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Cubs 3 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 24, 1949

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 24, 1949 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cubs with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 24, 1949 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 3 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherSheldon Jones  
Losing PitcherDewey Adkins  
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Game Winning RBIWillard Marshall 

Game Info

DateAugust 24, 1949 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherDewey Adkins  
Home Starting PitcherSheldon Jones  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance2,612 
Time of Game2 hours 3 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Artie Gore
2B: (none)
3B: Scotty Robb

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Phil Cavarretta  Right Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Herman Reich  First Baseman 
Bob Ramazzotti  Third Baseman 
Dewey Adkins  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Thompson  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Joe Lafata  First Baseman 
Bill Rigney  Shortstop 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Sheldon Jones  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cubs 3 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 24, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/24/1949 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Terwilliger W, 2b     4  0  0  0   Thompson H, 2b        5  0  0  0   
Cavarretta P, rf      4  1  2  1   Lockman W, lf         4  1  2  0   
Smalley R, ss         4  0  2  0   Gordon S, 3b          4  1  2  1   
Sauer H, lf           4  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        3  0  1  1   
Pafko A, cf           4  0  1  0   Thomson B, cf         4  0  1  0   
Burgess S, c          4  0  0  0   Lafata J, 1b          4  0  2  0   
Reich H, 1b           3  1  1  0   Rigney B, ss          4  1  1  0   
Ramazzotti B, 3b      3  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          3  2  2  3   
Adkins D, p           2  0  0  0   Jones S, p            4  0  2  0   
Baumholtz F, ph       1  1  1  2                                      
Chipman B, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  3  7  3                        35  5 13  5

Chicago          000 001 020 --  3
New York         001 200 11x --  5

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Adkins D (L)          7.0 11  4  4  2  2
Chipman B             1.0  2  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jones S (W)           9.0  7  3  3  0  7

DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 3, New York 8
3B -- Rigney B
HR -- Westrum W 2, Cavarretta P, Gordon S, Baumholtz F
SB -- Lockman W
WP -- Adkins D
T -- 2:03
A -- 2612

    

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