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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1946-05-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 39482 · 2:12

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. New York Giants put up 5 in the 2nd. Dave Koslo earned the win. Buddy Kerr went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7
NY1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	9

W: Dave Koslo L: Ken Heintzelman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Colman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ralph Kiner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Cox	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Camelli	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gerheauser	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	1	1	1	0	0	0
Burgess Whitehead	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Rigney	3	1	1	2	1	0
Johnny Rucker	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jack Graham	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bennie Warren	4	1	1	1	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Buddy Blattner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	1	2	1	0
Dave Koslo	3	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	1.1	7	0	0
Al Gerheauser	3.2	0	1	2
Lefty Wilkie	2.0	1	1	0
Jack Hallett	1.0	1	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Koslo	9.0	7	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: S
Frank Colman: CS2(99)
Frank Colman: K
Frankie Gustine: 99/F

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: 99/G
Johnny Rucker: 99/G
Jack Graham: S
Johnny Mize: 99/F

Top 2

Bob Elliott: K
Ralph Kiner: S
Elbie Fletcher: S.1-2
Billy Cox: 99/F
Hank Camelli: 99/F

Bot 2

Bennie Warren: HR/7
Sid Gordon: S8
Buddy Blattner: 5/P
Buddy Kerr: HR/7.1-H
Dave Koslo: S5
Bill Rigney: HR/9.1-H
Johnny Rucker: D9
Jack Graham: 99/F
Johnny Mize: K

Top 3

Al Gerheauser: K
Lee Handley: 99/F
Frank Colman: 99/F

Bot 3

Bennie Warren: 99/F
Sid Gordon: K
Buddy Blattner: 2/G/BINT

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: 99/F
Bob Elliott: 99/F
Ralph Kiner: 99/F

Bot 4

Buddy Kerr: W
Dave Koslo: 99/F
Bill Rigney: 99/F
Johnny Rucker: 99/F

Top 5

Elbie Fletcher: W
Billy Cox: 99/F
Hank Camelli: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Jack Graham: 99/F
Johnny Mize: 99/F
Bennie Warren: 99/G

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: S
Lee Handley: D9.1-3
Frank Colman: D6/P7S.3-H;2-3
Frankie Gustine: 43
Bob Elliott: K
Ralph Kiner: K

Bot 6

Sid Gordon: 99/G
Buddy Blattner: 99/G
Buddy Kerr: 99/F

Top 7

Elbie Fletcher: 99/F
Billy Cox: 99/G
Hank Camelli: 99/G

Bot 7

Dave Koslo: 99/F
Bill Rigney: W
Johnny Rucker: S.1-2
Jack Graham: 99/F
Johnny Mize: 99/F

Top 8

Burgess Whitehead: 99/F
Lee Handley: 99/G
Frank Colman: 99/G

Bot 8

Bennie Warren: 99/G
Sid Gordon: 99/F
Buddy Blattner: S
Buddy Kerr: 99/G

Top 9

Frankie Gustine: 99/F
Bob Elliott: S
Ralph Kiner: 99/F
Elbie Fletcher: 99/F

Notes & reviews

Buddy Blattner called out for interference for running into his own batted ball; Giants argued the ball was foul and Coach Dick Bartell came in from the third base coaching box to argue and was ejected by HP umpire Dusty Boggess

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