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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1947-08-21 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 20700 · 2:18

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. New York Giants put up 3 in the 3rd. Clint Hartung earned the win. Clint Hartung went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Clint Hartung L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Culley Rikard	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Russell	2	0	0	0	2	1
Frankie Gustine	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ralph Kiner	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Cox	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dixie Howell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kirby Higbe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Salkeld	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Gearhart	4	0	0	1	0	1
Buddy Kerr	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	0	0	0	2
Willard Marshall	3	0	0	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mickey Witek	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jack Lohrke	3	1	0	0	1	0
Clint Hartung	3	2	2	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	7.0	6	4	5
Jim Bagby	1.0	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clint Hartung	9.0	2	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Culley Rikard: W
Jim Russell: 7
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Lloyd Gearhart: 7
Buddy Kerr: 3
Bobby Thomson: 53

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: W
Hank Greenberg: K
Billy Cox: 9
Jimmy Bloodworth: K

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: K
Willard Marshall: 53
Walker Cooper: K

Top 3

Dixie Howell: 9
Kirby Higbe: 8
Culley Rikard: 13

Bot 3

Mickey Witek: S9
Jack Lohrke: W.1-2
Clint Hartung: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Lloyd Gearhart: 8.3-H;2-3
Buddy Kerr: 43.3-H;1-2
Bobby Thomson: T7.2-H
Johnny Mize: K

Top 4

Jim Russell: W
Frankie Gustine: 8
Ralph Kiner: K
Hank Greenberg: 8

Bot 4

Willard Marshall: 3/G
Walker Cooper: 8
Mickey Witek: W
Jack Lohrke: SB2
Jack Lohrke: PB.2-3#
Jack Lohrke: 53

Top 5

Billy Cox: 53
Jimmy Bloodworth: 63
Dixie Howell: 13

Bot 5

Clint Hartung: HR/7
Lloyd Gearhart: K
Buddy Kerr: W
Bobby Thomson: E5.1-2
Johnny Mize: 43.2-3;1-2
Willard Marshall: IW
Walker Cooper: 3/FL

Top 6

Kirby Higbe: 63
Culley Rikard: 43
Jim Russell: W
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 6

Mickey Witek: 43
Jack Lohrke: 8
Clint Hartung: K

Top 7

Ralph Kiner: 63
Hank Greenberg: 4
Billy Cox: 9

Bot 7

Lloyd Gearhart: 63
Buddy Kerr: D9.BX3(96)
Bobby Thomson: D7
Johnny Mize: 9

Top 8

Jimmy Bloodworth: S9
Bill Salkeld: 9
Elbie Fletcher: 4/FL
Culley Rikard: 8

Bot 8

Willard Marshall: 31
Walker Cooper: W
Mickey Witek: 6
Jack Lohrke: 3/FL

Top 9

Jim Russell: K
Frankie Gustine: HR/7
Ralph Kiner: 7
Hank Greenberg: 8

Notes & reviews

Buddy Kerr rounded 2B too far

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