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Pirates 10 @ Giants 13
Polo Grounds
June 9, 1947
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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 9, 1947 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 13 to 10.

Game Summary

DateJune 9, 1947 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 10 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 10
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 13 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 13
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Winning Pitcher—Larry Jansen  
Losing Pitcher—Art Herring  
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Game Winning RBI—Walker Cooper 

Game Info

DateJune 9, 1947 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherKirby Higbe  
Home Starting PitcherDave Koslo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance13,069 
Time of Game2 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dusty Boggess
1B: Lou Jorda
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Cox  Shortstop 
Culley Rikard  Center Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Hank Greenberg  First Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Third Baseman 
Wally Westlake  Right Fielder 
Dixie Howell  Catcher 
Eddie Basinski  Second Baseman 
Kirby Higbe  Pitcher 
Billy Herman  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Third Baseman 
Mickey Witek  Second Baseman 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Joe Lafata  Left Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Dave Koslo  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Pirates 10 @ Giants 13
Polo Grounds
June 9, 1947

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         Game of 6/9/1947 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Cox B, ss             4  1  1  0   Rigney B, 3b          2  0  0  0   
Rikard C, cf          4  3  2  1   Lohrke J, 3b          3  1  2  2   
Kiner R, lf           5  2  2  2   Witek M, 2b           5  2  2  1   
Greenberg H, 1b       5  1  2  0   Thomson B, cf         4  1  0  0   
Mauch G, pr           0  1  0  0   Mize J, 1b            5  1  2  1   
Fletcher E, 1b        0  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        4  2  0  1   
Gustine F, 3b         2  1  1  0   Cooper W, c           4  2  2  5   
Westlake W, rf        5  0  3  5   Lafata J, lf          4  1  1  0   
Howell D, c           4  0  0  0   Trinkle K, p          0  0  0  0   
Sullivan B, ph-c      1  0  0  0   Jansen L, p           0  0  0  0   
Basinski E, 2b        4  1  1  1   Kerr B, ss            3  2  2  2   
Higbe K, p            3  0  1  0   Koslo D, p            1  0  0  0   
Bahr E, p             0  0  0  0   Beggs J, p            0  0  0  0   
Behrman H, p          0  0  0  0   Gearhart G, ph        1  0  0  0   
Herring A, p          1  0  0  0   Thompson J, p         0  0  0  0   
Bagby J, p            0  0  0  0   Gordon S, ph-lf       2  1  2  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38 10 13  9                        38 13 13 13

Pittsburgh       004 022 002 -- 10
New York         001 000 084 -- 13
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Higbe K*              7.0  6  5  5  1  3
Bahr E+               0.0  2  3  3  1  0
Behrman H             0.2  2  1  1  1  0
Herring A (L)         0.2  2  3  3  1  0
Bagby J               0.0  1  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Koslo D               4.1  7  6  3  3  4
Beggs J               1.2  3  2  2  0  1
Thompson J            2.0  1  0  0  1  0
Trinkle K#            0.0  2  2  2  1  0
Jansen L (W)          1.0  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
  # Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Gustine F, Thomson B
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 8, New York 4
2B -- Gordon S, Mize J
3B -- Kerr B, Greenberg H
HR -- Kerr B, Kiner R, Lohrke J, Cooper W 2, Witek M
SH -- Higbe K, Basinski E
T -- 2:55
A -- 13069

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