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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 2, 1946
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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 2, 1946 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | August 2, 1946 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 2, 1946 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Heintzelman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Trinkle |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 12,561 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Butch Henline 2B: (none) 3B: Al Barlick |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jimmy Brown | Shortstop |
Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
Jim Russell | Center Fielder |
Chuck Workman | Right Fielder |
Al Gionfriddo | Left Fielder |
Bill Baker | Catcher |
Ken Heintzelman | Pitcher |
Frankie Frisch | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Buddy Blattner | Second Baseman |
Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
Willard Marshall | Center Fielder |
Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
Goody Rosen | Right Fielder |
Bill Rigney | Third Baseman |
Ken Trinkle | Pitcher |
Mel Ott | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 2, 1946
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Trinkle
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Trinkle
Fletcher is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Trinkle
Gustine hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Trinkle
Elliott hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Heintzelman
Blattner hits a popup, foul, towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Heintzelman
Kerr strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Heintzelman
Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Trinkle
Russell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Workman vs. Trinkle
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. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gionfriddo vs. Trinkle
Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Trinkle
Baker hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heintzelman vs. Trinkle
Heintzelman hits a popup towards the mound. Trinkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first, with Heintzelman covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Heintzelman
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Heintzelman
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Trinkle
Brown hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Trinkle
Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Trinkle
Gustine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Heintzelman
Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Workman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Heintzelman
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trinkle vs. Heintzelman
Trinkle bunts towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Gustine covering - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Trinkle
Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Trinkle
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Workman vs. Trinkle
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. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Heintzelman
Blattner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Heintzelman
Kerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Heintzelman
Marshall hits a ball on the ground for an out. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Heintzelman
There's a wild pitch. Kerr moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gionfriddo vs. Trinkle
Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Trinkle
Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gionfriddo moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heintzelman vs. Trinkle
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. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Trinkle
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Trinkle
Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Heintzelman
Lombardi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Heintzelman
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. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Heintzelman
Rosen takes first base on ball four. Rucker moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rigney vs. Heintzelman
Rigney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rucker scores. Rosen moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Trinkle vs. Heintzelman
Trinkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Trinkle
Walker Cooper now catching.
Gustine hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Trinkle
Elliott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Russell vs. Trinkle
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. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Workman vs. Trinkle
Workman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Heintzelman
Blattner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gionfriddo. Blattner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Heintzelman
Kerr bunts towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it and throws to first for the out. Blattner moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Marshall vs. Heintzelman
Marshall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gionfriddo. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Blattner scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
The ball gets by Baker for a passed ball. Marshall scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gionfriddo vs. Trinkle
Gionfriddo hits a fly ball into center field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Trinkle
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salkeld vs. Trinkle
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. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Trinkle
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Hallett
Jack Hallett now pitching.
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Hallett
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Hallett
There goes Rosen. The throw from Baker and he is out, Brown applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Hallett
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Trinkle
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Trinkle
Gustine bunts towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Trinkle
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Trinkle
Russell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Workman vs. Trinkle
Workman takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Russell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gionfriddo vs. Trinkle
Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trinkle vs. Hallett
Trinkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Hallett
Blattner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Hallett
Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Trinkle
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Trinkle
Ralph Kiner pinch hits for Jack Hallett.
Kiner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Trinkle
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. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Trinkle
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gustine vs. Trinkle
Gustine takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Elliott vs. Thompson
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. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1946, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Brown J, ss 5 0 0 0 Blattner B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Fletcher E, 1b 3 0 0 0 Kerr B, ss 3 0 1 0 Gustine F, 2b 3 1 1 1 Marshall W, cf 3 1 1 1 Elliott B, 3b 5 0 1 0 Mize J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Russell J, cf 2 0 0 0 Lombardi E, c 2 0 1 0 Workman C, rf 3 0 0 0 Rucker J, pr 0 1 0 0 Gionfriddo A, lf 2 0 0 0 Cooper W, c 1 0 0 0 Baker B, c 4 0 1 0 Gordon S, lf 3 0 0 0 Heintzelman K, p 2 0 0 0 Rosen G, rf 2 0 0 0 Salkeld B, ph 1 1 1 1 Rigney B, 3b 3 0 2 1 Hallett J, p 0 0 0 0 Trinkle K, p 3 0 0 0 Kiner R, ph 0 0 0 0 Thompson J, p 0 0 0 0 Whitehead B, pr 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 2 4 2 27 3 6 2 Pittsburgh 100 000 100 -- 2 New York 000 012 00x -- 3 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Heintzelman K (L) 6.0 6 3 2 1 2 Hallett J 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Trinkle K (W) 8.2 4 2 2 9 2 Thompson J (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Elliott B DP -- Pittsburgh 2 LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, New York 2 2B -- Blattner B, Marshall W HR -- Gustine F, Salkeld B CS -- Rosen G SH -- Kerr B, Gustine F WP -- Heintzelman K PB -- Baker B T -- 1:55 A -- 12561
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