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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 2, 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 September 2, 1949 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 2, 1949 |
|---|---|
| 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 2, 1949 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Koslo |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 44,248 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Artie Gore 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Luis Olmo | Left Fielder |
| Mike McCormick | Right Fielder |
| Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
| Burt Shotton | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Rigney | Shortstop |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Joe Lafata | First Baseman |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Dave Koslo | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 2, 1949
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Koslo
Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Koslo
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney misplays the ball. That's an error on Rigney. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Koslo
Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Koslo
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cox scores. Furillo moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hodges vs. Koslo
Hodges hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Furillo scores. Robinson moves to third. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Campanella vs. Koslo
Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Olmo vs. Koslo
Olmo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Newcombe
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Newcombe
Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Koslo
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Koslo
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koslo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Koslo
Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Newcombe
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lafata vs. Newcombe
Lafata strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Koslo
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Koslo
Furillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Koslo
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Koslo
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Koslo vs. Newcombe
Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Newcombe
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Koslo
Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Olmo vs. Koslo
Olmo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Olmo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCormick vs. Koslo
McCormick hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Olmo scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Newcombe vs. Koslo
Newcombe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall. Newcombe reaches second base with a double. McCormick moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Reese vs. Hansen
Andy Hansen now pitching.
Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCormick scores. Newcombe moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cox vs. Hansen
Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newcombe scores. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Hansen
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Hansen
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Hodges vs. Hansen
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a line drive towards short. Reese reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Newcombe
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Newcombe
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lafata vs. Newcombe
Lafata hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Newcombe covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Hansen
Bert Haas now playing third base.
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olmo vs. Hansen
Olmo strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Hansen
McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hansen vs. Newcombe
Hansen strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Newcombe
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Hansen
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Hansen
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newcombe moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Cox vs. Higbe
Kirby Higbe now pitching.
Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Newcombe scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Higbe
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Haas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Higbe
Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
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, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Olmo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Higbe
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Haas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Higbe
Campanella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Olmo vs. Higbe
Olmo hits a line drive towards first. Lafata catches it and steps on first to double up Campanella. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Newcombe
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Newcombe
Haas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Lafata vs. Newcombe
Lafata hits a fly ball into center field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Monte Irvin pinch hits for Kirby Higbe.
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Zabala
Adrian Zabala now pitching.
McCormick hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lafata settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Zabala
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Zabala
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rigney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Newcombe
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Newcombe
Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Zabala
Cox hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Zabala
Furillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Furillo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Zabala
Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Furillo scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Zabala
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards second. Thompson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Newcombe
Marshall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Haas vs. Newcombe
Haas hits a line drive into left field. Olmo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lafata vs. Newcombe
Lafata strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/2/1949 -- Brooklyn at New York (N)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Reese P, ss 5 0 2 1 Rigney B, ss 4 0 0 0
Cox B, 3b 5 1 1 2 Lockman W, lf 4 0 2 0
Furillo C, cf 4 2 2 0 Thompson H, 2b 3 0 0 0
Robinson J, 2b 4 1 2 2 Thomson B, cf 4 0 1 0
Hodges G, 1b 5 0 0 1 Marshall W, rf 3 0 1 0
Campanella R, c 4 0 1 1 Gordon S, 3b 2 0 0 0
Olmo L, lf 4 1 1 0 Haas B, 3b 2 0 1 0
McCormick M, rf 4 1 1 1 Lafata J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Newcombe D, p 4 2 2 0 Mueller R, c 3 0 0 0
Koslo D, p 1 0 0 0
Hansen A, p 1 0 0 0
Higbe K, p 0 0 0 0
Irvin M, ph 1 0 0 0
Zabala A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 8 12 8 32 0 5 0
Brooklyn 300 301 001 -- 8
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe D (W) 9.0 5 0 0 2 7
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Koslo D (L) 3.1 5 6 3 1 1
Hansen A* 1.2 4 1 1 1 1
Higbe K 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Zabala A 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Rigney B, Thompson H
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 6, New York 7
2B -- Olmo L, Newcombe D, Furillo C
T -- 2:15
A -- 44248
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