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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1949-09-18 · Day game · Forbes Field · 6 innings · Att: 28291 · overcast, drizzle, wet · 1:56

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 7–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 6th. Cliff Chambers earned the win. Wally Westlake went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
NY1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
PIT	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	13

W: Cliff Chambers L: Hank Behrman SV: (none)

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Williams	3	0	0	0	0	1
Whitey Lockman	2	1	2	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	2	0	1	1	1	0
Willard Marshall	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bert Haas	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Rigney	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ray Mueller	3	0	1	1	0	0
Monty Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wes Westrum	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Rojek	4	1	2	0	0	0
Pete Castiglione	3	1	3	2	1	0
Ralph Kiner	3	1	0	0	1	0
Dino Restelli	2	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Westlake	4	1	1	4	0	1
Jack Phillips	2	1	1	0	0	0
Monty Basgall	1	0	1	0	1	0
Clyde McCullough	2	0	1	1	0	0
Cliff Chambers	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Saffell	2	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	1	0	1	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Chesnes	0	1	0	0	1	0
Ed FitzGerald	1	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monty Kennedy	4.0	7	2	2
Kirby Higbe	1.0	1	1	1
Hank Behrman	0.2	1	2	0
Adrian Zabala	0.0	4	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Chambers	6.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Davey Williams: 9
Whitey Lockman: S8/G46
Sid Gordon: K
Bobby Thomson: D/78.1-H
Willard Marshall: 5/P

Bot 1

Stan Rojek: 8
Pete Castiglione: W
Ralph Kiner: 9/F9S
Dino Restelli: K

Top 2

Bert Haas: 63
Bill Rigney: K
Ray Mueller: 8

Bot 2

Wally Westlake: 43
Jack Phillips: 9
Monty Basgall: S
Clyde McCullough: 8

Top 3

Monty Kennedy: K
Davey Williams: K
Whitey Lockman: W
Sid Gordon: 9

Bot 3

Cliff Chambers: 3/G
Stan Rojek: S
Pete Castiglione: S8.1-3(E8)
Ralph Kiner: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bobby Thomson: 63
Willard Marshall: S9/F9DW
Bert Haas: S7.1-2
Bill Rigney: 4(1)/FO.2-3
Ray Mueller: S8.3-H;1-3
Monty Kennedy: 13

Bot 4

Dino Restelli: 9
Wally Westlake: 7
Jack Phillips: T
Monty Basgall: W
Clyde McCullough: S8.3-H;1-2
Cliff Chambers: K

Top 5

Davey Williams: 8
Whitey Lockman: D
Sid Gordon: 63
Bobby Thomson: W
Willard Marshall: 8

Bot 5

Stan Rojek: D9
Pete Castiglione: S/89.2-H
Ralph Kiner: 7/F7S
Tom Saffell: D9.1-3
Wally Westlake: K/C
Johnny Hopp: W
Dixie Walker: 4/P

Top 6

Bert Haas: 8
Bill Rigney: W
Ray Mueller: 6/P
Wes Westrum: K/C

Bot 6

Bob Chesnes: W
Ed FitzGerald: 3/BP
Stan Rojek: 31.1-2
Pete Castiglione: S7.2-H;B-2(E7)
Ralph Kiner: IW
Tom Saffell: S/BG.2-3;1-2
Wally Westlake: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Johnny Hopp: S
Danny Murtaugh: S.1-2

Notes & reviews

Rain held up the start of the game
Off the screen
Game should have been over at this point because curfew law made another inning impossible, but was allowed to continue until 6:59. Possibly out of spite, Giants Mgr Durocher had Behrman throw two wide balls to Kiner, who had 49 homers. Durocher may have thought inning would not count if not finished.
Hansen entered with 2-0 count, finished the IW, then was relieved by Zabala.
Game ended due to Pennsylania curfew law

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