Pirates @ Giants
June 11, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 14 2
Giants 7 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 14 2
Giants 7 6 1

Bill Rigney Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .281
OBP .250 .361
At Bats 3 185
Hits 0 52
• Singles 0 31
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 22
RBI’s 0 24

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 0
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Polo Grounds - June 11, 1947
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Out
Kirby Higbe
Dixie Howell
Elbie Fletcher
Gene Mauch
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Culley Rikard
Wally Westlake
Bill Rigney
Buddy Kerr

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 14 2 9
New York Giants 7 6 1 3
Winning Pitcher Fritz Ostermueller
Losing Pitcher Joe Beggs
Save Kirby Higbe
Game Winning RBI Billy Cox
Attendance 13,222
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rigney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mel Ott pinch hits for Ken Trinkle. Ott hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox misplays the ball. That's an error on Cox.
Bottom 9 Joe Lafata pinch hits for Sid Gordon. Lafata is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Marshall hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Westlake hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mize hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Trinkle covering, for the out.
Top 8 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken Trinkle now pitching. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirby Higbe now pitching. Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Gary Gearhart pinch hits for Monty Kennedy. Gearhart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kerr scores.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rikard. Kerr reaches second base with a double. Marshall goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Rikard strikes out.
Top 7 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ostermueller strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson strikes out.
Top 6 Mauch hits a line drive towards short. Kerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howell hits a line drive to right field. Marshall throws towards the plate. Cooper fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cooper. Gustine scores. Westlake goes all the way around to score. Howell moves to second.
Top 6 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gustine moves to second.
Top 6 Gustine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Monty Kennedy now pitching. Fletcher strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dixie Howell now catching. Witek hits a line drive towards short. Cox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rigney hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jack Lohrke pinch hits for Joe Beggs. Lohrke hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Beggs covering, for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Ostermueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Ostermueller reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mauch hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mize hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Witek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rikard hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mauch moves to third.
Top 3 Ostermueller bunts towards the mound. Beggs fields it and throws to first for the out. Mauch moves to second.
Top 3 Mauch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Beggs bunts towards the mound. Ostermueller fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Kerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mauch scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sullivan strikes out.
Top 2 Westlake strikes out.
Top 2 Joe Beggs now pitching. Gustine is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Kiner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Kiner reaches second base with a double. Cox scores. Fletcher moves to third.
Top 2 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon who is chasing the ball. Cox reaches third base with a triple. Ostermueller goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Ostermueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out.
Bottom 1 Cooper strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine juggles the ball. That's an error on Gustine. Rigney moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rigney takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mauch strikes out.
Top 1 Sullivan is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Gustine reaches second base with a double. Kiner moves to third.
Top 1 Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fletcher scores.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Thomson. Fletcher reaches second base with a double. Rikard goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Rikard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.