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August 31, 1948

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Giants 4 8 2
Pirates 5 9 3

Johnny Mize Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .288
OBP .750 .399
At Bats 3 410
Hits 2 118
• Singles 1 69
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 31
Walks 1 73
RBI’s 2 96

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 7
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Forbes Field - August 31, 1948
Out
Kirby Higbe
Ed Fitz Gerald
Ed Stevens
Danny Murtaugh
Frankie Gustine
Stan Rojek
Ralph Kiner
Wally Westlake
Dixie Walker
Johnny Mize
Sid Gordon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 4 8 2 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 9 3 7
Winning Pitcher Elmer Riddle
Losing Pitcher Ray Poat
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Ralph Kiner
Attendance 30,386
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Don Mueller pinch hits for Jack Lohrke. Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Stevens. The throw from Westrum and he is safe. Stevens steals second.
Bottom 8 Gustine is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Andy Hansen now pitching. Stevens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lonny Frey pinch hits for Ray Poat. Frey hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Frankie Gustine now playing third base. Kirby Higbe now pitching. Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 7 Westlake hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Basgall scores. Rojek scores. Walker moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Walker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murtaugh for the out. Basgall moves to third. Rojek moves to second.
Bottom 7 Monty Basgall pinch runs for Max West. Rojek bunts towards the mound. Poat fields it and throws to third for the out. Basgall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Max West pinch hits for Elmer Riddle. West hits a popup towards short. Kerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Kerr.
Bottom 7 Ray Poat now pitching. Fitz Gerald hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Thomson fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Thomson. Hopp goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Johnny Hopp pinch hits for Eddie Bockman. Hopp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Rojek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lockman scores. Mize moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it and throws to second for the out. Lockman moves to third.
Top 7 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman juggles the ball. That's an error on Bockman. Lockman moves to second.
Top 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Lohrke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 There goes Westlake. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Lohrke applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Stevens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Westlake takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kerr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Kerr reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Westrum hits a popup in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Murtaugh takes first base on ball four. Rojek moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rojek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Riddle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman scores.
Top 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lohrke scores. Lockman moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Lockman. The throw from Riddle and he throws it away. Lockman is safe on the error. Lohrke moves to third. Lockman moves to second.
Top 5 Lockman bunts towards the mound. Riddle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lohrke moves to second.
Top 5 Lohrke takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bockman hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stevens hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walker scores. Kiner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Westlake strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kiner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murtaugh scores. Walker moves to third.
Bottom 4 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murtaugh moves to second.
Bottom 4 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marshall moves to second.
Top 4 Thomson hits a popup towards third. Bockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Mize takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Riddle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens fields it and throws to second for the out. Jones moves to third.
Top 3 Lohrke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rojek.
Top 3 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bockman hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stevens hits a line drive into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Westrum strikes out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Kiner hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murtaugh hits a line drive beyond second. Lohrke can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bockman fields it and throws to first for the out.