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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1946-07-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3133 · 1:49

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Nick Strincevich earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Nick Strincevich L: Ken Trinkle SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Buddy Blattner	5	0	0	0	0	1
Willard Marshall	5	0	2	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	5	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	1	0	1	1	0
Sid Gordon	4	1	2	0	0	0
Goody Rosen	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Rigney	4	1	2	2	0	0
Red Kress	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Young	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	5	1	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	3	2	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	2	3	4	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	2	2	2	0	1
Bob Elliott	2	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Cox	4	0	2	1	0	0
Al Lopez	2	0	0	1	2	0
Nick Strincevich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Workman	2	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Trinkle	0.1	5	0	0
Red Kress	3.2	5	1	1
Johnny Gee	2.0	2	1	2
Gene Thompson	2.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	9.0	10	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Buddy Blattner: 7
Willard Marshall: 7
Buddy Kerr: 13/BG

Bot 1

Lee Handley: S
Elbie Fletcher: 2/FL
Jim Russell: S.1-2
Ralph Kiner: S.2-H;1-3
Frankie Gustine: S.3-H;1-2
Bob Elliott: S.2-3;1-2
Billy Cox: 62(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Al Lopez: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Nick Strincevich: 13

Top 2

Johnny Mize: 31
Ernie Lombardi: W
Sid Gordon: 8
Goody Rosen: S.1-2
Bill Rigney: S.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Red Kress: 143

Bot 2

Lee Handley: 13
Elbie Fletcher: 8
Jim Russell: 31

Top 3

Buddy Blattner: 43
Willard Marshall: 8
Buddy Kerr: 13

Bot 3

Ralph Kiner: S
Frankie Gustine: T9.1-H
Bob Elliott: K
Billy Cox: S.3-H
Al Lopez: 3(B)1(1)/FL/DP

Top 4

Johnny Mize: T9
Ernie Lombardi: 63.3-H
Sid Gordon: S
Goody Rosen: 3/G.1-2
Bill Rigney: S.2-H
Red Kress: W.1-2
Buddy Blattner: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Nick Strincevich: 13
Lee Handley: 13
Elbie Fletcher: D9
Jim Russell: HP
Ralph Kiner: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Frankie Gustine: 8

Top 5

Willard Marshall: 43
Buddy Kerr: 7
Johnny Mize: 7

Bot 5

Chuck Workman: S4/BG
Billy Cox: WP.1-2
Billy Cox: S3/BG.2-3
Al Lopez: W.1-2
Nick Strincevich: K
Lee Handley: 12(3)/FO/BG.2-3;1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 7

Top 6

Ernie Lombardi: 7
Sid Gordon: 9
Goody Rosen: S7.BX2(74)

Bot 6

Jim Russell: 8
Ralph Kiner: 9
Frankie Gustine: K

Top 7

Bill Rigney: E5/TH.B-2
Jack Graham: 9
Buddy Blattner: K.2-H(NR)(E2/TH)(E8)(UR)
Willard Marshall: S9
Buddy Kerr: 54(1)/FO

Bot 7

Chuck Workman: 3/L
Billy Cox: 1/L
Al Lopez: 4/P

Top 8

Johnny Mize: HR/9
Ernie Lombardi: 9
Sid Gordon: S8
Goody Rosen: 9
Bill Rigney: 2/FL

Bot 8

Nick Strincevich: 9
Lee Handley: 63
Elbie Fletcher: 9

Top 9

Babe Young: K
Buddy Blattner: 53
Willard Marshall: S
Buddy Kerr: 7

Notes & reviews

Elliott injured running into wall chasing triple
Lopez tried to pick Rigney off after Blattner's strikeout, but threw the ball into center field where Kiner muffed it

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