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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1948-07-22 · Day game · Forbes Field · 1:47

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 1st. Rip Sewell earned the win. Eddie Bockman went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rip Sewell L: Charlie Bicknell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Butch Henline · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	0	0
Putsy Caballero	4	1	1	1	0
Johnny Blatnik	3	0	0	0	1
Del Ennis	4	1	1	2	0
Dick Sisler	4	0	1	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	3	0	1	0	0
Andy Seminick	3	1	1	0	0
Ed Heusser	3	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	3	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	3	1	0	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	1	1	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	1	4	0	0	0
Eddie Bockman	3	1	1	2	1	0
Ed Stevens	3	0	1	1	1	0
Danny Murtaugh	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	1	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Bicknell	0.0	1	2	0
Ed Heusser	8.0	7	3	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	6	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: 63
Putsy Caballero: 7
Johnny Blatnik: W
Del Ennis: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Stan Rojek: W
Johnny Hopp: W.1-2
Ralph Kiner: S7.2-H;1-2
Wally Westlake: S3.2-3;1-2
Eddie Bockman: 54(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3
Ed Stevens: T8.3-H
Danny Murtaugh: 7

Top 2

Dick Sisler: 9
Eddie Miller: 7
Granny Hamner: 8

Bot 2

Clyde Kluttz: 8
Rip Sewell: K/C
Stan Rojek: S8
Johnny Hopp: 43

Top 3

Andy Seminick: 63
Ed Heusser: 13
Richie Ashburn: 8

Bot 3

Ralph Kiner: 7
Wally Westlake: S7
Eddie Bockman: HR/7.1-H
Ed Stevens: 2/P/FL
Danny Murtaugh: 4/P

Top 4

Putsy Caballero: 9
Johnny Blatnik: 53
Del Ennis: 4/P

Bot 4

Clyde Kluttz: 4/P
Rip Sewell: W
Stan Rojek: 36(1)/FO
Johnny Hopp: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Johnny Hopp: 7/L

Top 5

Dick Sisler: S5
Eddie Miller: 54(1)3/GDP
Granny Hamner: 63

Bot 5

Ralph Kiner: 2/P/FL
Wally Westlake: S7
Eddie Bockman: 43.1-2
Ed Stevens: IW
Danny Murtaugh: 8

Top 6

Andy Seminick: D7
Ed Heusser: 13
Richie Ashburn: S9.2-3
Putsy Caballero: 53.3-H;1-2
Johnny Blatnik: 7

Bot 6

Clyde Kluttz: 53
Rip Sewell: K
Stan Rojek: 13

Top 7

Del Ennis: 2/P/FL
Dick Sisler: 2/P/FL
Eddie Miller: 8

Bot 7

Johnny Hopp: 5/P
Ralph Kiner: 7
Wally Westlake: D7
Eddie Bockman: W
Ed Stevens: 9

Top 8

Granny Hamner: S8
Andy Seminick: 4(1)3/GDP
Ed Heusser: 7

Bot 8

Danny Murtaugh: 8
Clyde Kluttz: 8
Rip Sewell: 5/P

Top 9

Richie Ashburn: 63
Putsy Caballero: S7
Johnny Blatnik: 9/L
Del Ennis: HR/7.1-H
Dick Sisler: 43