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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 11, 1949
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on June 11, 1949 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 11, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 11, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Elmer Riddle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 14,065 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: (none) 3B: George Barr |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Rojek | Shortstop |
| Pete Castiglione | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Hopp | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Ed Stevens | First Baseman |
| Wally Westlake | Center Fielder |
| Danny Murtaugh | Second Baseman |
| Clyde McCullough | Catcher |
| Elmer Riddle | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 11, 1949
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Kennedy
Rojek hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Kennedy
Castiglione hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Kennedy
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Riddle
Rigney hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Rojek settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Rojek. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Riddle
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Riddle
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Riddle
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mize vs. Riddle
Mize hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Marshall vs. Riddle
Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Kennedy
Kiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stevens vs. Kennedy
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Kennedy
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. Stevens moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murtaugh vs. Kennedy
Murtaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stevens scores. Westlake moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCullough vs. Kennedy
McCullough strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Riddle vs. Kennedy
Riddle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Westlake scores. There goes Murtaugh trying to get to home. Marshall throws the ball in to Cooper, who tags Murtaugh, who came all the way from first, for the out. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Riddle
Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Riddle
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Riddle
Kerr hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Kennedy
Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Kennedy
Castiglione hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Kennedy
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Kennedy
There goes Hopp. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Hopp steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner vs. Kennedy
The umpire calls a balk on Kennedy Hopp moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kiner vs. Kennedy
Kiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stevens vs. Kennedy
There goes Kiner. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Kiner steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stevens vs. Kennedy
Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Riddle
Kennedy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Riddle
Rigney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Riddle
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Riddle
Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Kennedy
Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murtaugh vs. Kennedy
Murtaugh bunts in front of the plate. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Westlake moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCullough vs. Kennedy
McCullough strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Riddle vs. Kennedy
Riddle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojek vs. Kennedy
Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Riddle
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Riddle
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Riddle
Thomson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Riddle
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Kennedy
Castiglione hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Kennedy
Hopp hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Kennedy
Kiner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Riddle
Kerr strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Riddle
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Riddle
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Kennedy moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lockman vs. Riddle
Lockman hits a line drive towards first. Stevens catches it and steps on first to double up Rigney. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stevens vs. Kennedy
Stevens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Kennedy
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Kennedy
Murtaugh hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCullough vs. Kennedy
McCullough hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Riddle
Gordon hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Riddle
Mize hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Riddle
Marshall hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Riddle
Thomson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riddle vs. Kennedy
Riddle strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Kennedy
Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Kennedy
Castiglione hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Riddle
Cooper hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Riddle
Kerr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milne vs. Riddle
Pete Milne pinch hits for Monty Kennedy.
Milne hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Behrman
Hank Behrman now pitching.
Hopp hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Behrman
Kiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stevens vs. Behrman
Stevens hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Behrman
Westlake takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murtaugh vs. Behrman
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Riddle
Rigney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Riddle
Lockman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Riddle
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mize vs. Riddle
Mize takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marshall vs. Riddle
Bert Haas pinch runs for Johnny Mize.
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens throws to second for one, and Rojek throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Lockman scores. Gordon scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Riddle
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Kiner is chasing the ball. Thomson rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Riddle
Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Riddle
Kerr hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Behrman
Bert Haas now playing first base. Dixie Walker pinch hits for Clyde McCullough.
Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhawn vs. Behrman
Monty Basgall pinch runs for Dixie Walker. Bobby Rhawn pinch hits for Elmer Riddle.
Rhawn bunts towards first. Haas juggles the ball. That's an error on Haas. Basgall moves to third. Rhawn moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rojek vs. Behrman
Rojek hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Castiglione vs. Behrman
Castiglione hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hopp vs. Behrman
Hopp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/11/1949 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Rojek S, ss 5 0 0 0 Rigney B, 2b 4 0 2 0
Castiglione P, 3b 5 0 0 0 Lockman W, lf 3 1 0 0
Hopp J, rf 5 0 1 0 Gordon S, 3b 4 1 2 0
Kiner R, lf 1 0 0 0 Mize J, 1b 3 0 1 0
Stevens E, 1b 4 1 1 0 Haas B, pr-1b 0 0 0 0
Westlake W, cf 3 1 1 0 Marshall W, rf 3 1 0 1
Murtaugh D, 2b 3 1 2 2 Thomson B, cf 4 1 2 2
McCullough C, c 3 0 0 0 Cooper W, c 4 0 1 0
Walker D, ph 1 0 1 0 Kerr B, ss 4 0 0 0
Basgall M, pr 0 0 0 0 Kennedy M, p 2 0 1 0
Riddle E, p 2 0 1 1 Milne P, ph 1 0 0 0
Rhawn B, ph 0 0 0 0 Behrman H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 7 3 32 4 9 3
Pittsburgh 020 001 000 -- 3
New York 000 000 04x -- 4
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Riddle E (L) 8.0 9 4 4 3 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy M 7.0 6 3 1 3 3
Behrman H (W) 2.0 1 0 0 2 0
E -- Rojek S 2, Kerr B, Haas B
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, New York 7
HR -- Murtaugh D, Thomson B
SB -- Hopp J, Kiner R
SH -- Murtaugh D, Rhawn B
Balk -- Kennedy M
T -- 2:27
A -- 14065
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