Pirates @ Giants
May 14, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 10 0
Giants 2 7 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 10 0
Giants 2 7 2

Johnny McCarthy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .000
At Bats 0 3
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Bob Klinger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 0
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Polo Grounds - May 14, 1940
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Strikeout
Bob Klinger
Ray Berres
Elbie Fletcher
Frankie Gustine
Lee Handley
Arky Vaughan
Maurice Van Robays
Vince DiMaggio
Bob Elliott
Johnny McCarthy
Billy Jurges

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 10 0 8
New York Giants 2 7 2 7
Winning Pitcher Bob Klinger
Losing Pitcher Cliff Melton
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Elbie Fletcher
Attendance 4,373
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnny McCarthy pinch hits for Roy Joiner. McCarthy strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Glossop for the out. Jurges moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jurges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out.
Top 9 DiMaggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Glossop settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Van Robays hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 9 Vaughan is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Danning hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Handley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berres scores. Klinger moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Klinger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Joiner juggles the ball. That's an error on Joiner. Berres moves to second.
Top 8 Berres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moore throws the ball in to Jurges who tags Gustine trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 8 Roy Joiner now pitching. DiMaggio is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Moore hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnny Rucker pinch hits for Jumbo Brown. Rucker hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Klinger scores. Vaughan moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. Klinger moves to third.
Top 7 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Handley bunts towards first. Young fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Young. Klinger moves to second.
Top 7 Klinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Glossop hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jurges takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second.
Bottom 6 Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Danning hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Gustine reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 DiMaggio is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Jumbo Brown now pitching. Van Robays hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 6 Vaughan takes first base on ball four. Klinger scores. Handley moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Top 6 Elliott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Klinger moves to third. Handley moves to second.
Top 6 Handley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klinger moves to second.
Top 6 Klinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There goes Demaree. The throw from Berres and he is out, Vaughan applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Demaree hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jurges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gustine strikes out.
Top 5 DiMaggio is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klinger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Glossop hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jurges moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jurges is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Danning hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Van Robays hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Elliott moves to second.
Top 4 Vaughan hits a fly ball into center field. Demaree settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Elliott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Handley hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Demaree takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moore for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitehead hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Van Robays who is chasing the ball. Whitehead reaches third base with a triple. Glossop scores. Melton goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Glossop moves to second.
Bottom 3 Glossop hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Jurges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Klinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Klinger for the out.
Top 3 Berres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitehead fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Young hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Danning hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ott hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 2 Van Robays strikes out.
Top 2 Fletcher is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Demaree hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Klinger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitehead hits a line drive towards short. Vaughan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Glossop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Melton fields it and throws to first for the out.