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Dodgers 6 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
May 31, 1949
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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 May 31, 1949 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Dodgers with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 31, 1949 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 6 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning Pitcher—Jack Banta  
Losing Pitcher—Larry Jansen  
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Game Winning RBI—Carl Furillo 

Game Info

DateMay 31, 1949 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherMorrie Martin  
Home Starting PitcherLarry Jansen  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance43,922 
Time of Game3 hours 57 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Spider Jorgensen  Third Baseman 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Gene Hermanski  Left Fielder 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Bruce Edwards  Catcher 
Morrie Martin  Pitcher 
Burt Shotton  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jack Lohrke  Shortstop 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Larry Jansen  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Dodgers 6 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
May 31, 1949

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         Game of 5/31/1949 -- Brooklyn at New York (N)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Reese P, ss           6  0  0  1   Lohrke J, ss-3b       6  2  4  2   
Jorgensen S, 3b       6  0  2  0   Lockman W, lf         6  0  0  0   
Miksis E, ph-3b       1  0  0  0   Gordon S, 3b          3  0  2  1   
Snider D, cf          7  0  1  2   Milne P, pr           0  0  0  0   
Robinson J, 2b        5  0  3  0   Kerr B, ss            1  0  0  0   
Hermanski G, lf       5  0  1  0   Marshall W, rf        4  0  0  0   
Hodges G, 1b          6  1  2  1   Thomson B, cf         6  0  1  0   
Furillo C, rf         5  2  1  1   Mize J, 1b            4  1  0  0   
Edwards B, c          1  1  0  0   Cooper W, c           6  0  2  0   
Campanella R, c       4  1  1  0   Rigney B, 2b          6  1  1  1   
Martin M, p           1  0  0  0   Jansen L, p           5  0  0  0   
Palica E, p           0  0  0  0   Koslo D, p            0  0  0  0   
Whitman D, ph         1  1  1  0   Mueller D, ph         1  0  0  0   
Branca R, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Banta J, p            2  0  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     52  6 13  6                        48  4 10  4

Brooklyn         000 030 001 000 02 --  6
New York         100 201 000 000 00 --  4

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Martin M*             3.0  5  3  3  2  2
Palica E              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Branca R              4.1  4  1  1  3  1
Banta J (W)           5.2  0  0  0  1  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jansen L (L)+        13.0 12  6  6  3  5
Koslo D               1.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 14th

E -- Robinson J, Hermanski G, Lohrke J
DP -- Brooklyn 4, New York 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, New York 10
2B -- Lohrke J 3, Gordon S
3B -- Campanella R
HR -- Lohrke J, Hodges G, Furillo C
SB -- Reese P
SH -- Hermanski G
HBP -- by Martin M (Gordon S), by Jansen L (Robinson J), by Banta J (Lohrke J)
T -- 3:57
A -- 43922

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