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Giants 2 @ Pirates 1
Forbes Field
August 31, 1950

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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 August 31, 1950 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Giants with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1950 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 2 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 1 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 2
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 2
Winning PitcherJim Hearn  
Losing PitcherBill Macdonald  
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Game Winning RBIWes Westrum 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1950 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Hearn  
Home Starting PitcherBill Macdonald  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance3,552 
Time of Game2 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Lon Warneke
2B: Al Barlick
3B: Augie Donatelli

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Monte Irvin  First Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Jim Hearn  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Dillinger  Third Baseman 
Danny O'Connell  Shortstop 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Gus Bell  Right Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Center Fielder 
Jack Phillips  First Baseman 
Johnny Berardino  Second Baseman 
Ray Mueller  Catcher 
Bill Macdonald  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

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Giants 2 @ Pirates 1
Forbes Field
August 31, 1950

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/31/1950 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Stanky E, 2b          3  1  1  0   Dillinger B, 3b       4  1  1  0   
Lockman W, lf         4  0  1  1   O'Connell D, ss       3  0  0  0   
Mueller D, rf         4  0  1  0   Kiner R, lf           4  0  1  0   
Thompson H, 3b        4  0  0  0   Bell G, rf            3  0  0  0   
Irvin M, 1b           3  1  1  0   Westlake W, cf        2  0  0  0   
Gilbert T, 1b         0  0  0  0   Phillips J, 1b        2  0  1  0   
Dark A, ss            4  0  1  0   Berardino J, 2b       2  0  0  0   
Thomson B, cf         3  0  0  0   Saffell T, ph         0  0  0  0   
Westrum W, c          3  0  1  1   Schenz H, 2b          0  0  0  0   
Hearn J, p            4  0  0  0   Mueller R, c          2  0  0  0   
                                   Hopp J, ph            1  0  1  0   
                                   Dickson M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Macdonald B, p        2  0  0  0   
                                   McCullough C, ph-c    1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  2  6  2                        26  1  4  0

New York         000 001 100 --  2
Pittsburgh       100 000 000 --  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hearn J (W)           9.0  4  1  1  3  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Macdonald B (L)       8.0  6  2  2  3  2
Dickson M             1.0  0  0  0  1  0

E -- Kiner R
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 7, Pittsburgh 2
2B -- Stanky E, Kiner R, Lockman W
SB -- Dillinger B
CS -- Westlake W, Phillips J
SH -- Saffell T
WP -- Hearn J
T -- 2:11
A -- 3552

    

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