Pirates @ Giants
August 23, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 11 14 1
Giants 10 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 11 14 1
Giants 10 12 2

Ernie Lombardi Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .225
OBP .000 .262
At Bats 4 80
Hits 0 18
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 13

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 11 4
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Polo Grounds - August 23, 1947
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Clyde Kluttz
Hank Greenberg
Jimmy Bloodworth
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Wally Westlake
Ernie Lombardi
Johnny Mize
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 11 14 1 9
New York Giants 10 12 2 5
Winning Pitcher Jim Bagby
Losing Pitcher Joe Beggs
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Bill Salkeld
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lombardi hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mize hits a ball on the ground into center field. Russell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Russell. Cooper scores. Kerr scores. Thomson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Thomson takes first base on ball four. Lohrke scores. Cooper moves to third. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 9 Kerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lohrke moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gearhart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Walker Cooper pinch hits for Ken Trinkle. Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lohrke moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Russell strikes out.
Top 9 Cox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bagby bunts for an out with unknown description. Kluttz moves to second.
Top 9 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Westlake trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 8 Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Russell scores. Kiner scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Russell moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gustine bunts for an out with unknown description. Russell moves to second.
Top 8 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Clyde Kluttz now catching. Gearhart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Bagby hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bill Salkeld pinch hits for Dixie Howell. Salkeld hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. Westlake scores. Bloodworth moves to second.
Top 7 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to home to get Kiner. Greenberg moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Top 7 Ken Trinkle now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kiner moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 7 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Top 7 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Beggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Lohrke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Witek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Russell hits a line drive into center field. Thomson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thomson. Westlake scores. Bagby scores. Cox goes all the way around to score. Russell moves all the way to home.
Top 6 Cox takes first base on ball four. Westlake moves to third. Bagby moves to second.
Top 6 Bagby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Westlake moves to second.
Top 6 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Beggs now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jim Bagby now pitching. Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gearhart scores.
Bottom 5 Gearhart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lohrke scores. Gearhart moves to second.
Bottom 5 Joe Lafata pinch hits for Dave Koslo. Lafata hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. Lohrke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Witek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kiner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Gustine hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Westlake who is chasing the ball. Marshall reaches third base with a triple. Westlake throws the ball in to Howell who tags Marshall trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Singleton covering, for the out.
Top 4 Singleton strikes out.
Top 4 Howell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gearhart strikes out.
Top 3 Westlake strikes out.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Gearhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Gearhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Koslo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lohrke hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Witek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Singleton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cox hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Singleton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Singleton reaches third base with a triple. Howell goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Howell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bloodworth hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Singleton covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first, with Singleton covering, for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gearhart scores.
Bottom 1 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kerr for the out. Gearhart moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gearhart is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Greenberg strikes out.
Top 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 1 Gustine hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke juggles the ball. That's an error on Lohrke. Cox moves to second.
Top 1 Cox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.