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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 4, 1950
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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 July 4, 1950 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 4, 1950 |
|---|---|
| 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 | July 4, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Newcombe |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Monty Kennedy |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Lon Warneke 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Jim Russell | Left Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Don Newcombe | Pitcher |
| Burt Shotton | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Spider Jorgensen | Third Baseman |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Tookie Gilbert | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Monty Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
July 4, 1950
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Kennedy
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cox for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Kennedy
Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Kennedy
Snider strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Newcombe
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a line drive into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kennedy
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Kennedy
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Kennedy
Campanella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Kennedy
Hodges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Campanella moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Kennedy
Reese hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Westrum reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Gilbert vs. Newcombe
There's a wild pitch. Westrum moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Gilbert vs. Newcombe
Gilbert strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Kennedy
Newcombe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Kennedy
Cox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Cox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Kennedy
Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Kennedy
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cox moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Kennedy
Robinson 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, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Newcombe
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Newcombe
Jorgensen 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
Top 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Kennedy
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Kennedy
Campanella hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Kennedy
Hodges takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Kennedy
Reese hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Reese reaches second base with a double. Hodges goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Newcombe vs. Kennedy
Newcombe hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newcombe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Kennedy
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Kennedy
Russell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Kennedy
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kennedy
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Kennedy
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Newcombe
Gilbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Newcombe
Roy Weatherly pinch hits for Monty Kennedy.
Weatherly hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a popup towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Hansen
Andy Hansen now pitching.
Campanella hits a line drive into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Hansen
Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Hansen
Reese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Newcombe
Gene Hermanski now playing left field.
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hermanski. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Jorgensen moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Gilbert vs. Newcombe
Gilbert takes first base on ball four. Jorgensen scores. Thompson moves to third. Westrum moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a line drive into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Hansen
Newcombe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Hansen
Cox bunts towards the mound. Hansen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hermanski vs. Hansen
There goes Cox. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Stanky applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Hansen
Hermanski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Newcombe
Bill Rigney pinch hits for Andy Hansen.
Rigney hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Newcombe
Stanky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jorgensen vs. Newcombe
Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Irvin vs. Newcombe
Irvin strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Sal Maglie now pitching.
Snider hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jorgensen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Newcombe
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Newcombe
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Newcombe
Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gilbert vs. Newcombe
Gilbert takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Newcombe
Dark hits a line drive off the glove of Cox, and into shallow left field. Dark reaches second base with a double. Thomson scores. Gilbert moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Mueller vs. Newcombe
Don Mueller pinch hits for Sal Maglie.
Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilbert scores. Dark scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Stanky vs. Palica
Erv Palica now pitching.
Stanky hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Jorgensen vs. Palica
Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Jones
Sheldon Jones now pitching.
Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Jones
Hodges hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Jones
Reese hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/4/1950, game 1 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Cox B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Stanky E, 2b 5 0 1 0
Russell J, lf 2 1 0 0 Jorgensen S, 3b 5 1 2 0
Hermanski G, lf 1 0 0 0 Irvin M, lf 4 0 0 0
Snider D, cf 4 1 1 2 Thompson H, rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Thomson B, cf 3 1 0 0
Furillo C, rf 4 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 3 0 2 0
Campanella R, c 3 0 0 0 Gilbert T, 1b 2 1 1 1
Hodges G, 1b 3 1 1 0 Dark A, ss 4 2 2 2
Reese P, ss 4 0 1 1 Kennedy M, p 1 0 0 0
Newcombe D, p 3 1 2 1 Weatherly R, ph 1 0 0 0
Palica E, p 0 0 0 0 Hansen A, p 0 0 0 0
Rigney B, ph 1 0 0 0
Maglie S, p 0 0 0 0
Mueller D, ph 1 0 1 2
Jones S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 4 6 4 34 5 10 5
Brooklyn 001 120 000 -- 4
New York 001 001 03x -- 5
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe D (L) 7.2 9 5 5 4 4
Palica E 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy M 5.0 5 4 4 3 1
Hansen A 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Maglie S (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Jones S (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
LOB -- Brooklyn 4, New York 9
2B -- Westrum W, Cox B, Reese P, Thompson H, Dark A
HR -- Newcombe D, Dark A, Snider D
CS -- Cox B
WP -- Newcombe D
T -- 2:39
A -- 0
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