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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1946-04-26 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 14413 · 2:39

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated New York Giants 11–3. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 5 in the 5th. Vic Lombardi earned the win. Dixie Walker went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	1	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	11	10
NY1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9

W: Vic Lombardi L: Bill Voiselle SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: Tom Dunn · 3B: Butch Henline · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Whitman	5	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Herman	4	1	2	2	0	0
Pete Reiser	2	1	1	1	2	1
Dixie Walker	4	2	2	4	1	0
Ed Stevens	4	1	2	3	1	0
Carl Furillo	4	0	1	0	1	1
Ferrell Anderson	5	0	0	0	0	1
Pee Wee Reese	4	2	1	0	1	1
Vic Lombardi	3	1	0	0	0	1
Eddie Stanky	1	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Ramazzotti	0	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Rigney	4	0	0	0	0
Mickey Witek	5	0	1	1	0
Mel Ott	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	2	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	1	0	1
Babe Young	3	0	0	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	2	2	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	2	2	0
Bill Voiselle	1	0	0	0	0
Buster Maynard	1	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	1	0	1	0	0
Bennie Warren	1	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Lombardi	9.0	9	2	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Voiselle	5.0	6	3	3
Rube Fischer	2.0	1	3	2
Slim Emmerich	2.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Whitman: E4
Billy Herman: 3/G.1-2
Pete Reiser: D8.2-H(UR)
Dixie Walker: W
Ed Stevens: 4
Carl Furillo: 9

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: 53
Mickey Witek: 53
Mel Ott: 23

Top 2

Ferrell Anderson: 3
Pee Wee Reese: 5/FL
Vic Lombardi: 43

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: D9
Ernie Lombardi: 53
Babe Young: 3/G.2-3
Sid Gordon: HP
Buddy Kerr: T8.3-H;1-H
Bill Voiselle: 63

Top 3

Dick Whitman: 5
Billy Herman: 43
Pete Reiser: K

Bot 3

Bill Rigney: 8
Mickey Witek: 8/L
Mel Ott: 4

Top 4

Dixie Walker: 3/G
Ed Stevens: T8
Carl Furillo: K/C
Ferrell Anderson: 53

Bot 4

Johnny Mize: 43
Ernie Lombardi: W
Babe Young: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Pee Wee Reese: D8/8S
Vic Lombardi: 14/SH.2-3
Dick Whitman: 2
Billy Herman: S8.3-H
Pete Reiser: W.1-2
Dixie Walker: S9.2-H;1-3
Ed Stevens: HR/9.3-H;1-H
Carl Furillo: W
Ferrell Anderson: K

Bot 5

Buddy Kerr: D7
Buster Maynard: 8
Bill Rigney: 9/L
Mickey Witek: 8

Top 6

Pee Wee Reese: W
Vic Lombardi: E1/TH/SH.1-3;B-2
Dick Whitman: 43.3-H;2-3
Billy Herman: T9.3-H(UR)
Pete Reiser: W
Dixie Walker: SB2
Dixie Walker: 7/F.3-H(UR)
Ed Stevens: W
Carl Furillo: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Mel Ott: 3/G
Johnny Mize: S9
Ernie Lombardi: 6
Babe Young: 43

Top 7

Ferrell Anderson: 7/F7D
Pee Wee Reese: K
Vic Lombardi: K

Bot 7

Sid Gordon: S8
Buddy Kerr: 7/L
Clyde Kluttz: S7.1-2
Bill Rigney: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Mickey Witek: S8.3-H;2-3
Mel Ott: 5

Top 8

Dick Whitman: 9
Eddie Stanky: S7
Bob Ramazzotti: 31/SH.1-2#
Dixie Walker: HR/9.2-H
Ed Stevens: 9

Bot 8

Johnny Mize: 9/P
Ernie Lombardi: S5/5L
Babe Young: 36(1)/FO
Sid Gordon: S8.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Carl Furillo: S8
Ferrell Anderson: 7/F7D
Pee Wee Reese: 143.1-2
Vic Lombardi: 5/FL

Bot 9

Bennie Warren: 53
Bill Rigney: 8
Mickey Witek: 53

Notes & reviews

Protest=H
Giants coach Kress ejected by HP umpire Magerkurth for arguing time-out call; Rigney had singled as LFer Whitman called time to get sun glasses; Magerkurth disallowed the hit, causing Kress to argue; Giants protested game
HP umpire Magerkurth called full count pitch to Furillo ball 4, but 1B umpire Stewart signaled Furillo had swung so Magerkurth reversed himself and called Furillo out; Dodgers manager Durocher argued
390 feet
Billy Herman pulled up lame at 3B
Fischer officially only 2 Ks as is NYT box One BRO B 1 K high but is Whitman whom Fischer did not K

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