Pirates @ Giants
August 6, 1948

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 9 1
Giants 7 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 6 9 1
Giants 7 10 1

Stan Rojek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .267
OBP .250 .325
At Bats 4 345
Hits 1 92
• Singles 0 72
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 1 27

Sheldon Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 6 3
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Polo Grounds - August 6, 1948
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Out
Sheldon Jones
Walker Cooper
Johnny Mize
Bill Rigney
Sid Gordon
Buddy Kerr
Bobby Thomson
Whitey Lockman
Willard Marshall
Stan Rojek
Wally Westlake

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 9 1 4
New York Giants 7 10 1 6
Winning Pitcher Ray Poat
Losing Pitcher Fritz Ostermueller
Save Sheldon Jones
Game Winning RBI Ray Poat
Attendance 6,544
Time of Game 2 hours 22 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wally Westlake pinch hits for Kirby Higbe. Westlake hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gustine scores. Murtaugh scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Sheldon Jones now pitching. Kluttz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. Gustine moves to third. Murtaugh moves to second.
Top 9 Murtaugh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kiner scores. Gustine moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Gustine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kiner moves to second.
Top 9 West hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney misplays the ball. That's an error on Rigney.
Bottom 8 Rigney is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Poat strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Kerr reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 There goes Thomson. The throw from Kluttz and he is out, Rojek applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hopp for the out.
Top 8 Rojek hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ed Stevens pinch hits for Fritz Ostermueller. Stevens hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Marshall moves to third. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out. Lockman moves to third.
Bottom 7 Mize is hit by the pitch. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Rigney bunts towards third. Gustine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Kluttz hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poat fields it and throws to first for the out. West moves to second.
Top 7 West hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Poat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson strikes out.
Top 6 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Hopp hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rojek strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rigney scores. Mize moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kerr scores. Poat scores. Rigney moves to third.
Bottom 5 Lockman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine juggles the ball. That's an error on Gustine. Kerr moves to third. Poat moves to second.
Bottom 5 Poat bunts for a single. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kluttz hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Murtaugh takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gustine strikes out. There goes West. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 5 West hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walker hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walker throws the ball in to Rojek who tags Rigney trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ostermueller strikes out.
Top 3 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Poat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Poat reaches second base with a double. Kiner throws the ball in to Gustine who tags Poat trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gordon scores. Thomson scores. Kerr goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Kerr is walked intentionally. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a popup, foul, towards first. West settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Gustine. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Kerr applying the tag.
Top 2 Gustine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 West strikes out.
Bottom 1 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.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. West scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.
Bottom 1 Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kiner hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walker hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hopp hits a line drive towards the mound. Poat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rojek hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.