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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1947-09-06 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 43085 · 2:05

New York Giants defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 3–2. Ray Poat earned the win. Walker Cooper went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ray Poat L: Ralph Branca SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jackie Robinson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Reiser	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Hermanski	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	2	0	0	0	1	1
Spider Jorgensen	4	1	3	1	0	0
Bruce Edwards	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pee Wee Reese	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ralph Branca	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Rigney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	3	0	1	0	1	0
Willard Marshall	3	0	1	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	4	2	2	2	0	1
Sid Gordon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Lohrke	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ray Poat	3	0	0	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Branca	8.2	8	2	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Poat	9.0	6	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Stanky: 4
Jackie Robinson: D8.BX3(84)
Pete Reiser: D9
Gene Hermanski: 43

Bot 1

Bill Rigney: 8
Buddy Kerr: 9/L
Bobby Thomson: K

Top 2

Dixie Walker: W
Spider Jorgensen: 9
Bruce Edwards: 8
Pee Wee Reese: 9

Bot 2

Johnny Mize: S9
Willard Marshall: 46(1)3/GDP
Walker Cooper: HR/7
Sid Gordon: S8
Jack Lohrke: 2/FL

Top 3

Ralph Branca: K
Eddie Stanky: 2/FL
Jackie Robinson: 7

Bot 3

Ray Poat: 13
Bill Rigney: 53
Buddy Kerr: 43

Top 4

Pete Reiser: K
Gene Hermanski: 6
Dixie Walker: K

Bot 4

Bobby Thomson: 13
Johnny Mize: 2/FL
Willard Marshall: W
Walker Cooper: K

Top 5

Spider Jorgensen: S9
Bruce Edwards: E6/G.1-3
Pee Wee Reese: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Ralph Branca: 3(B)4(1)/BP/DP

Bot 5

Sid Gordon: 53
Jack Lohrke: 53
Ray Poat: 53

Top 6

Eddie Stanky: K
Jackie Robinson: 7
Pete Reiser: 7

Bot 6

Bill Rigney: 53
Buddy Kerr: S8
Bobby Thomson: 9
Johnny Mize: W.1-2
Willard Marshall: 2/FL

Top 7

Gene Hermanski: S3
Dixie Walker: 14/SH.1-2
Spider Jorgensen: S9.2-H
Bruce Edwards: WP.1-2
Bruce Edwards: I
Pee Wee Reese: 6
Ralph Branca: 53

Bot 7

Walker Cooper: 63
Sid Gordon: 8
Jack Lohrke: HR7/IPHR
Ray Poat: K

Top 8

Eddie Stanky: 9
Jackie Robinson: 63
Pete Reiser: 6

Bot 8

Bill Rigney: 5/FL
Buddy Kerr: S8
Bobby Thomson: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Gene Hermanski: 8/L
Dixie Walker: 9
Spider Jorgensen: S9
Bruce Edwards: 8/L

Bot 9

Johnny Mize: 63
Willard Marshall: S9/G.BX2(91)
Walker Cooper: HR/7

Notes & reviews

Jackie Robinson rounded 2B too far
Willard Marshall rounded 1B too far

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