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Pirates 9 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1923

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 21, 1923 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 9 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1923 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherBabe Adams  
Losing PitcherMule Watson  
SaveEarl Hamilton  
Game Winning RBIJohnny Rawlings 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1923 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBabe Adams  
Home Starting PitcherMule Watson  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance8,000 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Charlie Moran
1B: Bob Hart
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Finneran

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Carson Bigbee  Left Fielder 
Max Carey  Center Fielder 
Johnny Rawlings  Second Baseman 
Pie Traynor  Third Baseman 
Walter Mueller  Right Fielder 
Rabbit Maranville  Shortstop 
Charlie Grimm  First Baseman 
Walter Schmidt  Catcher 
Babe Adams  Pitcher 
Bill McKechnie  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dave Bancroft  Second Baseman 
Frankie Frisch  Third Baseman 
Ross Youngs  Right Fielder 
Irish Meusel  Left Fielder 
Jimmy O'Connell  Center Fielder 
High Pockets Kelly  First Baseman 
Travis Jackson  Shortstop 
Hank Gowdy  Catcher 
Mule Watson  Pitcher 
John McGraw  Manager 

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Pirates 9 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1923

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         Game of 8/21/1923 -- PIT at New York (D)

  PIT                AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Carson Bigbee, lf     4  2  2  1   Bancroft D, 2b        4  0  2  1   
Max Carey, cf         4  1  1  0   Frisch F, 3b          3  0  1  0   
Johnny Rawlings, 2b   5  2  3  2   Youngs R, rf          5  0  1  0   
Pie Traynor, 3b       3  1  1  2   Meusel I, lf          5  0  1  0   
Walter Mueller, rf    5  0  0  0   O'Connell J, cf       2  1  0  0   
Rabbit Maranvill, ss  5  1  4  0   McQuillan H, p        1  0  0  0   
Charlie Grimm, 1b     5  1  3  2   Maguire F, ph         0  1  0  0   
Walter Schmidt, c     4  0  0  1   Kelly H, 1b           3  1  2  0   
Babe Adams, p         2  1  1  1   Jackson T, ss         5  2  3  1   
Earl Hamilton, p      1  0  0  0   Gowdy H, c            2  0  1  2   
                                   Shinners R, pr        0  0  0  0   
                                   Snyder F, c           2  0  0  0   
                                   Watson M, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Barnes V, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Bentley J, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Jonnard C, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Stengel C, ph         0  0  0  0   
                                   Cunningham B, ph-cf   2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  9 15  9                        36  5 11  4

PIT              502 000 020 --  9
New York         030 001 001 --  5

  PIT                  IP  H  R ER BB SO
Babe Adams (W)*       5.0  9  4  4  3  1
Earl Hamilton (S)     4.0  2  1  1  4  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Watson M (L)          0.1  4  5  3  1  0
Barnes V              1.2  1  0  0  1  0
Jonnard C             4.0  4  2  2  2  2
McQuillan H           3.0  6  2  2  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

E -- Youngs R
DP -- PIT 1, New York 2
LOB -- PIT 8, New York 12
2B -- Kelly H, Jackson T 2, Johnny Rawlings
3B -- Babe Adams
SB -- Youngs R
CS -- Meusel I
SF -- Pie Traynor, Walter Schmidt, Gowdy H
WP -- Jonnard C 2, Earl Hamilton 2
T -- 2:17
A -- 8000

    

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