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Giants 8 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 28, 1949

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on July 28, 1949 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 8 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJuly 28, 1949 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherSheldon Jones  
Losing PitcherHarry Gumbert  
SaveKirby Higbe  
Game Winning RBISid Gordon 

Game Info

DateJuly 28, 1949 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherLarry Jansen  
Home Starting PitcherMurry Dickson  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance12,653 
Time of Game2 hours 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Jorda
1B: Beans Reardon
2B: (none)
3B: Larry Goetz

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Thompson  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Bill Rigney  Shortstop 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Larry Jansen  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Castiglione  Third Baseman 
Johnny Hopp  First Baseman 
Dino Restelli  Center Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Right Fielder 
Monty Basgall  Second Baseman 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Clyde McCullough  Catcher 
Murry Dickson  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

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Giants 8 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 28, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/28/1949 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Thompson H, 2b        5  0  1  0   Castiglione P, 3b     5  1  2  0   
Lockman W, lf         2  1  0  0   Hopp J, 1b            5  1  2  0   
Thomson B, cf         5  2  2  0   Restelli D, cf        5  0  2  0   
Mize J, 1b            5  1  2  2   Kiner R, lf           4  1  0  0   
Lafata J, 1b          0  0  0  0   Westlake W, rf        4  2  2  2   
Marshall W, rf        5  1  2  2   Basgall M, 2b         5  1  3  1   
Gordon S, 3b          4  2  3  2   Rojek S, ss           3  0  0  1   
Rigney B, ss          4  1  3  0   Chesnes B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Kerr B, ss            0  0  0  0   McCullough C, c       1  0  0  0   
Westrum W, c          5  0  1  2   Walker D, ph          1  0  1  1   
Jansen L, p           2  0  0  0   Lombardi V, pr        0  0  0  0   
Behrman H, p          1  0  0  0   Masi P, c             3  0  1  1   
Jones S, p            1  0  0  0   Dickson M, p          1  0  0  0   
Haas B, ph            1  0  0  0   Sewell R, p           0  0  0  0   
Higbe K, p            0  0  0  0   Saffell T, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Gumbert H, p          2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  8 14  8                        41  6 13  6

New York         221 002 001 --  8
Pittsburgh       004 020 000 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jansen L              2.1  6  4  4  2  0
Behrman H             2.0  5  2  2  0  1
Jones S (W)           3.2  2  0  0  0  2
Higbe K (S)           1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dickson M*            2.0  7  5  5  3  0
Sewell R              1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Gumbert H (L)         6.0  6  3  3  2  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd

E -- Westlake W, Kerr B
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 11, Pittsburgh 11
2B -- Marshall W 2, Walker D, Westlake W, Rigney B
3B -- Thompson H
HR -- Gordon S
SB -- Hopp J
WP -- Behrman H
T -- 2:56
A -- 12653

    

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