Dodgers @ Giants
September 6, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 6 0
Giants 2 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 6 0
Giants 3 8 1

Walker Cooper Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .306
OBP .333 .345
At Bats 3 422
Hits 1 129
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 1 28
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 1 96

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
19 10 1
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Polo Grounds - September 6, 1947
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Home Run
Ralph Branca
Bruce Edwards
Jackie Robinson
Eddie Stanky
Spider Jorgensen
Pee Wee Reese
Gene Hermanski
Pete Reiser
Dixie Walker
Walker Cooper

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 2 6 0 5
New York Giants 3 8 1 4
Winning Pitcher Ray Poat
Losing Pitcher Ralph Branca
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Walker Cooper
Attendance 43,085
Time of Game 2 hours 5 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Cooper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Marshall hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Walker throws the ball in to Branca who tags Marshall trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 9 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Edwards hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hermanski hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Rigney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reiser hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stanky hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Poat strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lohrke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Hermanski is chasing the ball. Lohrke rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Reese hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Edwards is walked intentionally.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 7 Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hermanski scores.
Top 7 Walker bunts towards the mound. Poat fields it and throws to first for the out. Hermanski moves to second.
Top 7 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize fields the ball and throws to Poat covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mize takes first base on ball four. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Reiser hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stanky strikes out.
Bottom 5 Poat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Branca bunts towards first. Mize catches it and throws to Rigney, who tags Reese for the double play.
Top 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. Jorgensen scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr. Jorgensen moves to third.
Top 5 Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 4 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mize hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Branca fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walker strikes out.
Top 4 Hermanski hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reiser strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Poat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Branca fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stanky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Branca strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lohrke hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kerr hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Reiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Reiser hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Reiser reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Thomson throws the ball in to Rigney who tags Robinson trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Stanky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.