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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 12, 1948
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on September 12, 1948 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | September 12, 1948 |
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Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 12, 1948 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Preacher Roe |
Home Starting Pitcher | Sheldon Jones |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 40,864 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Artie Gore 2B: Scotty Robb 3B: Frank Dascoli |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Marv Rackley | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
Gene Hermanski | Right Fielder |
Pete Reiser | Third Baseman |
George Shuba | Left Fielder |
Bruce Edwards | Catcher |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Preacher Roe | Pitcher |
Burt Shotton | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jack Lohrke | Second Baseman |
Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
Walker Cooper | Catcher |
Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
Sheldon Jones | Pitcher |
Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 12, 1948
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rackley vs. Jones
Rackley hits a line drive into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Jones
Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke misplays the ball. That's an error on Lohrke. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reiser vs. Jones
Reiser hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hermanski moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Shuba vs. Jones
Shuba strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lohrke vs. Roe
Lohrke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Roe
Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lohrke moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Roe
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lohrke scores. Lockman moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Mize vs. Roe
Mize is walked intentionally. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Marshall vs. Roe
Marshall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cooper vs. Roe
Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Gordon scores. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Erskine
Carl Erskine now pitching.
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reiser fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Jones
Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Jones
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lohrke scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Erskine
Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Erskine
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lohrke vs. Erskine
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reiser fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Jones
Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rackley vs. Jones
Rackley hits a line drive into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Hermanski vs. Jones
Hermanski hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Erskine
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reiser fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Erskine
Mize hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Jones
Reiser hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Jones
Shuba hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Jones
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Erskine
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Erskine
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Shuba. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Erskine
Kerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Erskine
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Jones
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Jones
Duke Snider pinch hits for Carl Erskine.
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rackley vs. Jones
Rackley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke misplays the ball. That's an error on Lohrke. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lohrke vs. Palica
Erv Palica now pitching.
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reiser fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Palica
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Palica
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Jones
Hermanski hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Jones
Reiser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reiser for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Jones
Shuba hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Jones
Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Palica
Mize hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Palica
Marshall hits a line drive into right field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Palica
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Jones
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Jones
Arky Vaughan pinch hits for Erv Palica.
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize juggles the ball. That's an error on Mize. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Rackley vs. Jones
Rackley takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to third. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Jones
Robinson hits a line drive towards short. Kerr catches it and throws to second to double up Vaughan. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Sexauer
Elmer Sexauer now pitching.
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Sexauer
Kerr takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Casey
Hugh Casey now pitching.
Jones bunts towards the mound. Casey fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to third. Kerr moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Lohrke vs. Casey
Lohrke hits a fly ball into center field. Rackley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomson scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Casey
Lockman hits a line drive into left field. Shuba settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Jones
Hermanski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reiser vs. Jones
Reiser hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Shuba vs. Jones
Shuba hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Jones
There's a wild pitch. Shuba moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Edwards vs. Jones
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Jones
Reese hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Shuba scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Trinkle
Ken Trinkle now pitching.
Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Casey
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Casey
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Casey
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casey fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minner vs. Trinkle
Paul Minner pinch hits for Hugh Casey.
Minner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Koslo
Eddie Miksis pinch runs for Paul Minner. Dave Koslo now pitching. Carl Furillo pinch hits for Marv Rackley.
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lohrke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Koslo
There's a wild pitch. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Koslo
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Campanella vs. Koslo
Roy Campanella pinch hits for Gene Hermanski.
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/12/1948 -- Brooklyn at New York (D) Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Rackley M, cf 3 0 0 0 Lohrke J, 2b 4 1 1 1 Furillo C, ph 1 0 0 0 Lockman W, cf 4 1 1 0 Robinson J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Gordon S, 3b 3 1 1 1 Hermanski G, rf 4 1 1 1 Mize J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Campanella R, ph 1 0 0 0 Marshall W, rf 3 0 0 0 Reiser P, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cooper W, c 3 0 1 2 Shuba G, lf 4 1 2 0 Thomson B, lf 2 2 1 0 Edwards B, c 4 0 1 0 Kerr B, ss 2 0 1 1 Reese P, ss 3 0 1 1 Jones S, p 2 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 0 0 0 Trinkle K, p 0 0 0 0 Roe P, p 0 0 0 0 Koslo D, p 0 0 0 0 Erskine C, p 1 0 0 0 Snider D, ph 1 1 1 1 Palica E, p 0 0 0 0 Vaughan A, ph 1 0 0 0 Sexauer E, p 0 0 0 0 Casey H, p 0 0 0 0 Minner P, ph 1 0 1 0 Miksis E, pr 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 3 8 3 26 5 6 5 Brooklyn 000 010 020 -- 3 New York 300 100 10x -- 5 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Roe P (L) 0.1 4 3 3 1 0 Erskine C 3.2 2 1 1 1 1 Palica E 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 Sexauer E* 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 Casey H 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Jones S (W) 7.2 7 3 3 3 2 Trinkle K+ 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 Koslo D (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th + Pitched to 1 batter in 9th E -- Lohrke J 2, Mize J DP -- Brooklyn 3, New York 2 LOB -- Brooklyn 9, New York 3 2B -- Thomson B HR -- Snider D, Hermanski G SH -- Jones S WP -- Jones S, Koslo D T -- 2:21 A -- 40864
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