Pirates @ Giants
August 2, 1946

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 2 4 1
Giants 3 6 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 2 4 1
Giants 3 6 0

Bob Elliott Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .259
OBP .250 .357
At Bats 4 270
Hits 1 70
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 39
RBI’s 0 37

Junior Thompson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 2
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Polo Grounds - August 2, 1946
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Out
Junior Thompson
Walker Cooper
Johnny Mize
Buddy Blattner
Bill Rigney
Buddy Kerr
Sid Gordon
Willard Marshall
Goody Rosen
Bob Elliott
Frankie Gustine
Elbie Fletcher
Jimmy Brown

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 4 1 11
New York Giants 3 6 0 2
Winning Pitcher Ken Trinkle
Losing Pitcher Ken Heintzelman
Save Junior Thompson
Game Winning RBI Willard Marshall
Attendance 12,561
Time of Game 1 hour 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Junior Thompson now pitching. Elliott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Gustine takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 9 Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.
Top 9 Burgess Whitehead pinch runs for Ralph Kiner. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Ralph Kiner pinch hits for Jack Hallett. Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Blattner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Trinkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Workman takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 8 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gustine bunts towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 8 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Rosen. The throw from Baker and he is out, Brown applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Hallett now pitching. Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott.
Top 7 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bill Salkeld pinch hits for Ken Heintzelman. Salkeld hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gionfriddo hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 The ball gets by Baker for a passed ball. Marshall scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Marshall moves to third.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gionfriddo. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Blattner scores.
Bottom 6 Kerr bunts towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it and throws to first for the out. Blattner moves to third.
Bottom 6 Blattner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gionfriddo. Blattner reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Workman strikes out.
Top 6 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Russell for the out. Elliott moves to second.
Top 6 Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Walker Cooper now catching. Gustine hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Trinkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rucker scores. Rosen moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnny Rucker pinch runs for Ernie Lombardi. Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Heintzelman bunts towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to home to get Gionfriddo. Baker moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gionfriddo moves to third.
Top 5 Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mize strikes out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Kerr moves to third.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a ball on the ground for an out. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Blattner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Workman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Trinkle bunts towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Gustine covering - double play.
Bottom 3 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Workman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gustine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Heintzelman covering, for the out.
Top 2 Heintzelman hits a popup towards the mound. Trinkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Baker hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Workman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blattner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Russell moves to second.
Top 2 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kerr strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blattner hits a popup, foul, towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Elliott hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gustine hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Fletcher is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out.