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Pirates
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
August 4, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 4, 1940 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 4, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Lanning |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Charlie Frye |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 7,182 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: (none) 3B: Bick Campbell |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Right Fielder |
| Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
| Maurice Van Robays | Left Fielder |
| Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Johnny Lanning | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ham Schulte | Second Baseman |
| Chuck Klein | Right Fielder |
| Mel Mazzera | Left Fielder |
| Joe Marty | Center Fielder |
| Pinky May | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Bragan | Shortstop |
| Art Mahan | First Baseman |
| Wally Millies | Catcher |
| Charlie Frye | Pitcher |
| Doc Prothro | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Phillies
Shibe Park
August 4, 1940
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Frye
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Frye
Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Frye
There goes Elliott. The throw from Millies and he is out, Bragan applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Frye
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Lanning
Schulte hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Lanning
Klein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Lanning
Mazzera takes first base on ball four. Klein moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marty vs. Lanning
Marty hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Lanning
May hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Frye
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schulte scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Frye
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Van Robays vs. Frye
Van Robays strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Frye
Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bragan vs. Lanning
Bragan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Lanning
Mahan hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gustine throws to second for one, and Vaughan throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Mahan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Millies vs. Lanning
Millies takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frye vs. Lanning
Frye hits a popup towards second. Gustine catches it and steps on second to double up Mahan. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Frye
Lopez hits a popup towards third. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanning vs. Frye
Lanning strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Frye
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Frye fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Lanning
Schulte hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Lanning
Klein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Lanning covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazzera vs. Lanning
Mazzera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Mazzera reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marty vs. Lanning
Marty hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Frye
Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Frye
Garms hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Frye
Vaughan hits a fly ball into left field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Frye
Fletcher hits a line drive to right field. Klein throws towards Bragan. Bragan fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bragan. Garms moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Van Robays vs. Frye
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garms scores. Fletcher moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gustine vs. Frye
Gustine hits a popup, foul, towards third. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Lanning
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bragan vs. Lanning
Bragan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Bragan reaches second base with a double. May goes all the way around to score. Bragan moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mahan vs. Lanning
Mahan hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bragan scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millies vs. Lanning
Millies hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frye vs. Lanning
Frye hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Frye
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanning vs. Frye
Lanning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Frye
Waner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lanning moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Elliott vs. Frye
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lanning scores. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Garms vs. Frye
Garms takes first base on ball four. Waner moves to third. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vaughan vs. Frye
Vaughan hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waner scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Frye
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to third. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Van Robays vs. Frye
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Lanning
Schulte hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Lanning
Klein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Lanning
Mazzera hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marty vs. Lanning
Marty hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Frye
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Frye
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gustine moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lanning vs. Frye
There goes Gustine. The throw from Millies and he is out, May applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lanning vs. Frye
Lanning hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Lanning
May 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. May moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bragan vs. Lanning
Bragan hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mahan vs. Lanning
Mahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. May moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Millies vs. Lanning
Millies strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Frye
Waner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Frye
Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Mazzera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garms vs. Frye
Garms hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Frye
Vaughan hits a fly ball into center field. Marty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Frye
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Lanning
Vince DiMaggio now playing center field. Johnny Rizzo pinch hits for Charlie Frye.
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Lanning
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lanning fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Lanning
Klein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Lanning
Mazzera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Robays vs. Smoll
Lefty Smoll now pitching.
Van Robays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schulte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Smoll
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. May fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Smoll
Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lanning vs. Smoll
Lanning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Smoll
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marty vs. Lanning
Marty strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Lanning
May hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bragan vs. Lanning
Bragan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. May scores. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mahan vs. Lanning
Mahan hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Gustine fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Warren vs. Lanning
Bennie Warren pinch hits for Wally Millies.
Warren takes first base on ball four. Mahan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Atwood vs. MacFayden
Danny MacFayden now pitching. Bill Atwood pinch hits for Lefty Smoll.
Atwood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mahan scores. Warren moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schulte vs. MacFayden
Schulte hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Johnson
Bennie Warren now catching. Syl Johnson now pitching.
Elliott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Klein who is chasing the ball. Elliott reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garms vs. Johnson
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vaughan vs. Johnson
Vaughan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Klein who is chasing the ball. Vaughan reaches third base with a triple. Elliott scores. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fletcher vs. Johnson
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Johnson, and towards Bragan, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Van Robays vs. Johnson
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bragan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klein vs. Heintzelman
Ken Heintzelman now pitching.
Klein takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzera vs. Heintzelman
Mazzera strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marty vs. Heintzelman
Marty hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Phillies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Heintzelman
May hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/4/1940, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Waner L, cf 4 2 2 0 Schulte H, 2b 5 0 0 0
DiMaggio V, cf 1 0 0 0 Klein C, rf 2 0 1 0
Elliott B, rf 5 1 3 1 Mazzera M, lf 4 0 1 0
Garms D, 3b 4 2 2 2 Marty J, cf 5 0 0 0
Vaughan A, ss 5 0 1 2 May P, 3b 4 2 2 0
Fletcher E, 1b 3 0 1 0 Bragan B, ss 4 1 3 2
Van Robays M, lf 5 0 1 1 Mahan A, 1b 4 1 0 1
Gustine F, 2b 4 0 0 0 Millies W, c 2 0 0 0
Lopez A, c 4 0 1 0 Warren B, ph-c 0 0 0 0
Lanning J, p 4 1 2 0 Frye C, p 2 0 0 0
MacFayden D, p 0 0 0 0 Rizzo J, ph 1 0 0 0
Heintzelman K, p 0 0 0 0 Smoll L, p 0 0 0 0
Atwood B, ph 1 0 1 1
Johnson S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 6 13 6 34 4 8 4
Pittsburgh 000 120 201 -- 6
Philadelphia 000 200 020 -- 4
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Lanning J (W) 7.2 7 4 4 6 2
MacFayden D 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Heintzelman K (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Frye C (L) 7.0 9 5 4 3 2
Smoll L 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Johnson S 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
E -- Vaughan A, Bragan B, May P, Gustine F
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 10
2B -- Mazzera M, Bragan B, May P
3B -- Elliott B, Vaughan A
HR -- Garms D
CS -- Elliott B, Gustine F
T -- 2:11
A -- 7182
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