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Pirates 3 @ Phillies 2
Shibe Park
August 26, 1949

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 26, 1949 at Shibe Park. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 26, 1949 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 2 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherBill Werle  
Losing PitcherKen Heintzelman  
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Game Winning RBIRalph Kiner 

Game Info

DateAugust 26, 1949 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Werle  
Home Starting PitcherKen Heintzelman  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance9,586 
Time of Game1 hour 49 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Babe Pinelli
1B: Frank Dascoli
2B: Scotty Robb
3B: Artie Gore

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Tom Saffell  Center Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Right Fielder 
Pete Castiglione  Third Baseman 
Jack Phillips  First Baseman 
Monty Basgall  Second Baseman 
Clyde McCullough  Catcher 
Bill Werle  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Center Fielder 
Granny Hamner  Shortstop 
Dick Sisler  First Baseman 
Del Ennis  Left Fielder 
Stan Hollmig  Right Fielder 
Willie Jones  Third Baseman 
Mike Goliat  Second Baseman 
Andy Seminick  Catcher 
Ken Heintzelman  Pitcher 
Eddie Sawyer  Manager 

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Pirates 3 @ Phillies 2
Shibe Park
August 26, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/26/1949 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Rojek S, ss           3  0  1  0   Ashburn R, cf         4  0  1  0   
Saffell T, cf         4  1  0  0   Hamner G, ss          4  2  1  0   
Kiner R, lf           3  1  1  2   Sisler D, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Westlake W, rf        4  1  1  0   Ennis D, lf           4  0  2  1   
Castiglione P, 3b     4  0  1  0   Hollmig S, rf         4  0  1  0   
Phillips J, 1b        4  0  2  0   Simmons C, pr         0  0  0  0   
Basgall M, 2b         4  0  1  1   Jones W, 3b           4  0  1  1   
McCullough C, c       3  0  1  0   Goliat M, 2b          4  0  0  0   
Werle B, p            3  0  0  0   Seminick A, c         3  0  1  0   
                                   Heintzelman K, p      2  0  0  0   
                                   Blattner B, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Konstanty J, p        0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  3  8  3                        34  2  8  2

Pittsburgh       012 000 000 --  3
Philadelphia     100 000 001 --  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Werle B (W)           9.0  8  2  2  0  5

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Heintzelman K (L)     8.0  6  3  3  1  2
Konstanty J           1.0  2  0  0  1  0

E -- Seminick A
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 5
2B -- Basgall M
HR -- Kiner R
SB -- Westlake W, Hamner G
CS -- Basgall M, Kiner R
T -- 1:49
A -- 9586

    

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