Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
September 15, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1940 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 4, New York Giants 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 2 1
Garms 3b 5 1 1 2
Elliott rf 4 0 1 0
Vaughan ss 3 0 0 0
Van Robays lf 4 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 1 1 1
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 0
Davis c 2 0 0 0
  Waner L. pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopez c 1 0 0 0
Heintzelman p 1 0 0 0
  Fernandes ph 1 0 0 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
  Waner P. ph 1 0 0 0
  Bowman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Seeds lf 3 0 0 0
  Moore lf 2 0 0 0
Whitehead 2b 4 0 1 0
Demaree cf 3 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 1 1 1
Danning c 4 1 2 0
Ott rf 3 1 1 2
Cuccinello 3b 3 0 0 0
  McCarthy ph 1 0 0 0
Witek ss 3 0 0 0
  Rucker ph 1 0 1 0
Gumbert p 3 0 0 0
  O'Dea ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 010 002 001–471
New York 000 300 000–370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heintzelman   5.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Klinger   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Bowman  W(9-9) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert  L(10-14) 9.0 7 4 4 5 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
5
  E–Vaughan (47).  2B–Pittsburgh DiMaggio (25), New York Danning (32).  HR–Pittsburgh Garms (5,6th inning off Gumbert 1 on); Fletcher (16,2nd inning off Gumbert 0 on), New York Young (17,4th inning off Heintzelman 0 on); Ott (17,4th inning off Heintzelman 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U–Babe Pinelli, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:06.  A–9,240.
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