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Cubs 7 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 23, 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 23, 1949 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cubs with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 23, 1949 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 7 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 5 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 5
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Doyle Lade  
Losing Pitcher—Dave Koslo  
Save—Bob Muncrief  
Game Winning RBI—Wayne Terwilliger 

Game Info

DateAugust 23, 1949 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherDoyle Lade  
Home Starting PitcherDave Koslo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance3,845 
Time of Game2 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Scotty Robb
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: (none)
3B: Artie Gore

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Hal Jeffcoat  Right Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Herman Reich  First Baseman 
Mickey Owen  Catcher 
Bob Ramazzotti  Third Baseman 
Doyle Lade  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 
Ray Mueller  Catcher 
Dave Koslo  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cubs 7 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1949

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         Game of 8/23/1949 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Terwilliger W, 2b     4  1  1  3   Thompson H, 2b        4  1  1  3   
Jeffcoat H, rf        4  0  1  1   Lockman W, lf         5  0  1  1   
Cavarretta P, ph-rf   0  0  0  0   Gordon S, 3b          4  0  1  0   
Smalley R, ss         5  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        4  1  1  1   
Sauer H, lf           4  0  0  0   Thomson B, cf         4  0  0  0   
Pafko A, cf           4  0  0  0   Lafata J, 1b          4  1  0  0   
Reich H, 1b           4  0  0  0   Rigney B, ss          2  1  1  0   
Owen M, c             4  2  2  0   Mueller R, c          2  0  0  0   
Ramazzotti B, 3b      4  3  4  1   Westrum W, c          1  1  0  0   
Lade D, p             2  1  2  1   Koslo D, p            1  0  0  0   
Muncrief B, p         0  0  0  0   Higbe K, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Irvin M, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Hartung C, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Haas B, ph            1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  7 10  6                        32  5  5  5

Chicago          003 020 101 --  7
New York         000 000 005 --  5

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lade D (W)            8.2  5  5  5  7  3
Muncrief B (S)        0.1  0  0  0  2  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L)           4.2  6  5  4  0  0
Higbe K               3.1  2  1  1  1  3
Hartung C             1.0  2  1  1  2  1

E -- Gordon S
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Chicago 5, New York 9
2B -- Thompson H
3B -- Owen M
HR -- Terwilliger W, Marshall W
SB -- Jeffcoat H, Ramazzotti B 3, Lade D
CS -- Ramazzotti B
SH -- Lade D
WP -- Lade D
PB -- Westrum W
T -- 2:15
A -- 3845

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