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Phillies 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 21, 1948 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Phillies with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1948 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherKen Trinkle  
Losing PitcherKen Heintzelman  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny Mize 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1948 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherKen Heintzelman  
Home Starting PitcherLarry Jansen  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance13,228 
Time of Game2 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: George Barr
3B: Frank Dascoli

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Center Fielder 
Granny Hamner  Second Baseman 
Johnny Blatnik  Left Fielder 
Del Ennis  Right Fielder 
Dick Sisler  First Baseman 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Putsy Caballero  Third Baseman 
Andy Seminick  Catcher 
Ken Heintzelman  Pitcher 
Eddie Sawyer  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Center Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Larry Jansen  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Phillies 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/21/1948 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Ashburn R, cf         5  1  1  1   Rigney B, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Hamner G, 2b          4  0  2  0   Lockman W, cf         4  1  2  0   
Blatnik J, lf         2  1  2  0   Gordon S, 3b          3  1  0  0   
Ennis D, rf           4  1  1  3   Mize J, 1b            3  3  2  4   
Sisler D, 1b          4  0  0  0   Cooper W, c           4  1  2  1   
Miller E, ss          4  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        3  0  0  0   
Caballero P, 3b       3  0  0  0   Thomson B, lf         4  0  1  1   
Walker H, ph          1  0  0  0   Kerr B, ss            4  0  1  0   
Seminick A, c         4  2  2  1   Jansen L, p           2  0  1  0   
Heintzelman K, p      3  0  0  0   Layton L, ph          1  0  0  0   
Rowell B, ph          0  0  0  0   Trinkle K, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  5  8  5                        32  6  9  6

Philadelphia     004 000 001 --  5
New York         010 100 04x --  6

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Heintzelman K (L)     8.0  9  6  6  3  8

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jansen L              7.0  6  4  1  0  3
Trinkle K (W)         2.0  2  1  1  1  0

E -- Kerr B, Cooper W
LOB -- Philadelphia 5, New York 5
2B -- Thomson B
HR -- Mize J 2, Ennis D, Cooper W, Seminick A
SH -- Blatnik J
T -- 2:09
A -- 13228

    

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