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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1948-09-20 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 3513 · 2:02

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 6 in the 6th. Lou Possehl earned the win. Del Ennis went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lou Possehl L: Tiny Bonham SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	3	0	2	1	2	0
Johnny Hopp	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Beard	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ralph Kiner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	1	2	1	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	4	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Bockman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ed FitzGerald	2	1	0	0	1	0
Tiny Bonham	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Chesnes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max West	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dixie Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Stevens	1	1	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Harry Walker	4	1	1	0	0
Granny Hamner	4	1	2	1	0
Dick Sisler	4	0	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	2	2	2	0
Jackie Mayo	3	1	1	1	0
Willie Jones	4	1	2	1	0
Putsy Caballero	4	0	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	4	1	1	1	0
Lou Possehl	3	0	1	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tiny Bonham	6.0	9	0	1
Elmer Singleton	2.0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Possehl	9.0	8	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Rojek: W
Johnny Hopp: SB2#
Johnny Hopp: 2/FL
Ted Beard: K
Ralph Kiner: 43

Bot 1

Harry Walker: 8/L
Granny Hamner: 3
Dick Sisler: 8

Top 2

Wally Westlake: 9/89
Danny Murtaugh: S8
Eddie Bockman: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 2

Del Ennis: 6
Jackie Mayo: 5/FL
Willie Jones: S7
Putsy Caballero: 8

Top 3

Ed FitzGerald: 3/FL
Tiny Bonham: 6
Stan Rojek: S6
Johnny Hopp: 53

Bot 3

Stan Lopata: 53
Lou Possehl: K
Harry Walker: 53

Top 4

Ted Beard: W
Ralph Kiner: 6
Wally Westlake: S7/78.1-3
Danny Murtaugh: 5/FL
Eddie Bockman: S8.3-H;1-2
Ed FitzGerald: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Granny Hamner: 63
Dick Sisler: 4/P/9S
Del Ennis: S7
Jackie Mayo: D8.1-H
Willie Jones: 53

Top 5

Tiny Bonham: 8
Stan Rojek: W
Johnny Hopp: 43.1-2
Ted Beard: 7/78

Bot 5

Putsy Caballero: 8
Stan Lopata: 8
Lou Possehl: 43

Top 6

Ralph Kiner: 6
Wally Westlake: 13
Danny Murtaugh: S8
Eddie Bockman: 7

Bot 6

Harry Walker: S8
Granny Hamner: D9/78.1-H
Dick Sisler: 2/FL
Del Ennis: HR/78.2-H
Jackie Mayo: HP
Willie Jones: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Willie Jones: S8.3-H
Putsy Caballero: 9
Stan Lopata: D7/78.1-H
Lou Possehl: S8.2-H
Harry Walker: 4

Top 7

Ed FitzGerald: W
Bob Chesnes: E3/TH.1-2;B-1
Stan Rojek: S8.2-H;1-2
Max West: 5
Ted Beard: 1(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 7

Granny Hamner: S9
Dick Sisler: 46(1)/FO
Del Ennis: 7/78D
Jackie Mayo: 7/78

Top 8

Ralph Kiner: 6/P/7S
Wally Westlake: HR8/IPHR
Danny Murtaugh: 9/89
Eddie Bockman: 53

Bot 8

Willie Jones: 63
Putsy Caballero: 4/L
Stan Lopata: 9/89

Top 9

Dixie Walker: 6
Ed Stevens: HR/9
Stan Rojek: 2/FL
Max West: K