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New York Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

1947-08-14 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 3829 · 2:25

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 6–5. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 7th. Freddy Schmidt earned the win and Al Jurisich picked up the save. Mickey Witek went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Freddy Schmidt L: Hooks Iott SV: Al Jurisich

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Rigney	4	0	1	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Thomson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	1	2	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	4	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Lafata	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Witek	3	1	2	3	1	0
Hooks Iott	2	0	1	1	1	1
Ernie Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph LaPointe	3	2	1	0	2	1
Harry Walker	4	0	1	0	0	0
Del Ennis	2	3	0	0	3	0
Buster Adams	2	0	1	1	1	0
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Handley	3	0	2	2	1	0
Howie Schultz	3	0	0	0	1	2
Emil Verban	4	0	1	0	0	0
Blix Donnelly	2	0	0	0	0	1
Al Lakeman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Wyrostek	2	0	0	0	0	0
Don Padgett	1	0	1	2	0	0
Charley Schanz	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hooks Iott	6.1	4	6	3
Ken Trinkle	0.2	2	2	0
Monty Kennedy	1.0	1	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blix Donnelly	5.0	6	3	2
Freddy Schmidt	2.0	1	2	0
Charley Schanz	1.0	1	1	0
Al Jurisich	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Rigney: 3/P
Buddy Kerr: W
Bobby Thomson: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Mize: 2/FL

Bot 1

Ralph LaPointe: W
Harry Walker: 9
Del Ennis: FC5.1-3(E5/TH2);B-2
Buster Adams: W
Andy Seminick: 2/FL
Lee Handley: S8/8S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Howie Schultz: K

Top 2

Willard Marshall: 9
Walker Cooper: 3/P
Joe Lafata: S
Mickey Witek: 8

Bot 2

Emil Verban: 63
Blix Donnelly: K
Ralph LaPointe: W
Harry Walker: 13

Top 3

Hooks Iott: K
Bill Rigney: 8
Buddy Kerr: K

Bot 3

Del Ennis: E5/G
Buster Adams: 64(1)/FO
Andy Seminick: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bobby Thomson: 8
Johnny Mize: 13
Willard Marshall: S
Walker Cooper: 7/L

Bot 4

Lee Handley: W
Howie Schultz: CS2(26)
Howie Schultz: K
Emil Verban: S
Blix Donnelly: 9

Top 5

Joe Lafata: 9/FL
Mickey Witek: W
Hooks Iott: D9.1-H
Bill Rigney: S8.2XH(85)
Buddy Kerr: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Ralph LaPointe: 4/P
Harry Walker: 8
Del Ennis: W
Buster Adams: D7.1-H
Andy Seminick: 4/P

Top 6

Bobby Thomson: W
Johnny Mize: S.1-2
Willard Marshall: S.2-3;1-2
Walker Cooper: 9/F.3-H;2-3;1-2
Joe Lafata: W
Mickey Witek: S8.3-H;2-H;1XH(32)
Hooks Iott: W.1-2
Bill Rigney: 5(2)/FO

Bot 6

Lee Handley: 63
Howie Schultz: 9
Emil Verban: 9

Top 7

Buddy Kerr: 8
Bobby Thomson: 53
Johnny Mize: 4/L

Bot 7

Al Lakeman: W
Ralph LaPointe: S/BG.1-2
Harry Walker: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Del Ennis: IW
Johnny Wyrostek: 2/FL
Don Padgett: S7/L.3-H;2-H;1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-2
Lee Handley: S.2-3
Howie Schultz: W.1-2
Emil Verban: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Willard Marshall: 7
Walker Cooper: 31
Joe Lafata: E6
Mickey Witek: D.1-H(UR)
Ernie Lombardi: 53

Bot 8

Charley Schanz: 13
Ralph LaPointe: K
Harry Walker: D
Del Ennis: W
Johnny Wyrostek: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Bill Rigney: W
Buddy Kerr: 3/BPDP.1X1(34)
Bobby Thomson: S7/G5L.BX2(74)

Notes & reviews

Crowd totaled 9,725 including guests
Iott went into third standing up, went past base and couldn't get back in time.
Apparently Lafata stopped at third and then broke for plate on overthrow, but was retired with no outfield assist
Lafata bobbled it

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