New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 16, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1938 at Forbes Field. 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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New York Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 5 0 2 3
Ripple rf 5 0 1 0
Seeds lf 4 0 1 0
Ott 3b 2 0 0 0
Leiber cf 4 0 1 0
Leslie 1b 2 0 0 0
  McCarthy 1b 2 0 0 0
Mancuso c 3 1 2 0
Kampouris 2b 3 2 1 0
Melton p 1 0 0 0
  Lohrman p 1 0 0 0
  Chiozza ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 5 1 3 1
Waner L. cf 4 3 3 3
Waner P. rf 5 0 2 0
Suhr 1b 5 1 0 0
Rizzo lf 3 0 1 1
Vaughan ss 3 0 1 2
Todd c 4 1 1 0
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Klinger p 4 1 2 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
New York 001 000 002380
Pittsburgh 200 400 01x7130
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Melton  L(9-7) 3.1 9 6 6 1 1
  Lohrman   2.2 3 0 0 1 1
  Brown   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
2
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger  W(8-1) 9.0 8 3 3 4 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
2

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Young-Vaughan-Suhr.  2B–New York Bartell (15); Mancuso (3), Pittsburgh Handley (10).  HR–Pittsburgh L. Waner (3,8th inning off Brown 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Vaughan (1).  Team–9.  U–Beans Reardon, Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz.  T–2:15.  A–15,197.
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