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Giants 10 @ Pirates 8
Forbes Field
September 8, 1947

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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 September 8, 1947 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 10 to 8.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 8, 1947 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 10 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 10
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 8 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 8
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherKen Trinkle  
Losing PitcherJim Bagby  
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Game Winning RBIGary Gearhart 

Game Info

DateSeptember 8, 1947 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherSheldon Jones  
Home Starting PitcherFritz Ostermueller  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance3,936 
Time of Game2 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Al Barlick

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Sheldon Jones  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gene Woodling  Center Fielder 
Frankie Gustine  Third Baseman 
Billy Cox  Shortstop 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Hank Greenberg  First Baseman 
Wally Westlake  Right Fielder 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Clyde Kluttz  Catcher 
Fritz Ostermueller  Pitcher 
Billy Herman  Manager 

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Giants 10 @ Pirates 8
Forbes Field
September 8, 1947

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/8/1947 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Rigney B, 2b          5  2  2  0   Woodling G, cf        6  0  2  2   
Kerr B, ss            4  1  2  0   Gustine F, 3b         6  2  2  0   
Thomson B, cf         2  0  0  0   Cox B, ss             4  0  0  0   
Gearhart G, cf        2  2  1  2   Kiner R, lf           4  0  0  0   
Mize J, 1b            5  2  2  2   Greenberg H, 1b       2  3  1  0   
Cooper W, c           5  1  1  2   Westlake W, rf        3  1  0  0   
Marshall W, rf        4  0  0  0   Bloodworth J, 2b      2  1  1  1   
Gordon S, lf          4  1  2  2   Kluttz C, c           4  1  3  2   
Lohrke J, 3b          3  1  0  0   Ostermueller F, p     3  0  0  2   
Jones S, p            1  0  0  0   Bagby J, p            0  0  0  0   
Beggs J, p            0  0  0  0   Lyons A, p            0  0  0  0   
Witek M, ph           1  0  0  0   Salkeld B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Hansen A, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Lombardi E, ph        1  0  1  0                                      
Blattner B, pr        0  0  0  0                                      
Lafata J, ph          1  0  1  2                                      
Trinkle K, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38 10 12 10                        35  8  9  7

New York         000 000 073 -- 10
Pittsburgh       103 010 300 --  8

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jones S               2.2  2  4  3  3  2
Beggs J               1.1  1  0  0  1  0
Hansen A              3.0  4  4  4  3  0
Trinkle K (W)         2.0  2  0  0  1  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ostermueller F        7.2  7  7  3  4  6
Bagby J (L)           0.2  3  2  2  0  0
Lyons A               0.2  2  1  1  1  0

E -- Rigney B, Lohrke J, Woodling G
LOB -- New York 7, Pittsburgh 12
2B -- Gustine F, Mize J 2, Rigney B
HR -- Gearhart G
SH -- Westlake W, Ostermueller F, Kerr B
HBP -- by Jones S (Bloodworth J), by Jones S (Westlake W)
Balk -- Bagby J
T -- 2:36
A -- 3936

    

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