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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1947-05-26 · Night game · Crosley Field · Att: 19967 · 74°F, night, dry · 2:04

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 4th. Kirby Higbe earned the win and Art Herring picked up the save. Culley Rikard went 1-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	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	9
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3

W: Kirby Higbe L: Bucky Walters SV: Art Herring

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	5	0	1	1	0	0
Culley Rikard	3	1	1	1	2	0
Wally Westlake	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Basinski	1	1	0	0	2	1
Kirby Higbe	4	0	1	2	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Baumholtz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Benny Zientara	3	0	0	0	1	0
Augie Galan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bert Haas	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Mueller	3	0	0	0	1	1
Eddie Miller	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kermit Wahl	4	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde Vollmer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Walters	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Tatum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Lukon	1	0	1	1	0	0
Grady Hatton	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	7.2	3	3	2
Art Herring	1.1	0	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	4.1	7	5	1
Johnny Hetki	1.2	2	0	1
Buddy Lively	2.0	0	0	0
Joe Beggs	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: 63
Culley Rikard: 8
Wally Westlake: 43

Bot 1

Frank Baumholtz: 4
Benny Zientara: 53
Augie Galan: S9
Bert Haas: 43

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 3/FL
Frankie Gustine: 8
Ralph Kiner: D8
Clyde Kluttz: 2/FL

Bot 2

Ray Mueller: 4/L
Eddie Miller: 63
Kermit Wahl: K/C

Top 3

Eddie Basinski: W
Kirby Higbe: 36(1)/FO
Billy Cox: D9.1-3
Culley Rikard: IW
Wally Westlake: K/C
Hank Greenberg: 7

Bot 3

Clyde Vollmer: 53
Bucky Walters: K
Frank Baumholtz: 2/FL

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: W
Ralph Kiner: S5.1-2
Clyde Kluttz: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Eddie Basinski: IW
Kirby Higbe: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Billy Cox: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Culley Rikard: W.1-2
Wally Westlake: 6/L

Bot 4

Benny Zientara: 43
Augie Galan: 2/FL
Bert Haas: 7

Top 5

Hank Greenberg: S8
Frankie Gustine: S8.1-3
Ralph Kiner: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Clyde Kluttz: S8.2-H;1-2
Eddie Basinski: K
Kirby Higbe: 13

Bot 5

Ray Mueller: W
Eddie Miller: 8
Kermit Wahl: 543.1-2
Clyde Vollmer: 5

Top 6

Billy Cox: 3/FL
Culley Rikard: HR/9
Wally Westlake: S9
Hank Greenberg: 7
Frankie Gustine: CS2(24)

Bot 6

Tommy Tatum: 6/L
Frank Baumholtz: 8
Benny Zientara: 8

Top 7

Frankie Gustine: 53
Ralph Kiner: 5/FL
Clyde Kluttz: 3/FL

Bot 7

Augie Galan: 9
Bert Haas: 13
Ray Mueller: 53

Top 8

Whitey Wietelmann: 5
Kirby Higbe: 63
Billy Cox: 6

Bot 8

Eddie Miller: D7
Kermit Wahl: 7
Eddie Lukon: D9.2-H
Grady Hatton: W
Frank Baumholtz: 5
Benny Zientara: W.2-3;1-2
Augie Galan: 13

Top 9

Culley Rikard: 43
Wally Westlake: 53
Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: 43

Bot 9

Bert Haas: K
Ray Mueller: K
Eddie Miller: E6
Kermit Wahl: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Eddie Basinski ejected by 3B umpire Al Barlick

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