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Dodgers 11 @ Pirates 12
Forbes Field
August 25, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on August 25, 1948 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 12 to 11.

Game Summary

DateAugust 25, 1948 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 11 H: 18 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 11
Hits: 18
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 12 H: 18 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 12
Hits: 18
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherWoody Main  
Losing PitcherCarl Erskine  
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Game Winning RBIStan Rojek 

Game Info

DateAugust 25, 1948 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherErv Palica  
Home Starting PitcherVic Lombardi  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance17,048 
Time of Game2 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jocko Conlan
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: Butch Henline

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Cox  Third Baseman 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
George Shuba  Left Fielder 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Erv Palica  Pitcher 
Burt Shotton  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Danny Murtaugh  Second Baseman 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Center Fielder 
Ed Stevens  First Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Third Baseman 
Clyde Kluttz  Catcher 
Vic Lombardi  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

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Dodgers 11 @ Pirates 12
Forbes Field
August 25, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/25/1948 -- Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Cox B, 3b             6  2  2  2   Rojek S, ss           6  0  3  6   
Brown T, 3b           0  0  0  0   Murtaugh D, 2b        5  1  1  0   
Robinson J, 2b        6  2  2  0   Kiner R, lf           5  1  1  1   
Reese P, ss           5  2  2  2   Walker D, rf          5  0  1  0   
Furillo C, rf-cf      4  1  2  2   Westlake W, cf        5  2  2  2   
Shuba G, lf           2  0  0  0   Stevens E, 1b         5  2  3  2   
Edwards B, ph         1  1  1  3   Gustine F, 3b         5  3  3  0   
Vaughan A, lf         1  0  1  0   Kluttz C, c           2  1  1  0   
Hodges G, 1b          4  0  2  2   Chesnes B, ph         1  0  1  0   
Campanella R, c       5  0  2  0   Fitz Gerald E, c      2  1  2  1   
Snider D, cf          2  0  0  0   Lombardi V, p         2  0  0  0   
Reiser P, ph          1  0  1  0   Higbe K, p            0  0  0  0   
Rackley M, pr         0  1  0  0   West M, ph            1  0  0  0   
Hermanski G, rf       2  1  2  0   Singleton E, p        0  0  0  0   
Palica E, p           3  1  1  0   Hopp J, ph            0  0  0  0   
Casey H, p            1  0  0  0   Main W, p             0  0  0  0   
Erskine C, p          0  0  0  0   Bockman E, ph         0  1  0  0   
Behrman H, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 11 18 11                        44 12 18 12

Brooklyn         003 000 530 -- 11
Pittsburgh       120 100 116 -- 12
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Palica E*             6.0  8  5  5  0  8
Casey H               2.2  9  6  6  1  1
Erskine C (L)+        0.0  0  1  1  1  0
Behrman H             0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lombardi V            6.2 12  8  8  2  3
Higbe K               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Singleton E           1.0  5  3  3  1  1
Main W (W)            1.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Hodges G
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Cox B, Reese P, Reiser P, Robinson J, Edwards B, Hodges G, Murtaugh D, Rojek S
3B -- Rojek S, Palica E, Campanella R
HR -- Kiner R, Stevens E, Westlake W
SH -- Casey H
T -- 2:36
A -- 17048

    

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