Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
September 23, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1944 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 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 8 1 1 0
Russell lf 3 0 1 0
Barrett cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Elliott 3b 7 0 2 1
Colman rf 5 0 1 1
  Waner ph 0 1 0 0
  DiMaggio cf 0 0 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 7 2 3 0
Gustine ss 6 1 2 0
Lopez c 5 0 1 1
Butcher p 4 0 1 0
  Rubeling ph 1 0 0 0
  Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Gionfriddo ph 1 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 1 2
  Cuccurullo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 6 14 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 7 0 3 1
Hausmann 2b 3 1 1 0
  Luby 2b 3 0 1 0
Sloan rf 3 1 2 1
Weintraub 1b 6 0 0 1
Lombardi c 6 0 0 1
Kerr ss 6 0 1 0
Mead lf 6 0 1 0
Reyes 3b 5 1 1 0
Brondell p 2 0 0 0
  Treadway ph 1 0 1 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 0 0 0 0
  Filipowicz pr 0 1 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
  Jurges ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 50 4 11 4
Pittsburgh 200 002 000 000 26143
New York 000 000 220 000 04112
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher   8.0 8 4 2 7 2
  Roe   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Sewell  W(20-12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Cuccurullo  SV(4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
11
4
2
8
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Brondell   6.0 8 4 4 4 0
  Fischer   2.0 1 0 0 3 0
  Adams  L(7-11) 5.0 5 2 2 4 1
Totals
13.0
14
6
6
11
1

  E–Coscarart (24), Barrett (11), Gustine (35), Hausmann (26), Kerr (36).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Elliott-Gustine-Dahlgren, Gustine-Coscarart-Dahlgren, New York 1. Reyes-Hausmann-Weintraub.  2B–New York Sloan (3); Kerr (28).  Team LOB–19.  Team–15.  SB–Barrett (26).  U–Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda, Beans Reardon.  T–3:16.  A–3,749.
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