Pirates @ Giants
August 18, 1943

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 6 11 0
Giants 6 11 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 6 11 0
Giants 6 11 3

Johnny Rucker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .257
OBP .250 .297
At Bats 4 280
Hits 1 72
• Singles 1 60
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 1 23

Hank Gornicki Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 9 1
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Polo Grounds - August 18, 1943
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Out
Hank Gornicki
Al Lopez
Elbie Fletcher
Al Rubeling
Tommy O'Brien
Pete Coscarart
Jim Russell
Vince DiMaggio
Maurice Van Robays
Johnny Rucker
Mickey Witek
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Rucker bunts towards third. O'Brien fields it and throws to first for the out. Witek moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Witek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Van Robays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rubeling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bartell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Allen hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hank Gornicki now pitching. Maynard hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Russell strikes out.
Top 8 Coscarart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores.
Top 8 Johnny Wyrostek pinch hits for Bill Brandt. Wyrostek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lopez strikes out.
Top 8 There goes DiMaggio. The throw from Lombardi and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 8 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lombardi is hit by the pitch. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Medwick hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rucker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 O'Brien strikes out. Lombardi drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws O'Brien out.
Top 7 Van Robays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Witek hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bartell hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Allen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bill Brandt now pitching. Maynard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Maynard reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Coscarart hits a line drive towards short. Bartell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnny Barrett pinch hits for Johnny Podgajny. Barrett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Medwick. Barrett reaches second base with a double. Fletcher scores. Lopez moves to third.
Top 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Allen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 6 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 6 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Van Robays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Johnny Podgajny now pitching. Rucker hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnny Allen now pitching. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Van Robays hits a line drive into center field. Rucker picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Rucker. Coscarart goes all the way around to score. Van Robays moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Rubeling hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Coscarart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Baker scores.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Melton Lopez moves to third. Baker moves to second.
Top 5 Bill Baker pinch hits for Bob Klinger. Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Lopez moves to second.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 5 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Brien fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Melton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Rucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Van Robays moves to second.
Top 4 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maynard fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Maynard.
Bottom 3 Maynard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Gordon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ott scores. Lombardi moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Medwick scores. Ott moves to third.
Bottom 3 Ott takes first base on ball four. Medwick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart fields it and throws to second for the out. Witek scores.
Bottom 3 Rucker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Witek moves to third.
Bottom 3 Witek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Witek reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Klinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maynard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Melton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Maynard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first, with Melton covering, for the out. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lombardi hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rucker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rubeling fields it and throws to second for the out. Bartell scores.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bartell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Russell strikes out.
Top 1 Coscarart takes first base on ball four.