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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1947-06-10 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · 12 innings · Att: 39690 · 3:33

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 5th. Junior Thompson earned the win. Bill Rigney went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	13
NY1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8

W: Junior Thompson L: Tiny Bonham SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	5	1	0	0	2	0
Culley Rikard	3	0	2	0	3	0
Ralph Kiner	6	0	2	2	0	0
Hank Greenberg	3	0	0	0	3	2
Frankie Gustine	5	0	2	0	1	0
Wally Westlake	5	0	1	0	0	3
Billy Sullivan	6	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Basinski	3	0	1	0	0	1
Preacher Roe	0	0	0	0	1	0
Elbie Fletcher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Tiny Bonham	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Rigney	5	1	2	3	1	1
Mickey Witek	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	5	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	5	0	1	0	0	1
Willard Marshall	4	0	0	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	1	2	0	1	1
Clint Hartung	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lloyd Gearhart	1	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Lafata	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	5.0	4	3	2
Nick Strincevich	3.0	1	0	0
Tiny Bonham	3.1	3	2	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clint Hartung	8.1	9	8	4
Ken Trinkle	1.2	0	0	1
Gene Thompson	2.0	4	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: W
Culley Rikard: W.1-2
Ralph Kiner: 7
Hank Greenberg: 5/FL
Frankie Gustine: 4

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: 7
Mickey Witek: 6
Bobby Thomson: 5/FL

Top 2

Wally Westlake: S
Billy Sullivan: 6
Eddie Basinski: 46(1)/FO
Preacher Roe: W.1-2
Billy Cox: 5

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: 3
Walker Cooper: S
Willard Marshall: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: 8
Buddy Kerr: W.2-3;1-2
Clint Hartung: 6

Top 3

Culley Rikard: 5/FL
Ralph Kiner: 7
Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: S.1-2
Wally Westlake: K

Bot 3

Bill Rigney: W
Mickey Witek: 3/FL
Bobby Thomson: 6
Johnny Mize: 9

Top 4

Billy Sullivan: S
Eddie Basinski: CS2(24)
Eddie Basinski: S
Preacher Roe: 14/SH.1-2
Billy Cox: 13

Bot 4

Walker Cooper: K
Willard Marshall: 9
Sid Gordon: 53

Top 5

Culley Rikard: W
Ralph Kiner: 54(1)/FO
Hank Greenberg: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 5

Buddy Kerr: D
Clint Hartung: K
Bill Rigney: HR.2-H
Mickey Witek: 53
Bobby Thomson: S
Johnny Mize: 3/FL

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: W
Wally Westlake: HP.1-2
Billy Sullivan: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Eddie Basinski: K
Elbie Fletcher: 6

Bot 6

Walker Cooper: 13
Willard Marshall: 8
Sid Gordon: 13

Top 7

Billy Cox: 8
Culley Rikard: S
Ralph Kiner: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Buddy Kerr: 43
Clint Hartung: S
Bill Rigney: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: K
Frankie Gustine: S
Wally Westlake: 8
Billy Sullivan: 3

Bot 8

Mickey Witek: 9
Bobby Thomson: 53
Johnny Mize: 2/FL

Top 9

Whitey Wietelmann: 7
Jim Russell: S
Billy Cox: W.1-2
Culley Rikard: S.2-3;1-2
Ralph Kiner: S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: OA.3XH(25);2-3
Frankie Gustine: 3/BG

Bot 9

Walker Cooper: 63
Willard Marshall: 63
Sid Gordon: W
Buddy Kerr: K

Top 10

Wally Westlake: K
Billy Sullivan: 8
Whitey Wietelmann: 8

Bot 10

Ernie Lombardi: K
Bill Rigney: K
Mickey Witek: 63

Top 11

Tiny Bonham: S
Billy Cox: CS2(26)
Billy Cox: 53
Culley Rikard: W
Ralph Kiner: D.1-3
Hank Greenberg: IW
Frankie Gustine: 9/F89D

Bot 11

Bobby Thomson: K
Johnny Mize: 31
Walker Cooper: 8

Top 12

Wally Westlake: K
Billy Sullivan: S
Whitey Wietelmann: S.1-3
Tiny Bonham: FC1/BG.3XH(12);1-2
Billy Cox: 64(1)/FO

Bot 12

Willard Marshall: 7
Lloyd Gearhart: S/G
Buddy Kerr: S.1-3
Joe Lafata: IW.1-2
Bill Rigney: S/BG.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

attempted squeeze
the Pirates outfielders moved into the infield to form a seven-man infield
on a suicide squeeze, Joe Lafata popped the bunt over the head of pitcher Tiny Bonham

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