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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1950-08-04 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 14238 · 2:24

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 8th. Sheldon Jones earned the win and Dave Koslo picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Sheldon Jones L: Vern Law SV: Dave Koslo

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pete Castiglione	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Hopp	4	1	3	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	0	2	1	0	1
Danny O'Connell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Phillips	3	1	1	0	1	1
Clyde McCullough	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Law	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Dillinger	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	2	1	0	0	1	1
Whitey Lockman	4	0	1	2	0	1
Don Mueller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Wes Westrum	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Dark	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Thomson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tookie Gilbert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Sheldon Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Weatherly	0	1	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	7.0	4	3	4
Murry Dickson	1.0	2	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sheldon Jones	8.0	8	1	5
Jack Kramer	0.1	1	1	0
Dave Koslo	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Rojek: 3/P
Pete Castiglione: S9.BX2(96)
Johnny Hopp: 5/P

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: K
Whitey Lockman: 3/G
Don Mueller: 43

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: 2/P
Wally Westlake: K
Danny O'Connell: K

Bot 2

Hank Thompson: 8
Wes Westrum: 13
Al Dark: W
Bobby Thomson: S8.1X3(85)

Top 3

Jack Phillips: T
Clyde McCullough: 63
Vern Law: K
Stan Rojek: S.3-H
Pete Castiglione: K

Bot 3

Tookie Gilbert: 43
Sheldon Jones: 43
Eddie Stanky: HP
Whitey Lockman: 8

Top 4

Johnny Hopp: S
Ralph Kiner: 54(1)/FO
Wally Westlake: 63.1-2
Danny O'Connell: W
Jack Phillips: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Don Mueller: 63
Hank Thompson: S
Wes Westrum: 7
Al Dark: 8

Top 5

Clyde McCullough: 9
Vern Law: 53
Stan Rojek: 7

Bot 5

Bobby Thomson: 8
Tookie Gilbert: 9
Sheldon Jones: 43

Top 6

Pete Castiglione: 6/P
Johnny Hopp: D
Ralph Kiner: 9
Wally Westlake: S.2-H
Danny O'Connell: 9

Bot 6

Eddie Stanky: 7
Whitey Lockman: K
Don Mueller: S
Hank Thompson: K

Top 7

Jack Phillips: K
Clyde McCullough: 43
Vern Law: T.BXH(942)

Bot 7

Wes Westrum: K
Al Dark: 31
Bobby Thomson: 8

Top 8

Stan Rojek: 5/P
Pete Castiglione: 43
Johnny Hopp: S
Ralph Kiner: 8

Bot 8

Tookie Gilbert: S
Roy Weatherly: W.1-2
Eddie Stanky: W.2-3;1-2
Whitey Lockman: S.1-2;2-H;3-H
Don Mueller: 9
Hank Thompson: S.1-2;2-H
Wes Westrum: W.2-3;1-2
Al Dark: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Wally Westlake: S
Danny O'Connell: 64(1)/FO
Jack Phillips: W.1-2
Bob Dillinger: W.2-3;1-2
Ray Mueller: 54(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Stan Rojek ejected by 3B umpire Larry Goetz arguing an attempted pickoff
Pirates Coach George Hennessey ejected by HP umpire Frank Dascoli arguing ball two to Eddie Stanky
Danny Murtaugh ejected by HP umpire Frank Dascoli sometime in ninth

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