Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
May 12, 1937 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1937 at Polo Grounds V. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, New York Giants 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Jensen cf 5 0 0 0
Waner rf 4 2 2 0
Dickshot lf 4 1 1 0
Vaughan ss 5 1 2 1
Suhr 1b 5 1 1 2
Todd c 4 1 2 2
Handley 2b 4 0 0 0
Brubaker 3b 3 0 1 0
Bowman p 2 0 1 1
  Swift p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 1 2 0
Chiozza 3b 3 0 1 1
Moore lf 4 0 1 1
Ott rf 4 0 1 0
Ripple cf 4 0 0 0
McCarthy 1b 4 0 0 0
Mancuso c 4 1 2 0
Whitehead 2b 4 2 2 0
Melton p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 2 1 1 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Leslie ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 2
Pittsburgh 000 400 200–6103
New York 002 030 000–5100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bowman  W(4-0) 6.0 10 5 0 1 0
  Swift  SV(2) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
0
1
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Melton   4.0 5 4 4 2 5
  Smith  L(0-1) 3.0 4 2 2 2 3
  Coffman   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
8
  E–Dickshot (2), Handley (10), Brubaker (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Suhr-Vaughan-Suhr.  2B–Pittsburgh Vaughan 2 (3); Suhr (7).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Chiozza (1).  Team–5.  U–Beans Reardon, Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz.  T–2:20.  A–12,018.
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