1938 NL Game: Pit. at Bkn.

May 21, 1938

The Brooklyn Dodgers continued their winning ways by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1 today at Ebbets Field.
Pitcher Luke Hamlin won his league leading 7th game and lowered his league leading ERA to 1.54. Dolph Camilli chipped in with 2 homers and 4 RBI, upping his league leading RBI count to 32.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers          5/21/1938
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Handley 3B        4  1  2  1 .329     G.Rosen CF          3  0  0  0 .299  
  L.Waner CF          4  0  1  0 .340     J.Hudson 2B         4  0  0  0 .288  
  A.Vaughan SS        4  0  0  0 .327     B.Hassett LF        4  2  2  0 .377  
  J.Rizzo LF          3  0  1  0 .257     D.Camilli 1B        3  3  2  4 .337  
  G.Suhr 1B           3  0  0  0 .368     C.Lavagetto 3B      4  1  1  0 .413  
  A.Todd C            4  0  1  0 .156     B.Phelps C          4  0  0  0 .160  
  P.Waner RF          3  0  0  0 .271     E.Koy RF            2  1  1  1 .293  
  P.Young 2B          3  0  0  0 .260   A-K.Cuyler RF         2  0  1  1 .385  
  R.Bauers P          2  0  0  0 .176     L.Durocher SS       4  1  3  1 .211  
B-J.Dickshot PH       1  0  0  0 .143     L.Hamlin P          3  0  1  1 .095  
  J.Bowman P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  5  1                 Totals      33  8 11  8
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Koy In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bauers In 8th Inning
 
Pirates......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
Dodgers......... 2 0 0  2 0 0  0 4    -  8 11  1
 
Pirates (15-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
R.Bauers LOSS(1-3)        7       6   4   4   3   3   1   3.75
J.Bowman                  1       5   4   4   0   0   1   5.63
Totals                    8      11   8   8   3   3   2
 
Dodgers (19-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Hamlin WIN(7-0)         9       5   1   1   2   6   1   1.54
Totals                    9       5   1   1   2   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,931 DATE- Saturday, May 21st 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Butch Henline, , Bill Stewart, Dusty Boggess
T- 1:52
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 5  Dodgers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Dodgers: 2
ERRORS- L.Durocher
DOUBLES- L.Handley(5th), B.Hassett(2nd), L.Durocher-2(3rd), L.Hamlin
TRIPLES- E.Koy(3rd)
HOME RUNS- L.Handley(1st), D.Camilli-2(7th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Lavagetto(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Hamlin
WALKS- J.Rizzo, G.Suhr, G.Rosen-2, D.Camilli
STRIKE OUTS- L.Waner, A.Vaughan, J.Rizzo, G.Suhr, A.Todd, P.Young, J.Hudson-2,
             B.Phelps
GIDP- A.Vaughan, P.Young, J.Hudson
2-out RBI- D.Camilli-2, E.Koy, L.Durocher, L.Hamlin
RLISP 2-out- L.Hamlin, G.Rosen-2, J.Hudson, L.Waner
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Johnny Rizzo robbed Babe Phelps of an extra base hit.
          Bot 8th: Pep Young robbed Babe Phelps of a base hit.
 
Dolph Camilli slammed 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Luke Hamlin pitched a
complete game as the Brooklyn Dodgers outscored the Pittsburgh Pirates 8 to
1.
 
Camilli enjoyed a fine day at the plate.  He clubbed a two-run home run in the
1st inning and smashed a two-run homer in the 8th inning.  Brooklyn had a
total of 11 hits for the game.  
 
The victory went to Hamlin(7-0) who went the distance allowing 1 run. Russ
Bauers(1-3) took the loss.  He pitched 7 innings and surrendered 6 hits and 3
walks.
 
The Brooklyn ballclub's record now stands at a league leading 19-12. With the
loss, Pittsburgh has a record of 5-5 lately, 15-12 overall.