New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 6, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1938 at Forbes Field. The New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 4 1 1 1
Bartell ss 4 2 3 2
Ripple rf 4 1 0 0
Ott 3b 5 1 2 2
Leiber cf 3 3 1 1
McCarthy 1b 5 1 2 3
Chiozza 2b 4 0 1 2
Danning c 4 1 1 0
Melton p 2 1 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 11 11 11
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 4 2 2 0
Waner L. cf 4 1 2 0
  Thevenow ph 1 0 0 0
Waner P. rf 4 1 0 0
  Brubaker ph 1 1 1 2
Rizzo lf 5 0 3 3
Vaughan ss 5 0 2 2
Suhr 1b 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Berres c 4 1 1 0
Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Sewell p 2 0 0 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
  Heintzelman p 0 0 0 0
  Dickshot ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
New York 500 200 20211113
Pittsburgh 200 000 0147141
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Melton  W(5-0) 8.1 14 7 7 2 2
  Coffman  SV(4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L(3-1) 0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Sewell   6.1 7 5 3 1 1
  Klinger   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman   2.0 1 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
11
11
9
5
2

  E–Ott (3), Leiber (2), Chiozza (5), Sewell (1).  DP–New York 2. Ott-McCarthy-Ott, Ott-McCarthy, Pittsburgh 3. Sewell-Young-Suhr.  2B–New York Moore (4); Bartell (4), Pittsburgh Rizzo (3); Suhr (3).  3B–New York Chiozza (1).  HR–New York Leiber (5,7th inning off Sewell 0 on); McCarthy (5,1st inning off Sewell 2 on).  SH–Melton 2 (5).  HBP–Bartell (2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Bartell (2).  U–Dolly Stark, George Barr, Bill Stewart.  T–2:20.  A–10,648.
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