Pirates @ Dodgers
June 21, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 2 8 1
Dodgers 5 5 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 2 8 1
Dodgers 5 5 0

Dixie Walker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .271
OBP .667 .349
At Bats 3 133
Hits 2 36
• Singles 1 24
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 12

Ralph Branca Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 5 1
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Ebbets Field - June 21, 1948
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Ralph Branca
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Eddie Miksis
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Marv Rackley
Carl Furillo
Dick Whitman
Dixie Walker
Ralph Kiner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 8 1 3
Brooklyn Dodgers 5 5 0 3
Winning Pitcher Ralph Branca
Losing Pitcher Vic Lombardi
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jackie Robinson
Attendance 28,404
Time of Game 2 hours 11 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Branca fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Kiner moves to third.
Top 9 Kiner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Whitman. Kiner reaches second base with a double. Hopp scores.
Top 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Hopp moves to second.
Top 9 Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Gustine hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Rojek hits a popup in front of the plate. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Furillo hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Elmer Singleton now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Max West pinch hits for Vic Lombardi. West strikes out.
Top 8 Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Murtaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Branca covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Cox hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rackley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Branca bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 7 Walker hits a fly ball into left field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kiner hits a fly ball towards left. Rackley catches it and throws to home to double up Hopp.
Top 7 Hopp hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Whitman who is chasing the ball. Hopp reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitman hits a line drive into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine juggles the ball. That's an error on Gustine. Robinson scores. Furillo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Furillo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Cox scores. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cox moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lombardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitman throws the ball in to Reese who tags Lombardi trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 5 Rackley strikes out.
Bottom 5 Branca strikes out.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Murtaugh hits a line drive into right field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiner scores.
Top 5 Stevens strikes out.
Top 5 Walker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Whitman. Walker reaches second base with a double. Kiner moves to third.
Top 5 Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Whitman hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hopp hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gustine hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rojek hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson bunts towards first. Stevens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cox for the out.
Top 3 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into right field. Whitman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murtaugh strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rackley hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Branca hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stevens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Kiner hits a line drive into left field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitman 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 1 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson scores.
Bottom 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stevens scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Furillo for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Rackley scores. Cox goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Cox takes first base on ball four. Rackley moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rackley hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hopp hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gustine strikes out.
Top 1 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.