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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1948-08-31 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 30386 · night · 2:24

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 7th. Elmer Riddle earned the win and Kirby Higbe picked up the save. Johnny Mize went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Elmer Riddle L: Ray Poat SV: Kirby Higbe

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Lohrke	3	1	2	0	1	0
Whitey Lockman	5	2	1	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	4	0	0	1	1	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	2	2	1	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Thomson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Westrum	4	0	1	0	0	2
Buddy Kerr	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sheldon Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Mueller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	4	1	1	0	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	1	2	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	0	2	3	0	0
Wally Westlake	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Stevens	4	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Bockman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	4	0	1	0	0	0
Elmer Riddle	2	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	1	1	1	0	0	0
Max West	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	1	0	0	0	0	1
Kirby Higbe	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sheldon Jones	6.0	6	2	1
Ray Poat	1.0	2	1	0
Andy Hansen	1.0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Riddle	7.0	8	2	2
Kirby Higbe	2.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Lohrke: 53
Whitey Lockman: 9/F
Sid Gordon: 2/FL

Bot 1

Stan Rojek: 63
Danny Murtaugh: S14/L1
Dixie Walker: 7/F
Ralph Kiner: 9/F

Top 2

Johnny Mize: HR/F9D
Willard Marshall: 7/F
Bobby Thomson: 53
Wes Westrum: K

Bot 2

Wally Westlake: 8/F
Ed Stevens: 7/L
Eddie Bockman: 8

Top 3

Buddy Kerr: 53
Sheldon Jones: E6/TH1
Jack Lohrke: S7.1-2
Whitey Lockman: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Sid Gordon: 7/L7D

Bot 3

Ed FitzGerald: 43
Elmer Riddle: 43
Stan Rojek: 43

Top 4

Johnny Mize: W
Willard Marshall: 36(1)/FO
Bobby Thomson: 5/P
Wes Westrum: S4/G.1-2
Buddy Kerr: 43

Bot 4

Danny Murtaugh: S6/G56
Dixie Walker: S8.1-2
Ralph Kiner: S9/L.2-H;1-3
Wally Westlake: K
Ed Stevens: 9/F9LDF/FL.3-H;1-2
Eddie Bockman: 8/F

Top 5

Sheldon Jones: 63
Jack Lohrke: W
Whitey Lockman: S/BG.1-2
Sid Gordon: PO2(E1).2-3;1-2
Sid Gordon: 63.3-H;2-3
Johnny Mize: S9.3-H
Willard Marshall: 43

Bot 5

Ed FitzGerald: 53
Elmer Riddle: 13
Stan Rojek: S7
Danny Murtaugh: W.1-2
Dixie Walker: 31

Top 6

Bobby Thomson: K
Wes Westrum: 2/P
Buddy Kerr: D9
Sheldon Jones: 63

Bot 6

Ralph Kiner: 2/FL
Wally Westlake: W
Ed Stevens: 4/P34D
Eddie Bockman: CS2(24)

Top 7

Jack Lohrke: S7
Whitey Lockman: 36(1)/FO
Sid Gordon: E5/G.1-2
Johnny Mize: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Willard Marshall: S4/G4M.3-H(UR);1-2
Bobby Thomson: 6(1)/FO

Bot 7

Johnny Hopp: S8
Ed FitzGerald: D7/7L.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR)
Max West: E6/P.2-2;B-1
Stan Rojek: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Danny Murtaugh: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Dixie Walker: W
Ralph Kiner: S48/G46.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Wally Westlake: 6/P

Top 8

Wes Westrum: K
Buddy Kerr: 43
Lonny Frey: 7/F

Bot 8

Ed Stevens: S9
Frankie Gustine: K/C
Ed FitzGerald: SB2
Ed FitzGerald: 53
Kirby Higbe: 63

Top 9

Don Mueller: 43
Whitey Lockman: 9
Sid Gordon: W
Johnny Mize: 43

Notes & reviews

Off Jones' glove
Into upper RF stands
Close play
Against the shift
Jones left with a sore arm
Thomson fumbled
Lohrke was playing directly behind 2B on the Kiner shift but the hard drive ticked off his glove into CF.

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