Lee Ballanfant.
Time of Game: 2:30.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Pittsburgh Pirates         New York Giants
1 Lee Handley 2B 1 Lou Chiozza 3B
2 Lloyd Waner CF 2 Dick Bartell SS
3 Woody Jensen LF 3 Jo-Jo Moore LF
4 Gus Suhr 1B 4 Wally Berger CF
5 Al Todd C 5 Mel Ott RF
6 Johnny Dickshot RF 6 Johnny McCarthy 1B
7 Pep Young SS 7 Burgess Whitehead 2B
8 Bill Brubaker 3B 8 Harry Danning C
9 Cy Blanton P 9 Cliff Melton P

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