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Pirates 5 @ Dodgers 2
Ebbets Field
July 31, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 31, 1948 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJuly 31, 1948 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 2 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherKirby Higbe  
Losing PitcherHank Behrman  
SaveVic Lombardi  
Game Winning RBIRalph Kiner 

Game Info

DateJuly 31, 1948 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherRip Sewell  
Home Starting PitcherErv Palica  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance15,633 
Time of Game2 hours 32 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Dusty Boggess
2B: Lou Jorda
3B: Larry Goetz

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Frankie Gustine  Third Baseman 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Center Fielder 
Max West  First Baseman 
Monty Basgall  Second Baseman 
Clyde Kluttz  Catcher 
Rip Sewell  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Marv Rackley  Center Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Gene Hermanski  Right Fielder 
Dick Whitman  Left Fielder 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Tommy Brown  Third Baseman 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Erv Palica  Pitcher 
Burt Shotton  Manager 

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Pirates 5 @ Dodgers 2
Ebbets Field
July 31, 1948

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/31/1948 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Rojek S, ss           5  2  2  0   Rackley M, cf         4  0  1  0   
Gustine F, 3b         4  1  0  0   Edwards B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Walker D, rf          4  0  0  1   Robinson J, 2b        5  0  0  1   
Higbe K, p            0  0  0  0   Hermanski G, rf       4  1  1  0   
Chesnes B, ph         1  1  0  0   Whitman D, lf         2  0  1  0   
Singleton E, p        0  0  0  0   Campanella R, c       2  0  1  0   
Lombardi V, p         0  0  0  0   Brown T, 3b           4  0  1  1   
Kiner R, lf           3  0  0  1   Hodges G, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Westlake W, cf        3  0  1  2   Reese P, ss           4  1  3  0   
West M, 1b-rf         5  0  1  0   Palica E, p           2  0  0  0   
Basgall M, 2b         2  1  1  0   Behrman H, p          0  0  0  0   
Kluttz C, c           3  0  1  0   Minner P, p           0  0  0  0   
Fitz Gerald E, c      0  0  0  0   Vaughan A, ph         0  0  0  0   
Sewell R, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Stevens E, ph-1b      2  0  2  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  5  8  5                        32  2  8  2

Pittsburgh       100 000 004 --  5
Brooklyn         001 001 000 --  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sewell R              6.0  6  2  2  1  2
Higbe K (W)           2.0  1  0  0  2  0
Singleton E*          0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Lombardi V (S)        1.0  0  0  0  0  2

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Palica E+             6.0  5  1  1  3  1
Behrman H (L)         2.2  3  4  4  3  0
Minner P              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, Brooklyn 10
2B -- Rojek S, Campanella R, Reese P 2, Stevens E
3B -- Stevens E
SH -- Whitman D 2, Behrman H, Fitz Gerald E
HBP -- by Palica E (Westlake W)
T -- 2:32
A -- 15633

    

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