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Pirates 6 @ Dodgers 16
Ebbets Field
May 17, 1946

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 17, 1946 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 16 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1946 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 9 E: 6 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 6
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 16 H: 17 E: 5 LOB: 10
Runs: 16
Hits: 17
Errors: 5
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJoe Hatten  
Losing PitcherNick Strincevich  
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Game Winning RBIPete Reiser 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1946 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherPreacher Roe  
Home Starting PitcherRalph Branca  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance9,307 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Magerkurth
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: (none)
3B: Tom Dunn

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Cox  Shortstop 
Jimmy Brown  Third Baseman 
Ralph Kiner  Center Fielder 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Jim Russell  Left Fielder 
Bill Salkeld  Catcher 
Preacher Roe  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Billy Herman  Second Baseman 
Pete Reiser  Center Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Cookie Lavagetto  Third Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Left Fielder 
Augie Galan  First Baseman 
Ferrell Anderson  Catcher 
Ralph Branca  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Pirates 6 @ Dodgers 16
Ebbets Field
May 17, 1946

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         Game of 5/17/1946 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Cox B, ss             5  0  1  0   Reese P, ss           2  3  1  0   
Coscarart P, ss       0  0  0  0   Rojek S, ss           1  1  1  0   
Brown J, 3b           5  1  1  0   Herman B, 2b          4  3  2  0   
Kiner R, cf           3  0  0  1   Reiser P, cf          5  2  3  3   
Fletcher E, 1b        3  2  1  1   Whitman D, cf         0  0  0  0   
Gustine F, 2b         3  1  1  0   Walker D, rf          5  2  3  1   
Whitehead B, 2b       1  0  1  0   Hermanski G, pr-rf    1  0  1  1   
Elliott B, rf         0  0  0  0   Lavagetto C, 3b       3  1  0  0   
Barrett J, rf         5  0  2  0   Ramazzotti B, 3b      2  1  1  0   
Russell J, lf         5  0  0  0   Furillo C, lf         1  0  1  1   
Salkeld B, c          1  1  0  0   Stevens E, ph-1b      4  1  2  2   
Camelli H, ph-c       1  0  0  0   Galan A, 1b-lf        5  1  1  1   
Roe P, p              0  0  0  0   Anderson F, c         1  0  0  0   
Colman F, ph          1  0  1  3   Padgett D, ph-c       3  0  0  0   
Strincevich N, p      1  1  1  0   Branca R, p           1  0  0  0   
Gerheauser A, p       0  0  0  0   Hatten J, p           4  1  1  2   
Handley L, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Wilkie L, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Hopper J, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Van Robays M, ph      1  0  0  0                                      
Lanning J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  6  9  5                        42 16 17 11

Pittsburgh       032 100 000 --  6
Brooklyn         302 307 01x -- 16

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Roe P                 1.0  1  3  0  2  1
Strincevich N (L)*    2.0  5  5  5  3  2
Gerheauser A          2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Wilkie L              0.2  6  7  7  1  0
Hopper J              1.1  2  0  0  1  0
Lanning J             1.0  2  1  1  1  0

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Branca R+             2.0  3  5  3  3  1
Hatten J (W)          7.0  6  1  0  3  4
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd

E -- Cox B 2, Anderson F, Hatten J 2, Lavagetto C, Galan A, Salkeld B 2, Barrett J, Camelli H
DP -- Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, Brooklyn 10
2B -- Fletcher E, Colman F, Hatten J, Barrett J
3B -- Furillo C
HR -- Reiser P
SB -- Brown J, Walker D, Reese P, Hatten J, Hermanski G, Rojek S
SH -- Fletcher E
T -- 3:10
A -- 9307

    

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