1938 NL Game: Pit. at NY

May 22, 1938

The New York Giants have gotten off to a slow start this season but todays win over the Pittsburgh Pirates featured great performances from two of the players the Giants will count on most to get them to the top of the league. Pitcher Carl Hubbell threw a complete game shutout and Mel Ott smacked 3 home runs and had 5 RBI in the 9-0 victory.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1938 New York Giants           5/22/1938
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Handley 3B        4  0  3  0 .351     J.Moore LF          5  1  3  0 .312  
  L.Waner CF          3  0  1  0 .340     D.Bartell SS        5  2  3  1 .210  
  A.Vaughan SS        4  0  0  0 .315     J.Ripple RF         5  0  1  0 .310  
  J.Rizzo LF          3  0  0  0 .250     M.Ott 3B            5  3  4  5 .350  
  G.Suhr 1B           4  0  1  0 .364     W.Berger CF         5  1  2  0 .333  
  A.Todd C            4  0  1  0 .162     J.McCarthy 1B       5  1  1  2 .315  
  P.Waner RF          4  0  1  0 .270     H.Danning C         5  1  2  1 .290  
  P.Young 2B          3  0  0  0 .253     M.Haslin 2B         3  0  0  0 .200  
  E.Brandt P          2  0  0  0 .100     C.Hubbell P         3  0  0  0 .067  
  M.Brown P           0  0  0  0 .250                                          
A-T.Thevenow PH       0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  J.Bowman P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-J.Dickshot PH       1  0  0  0 .133                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  0  7  0                 Totals      41  9 16  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bowman In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  1
Giants.......... 1 0 2  1 1 3  0 1    -  9 16  0
 
Pirates (15-13)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Brandt LOSS(2-1)        4 2/3  10   5   4   1   4   2   3.86
M.Brown                   1 1/3   4   3   3   1   0   0   3.80
J.Bowman                  2       2   1   1   0   1   1   5.40
Totals                    8      16   9   8   2   5   3
 
Giants (13-15)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Hubbell WIN(3-3)        9       7   0   0   3   5   0   3.65
Totals                    9       7   0   0   3   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 9,056 DATE- Sunday, May 22nd 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9  Giants:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Giants: 1
ERRORS- E.Brandt
DOUBLES- J.McCarthy(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Ott-3(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Waner
WALKS- J.Rizzo, P.Young, T.Thevenow, M.Haslin, C.Hubbell
STRIKE OUTS- A.Vaughan, J.Rizzo, G.Suhr, P.Waner, P.Young, J.Ripple,
             J.McCarthy-2, H.Danning, C.Hubbell
GIDP- G.Suhr
2-out RBI- M.Ott-2, D.Bartell, J.McCarthy-2, H.Danning
RLISP 2-out- J.Rizzo-2, J.McCarthy, J.Ripple-2, C.Hubbell, J.Moore-2,
             A.Vaughan-2
 
Carl Hubbell blanked Pittsburgh in a very well-pitched complete game and Mel
Ott smacked 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Polo Grounds where the New York
Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 9 to 0.
 
Ott enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He lined a base-hit resulting in a run in
the 1st inning, bombed a two-run dinger in the 3rd inning, ripped a solo home
run in the 5th inning and clubbed a solo home run in the 8th inning.  New
York had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate
innings.  
 
Hubbell(3-3) went the distance for the shutout. The losing pitcher was Ed
Brandt(2-1).  New York scored big getting 5 runs off him in 4 and 2/3
innings.  
 
'I felt great out there today,' Ott said, 'Maybe I should make a regular habit
of getting to bed on time!'