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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 16, 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 August 16, 1950 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 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 | August 16, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 22,675 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jocko Conlan 1B: Artie Gore 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Stewart |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Gene Hermanski | Left Fielder |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Robinson | Second Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Billy Cox | Third Baseman |
| Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
| Burt Shotton | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Stanky | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Left Fielder |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Hank Thompson | Third Baseman |
| Tookie Gilbert | First Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Sam Calderone | Catcher |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 16, 1950
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Erskine
Stanky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Erskine
Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Erskine
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Stanky moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Thompson vs. Erskine
Thompson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Hermanski is chasing the ball. Thompson rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park three run home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Erskine
Gilbert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Erskine
Dark hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gilbert moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gilbert scores. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Calderone vs. Hatten
Joe Hatten now pitching.
Calderone hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thomson moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Maglie vs. Hatten
Maglie takes first base on ball four. Calderone moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Stanky vs. Hatten
Stanky hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Furillo chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Robinson. Robinson fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Robinson. Thomson scores. Calderone scores. Maglie goes all the way around to score. Stanky moves all the way to home. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Hatten
Lockman hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Furillo throws the ball in to Hatten who tags Lockman trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Hatten
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Van Cuyk
Chris Van Cuyk now pitching.
Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gilbert vs. Van Cuyk
Gilbert strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a line drive into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Belardi vs. Maglie
Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Chris Van Cuyk.
There's a wild pitch. Furillo moves to third. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Belardi vs. Maglie
Belardi 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
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Barney
Rex Barney now pitching.
Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Hermanski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Barney
Thomson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hermanski. Thomson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Calderone vs. Barney
Calderone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Maglie vs. Barney
Maglie strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Stanky vs. Barney
Stanky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Reese reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hermanski for the out. Reese moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a line drive into left field. Lockman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lockman. Reese scores. Snider moves to third. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Barney
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Barney
Mueller takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Barney
Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to third. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Gilbert vs. Bankhead
Dan Bankhead now pitching.
Gilbert takes first base on ball four. Lockman scores. Mueller moves to third. Thompson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Bankhead
Dark strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Thomson vs. Bankhead
There's a wild pitch. Mueller scores. Thompson moves to third. Gilbert moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Thomson vs. Bankhead
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it, throws to first for one, and the throw to the plate - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bankhead vs. Maglie
Bankhead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Calderone vs. Bankhead
Calderone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Bankhead
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stanky vs. Bankhead
Stanky strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanky scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Snider hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Maglie
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Bankhead
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Bankhead
Mueller hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Bankhead
Thompson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Maglie
Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Bankhead
Gilbert hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Bankhead
Dark bunts towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Bankhead covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Bankhead
Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bankhead vs. Maglie
Bankhead is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hermanski for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Calderone vs. Bankhead
Calderone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maglie vs. Bankhead
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bankhead fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bankhead. Calderone moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Stanky vs. Bankhead
Stanky takes first base on ball four. Calderone moves to third. Maglie moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Lockman vs. Bankhead
Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mueller vs. Bankhead
Mueller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Bankhead
Thompson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Snider is chasing the ball. Thompson rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilbert vs. Bankhead
Gilbert strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Bankhead
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Maglie
Bill Rigney now playing second base. Jack Lohrke now playing third base. Rudy Rufer now playing shortstop.
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Maglie
Cal Abrams pinch runs for Duke Snider.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Abrams moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Maglie
Eddie Miksis pinch runs for Jackie Robinson.
Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Maglie
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Maglie
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rufer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Maglie
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rufer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Loes
Cal Abrams now playing center field. Eddie Miksis now playing second base. Billy Loes now pitching.
Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Calderone vs. Loes
Calderone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Loes
Maglie hits a fly ball into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Loes
Rigney hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Maglie
Tommy Brown pinch hits for Billy Loes.
Brown hits a line drive towards third. Lohrke reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Maglie
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 7 - Giants, 16
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hermanski vs. Maglie
Hermanski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gilbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hermanski for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1950 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Reese P, ss 5 1 2 0 Stanky E, 2b 4 3 2 3
Hermanski G, lf 5 0 0 0 Rigney B, 2b 1 0 0 0
Snider D, cf 2 1 1 0 Lockman W, lf 4 1 1 0
Abrams C, pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Mueller D, rf 4 3 3 4
Robinson J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Thompson H, 3b 4 2 3 4
Miksis E, pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Lohrke J, 3b 0 0 0 0
Furillo C, rf 3 1 1 1 Gilbert T, 1b 3 1 0 1
Hodges G, 1b 3 2 2 6 Dark A, ss 5 1 1 0
Campanella R, c 4 0 0 0 Rufer R, ss 0 0 0 0
Cox B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Thomson B, cf 5 1 2 1
Erskine C, p 0 0 0 0 Calderone S, c 4 2 2 1
Hatten J, p 0 0 0 0 Maglie S, p 4 2 1 0
Van Cuyk C, p 0 0 0 0
Belardi W, ph 1 0 0 0
Barney R, p 0 0 0 0
Bankhead D, p 1 0 0 0
Loes B, p 0 0 0 0
Brown T, ph 1 0 0 0
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33 7 8 7 38 16 15 14
Brooklyn 004 000 030 -- 7
New York 902 000 50x -- 16
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C (L) 0.1 5 6 6 1 0
Hatten J 0.1 4 3 3 1 0
Van Cuyk C 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Barney R* 1.0 1 2 2 4 1
Bankhead D 5.0 3 5 4 2 5
Loes B 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (W) 9.0 8 7 7 4 4
* Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd
E -- Robinson J, Lockman W, Bankhead D
DP -- Brooklyn 1, New York 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 4, New York 6
2B -- Thomson B, Reese P
3B -- Stanky E
HR -- Thompson H 2, Hodges G 2, Mueller D
HBP -- by Maglie S (Bankhead D)
WP -- Maglie S, Bankhead D
T -- 2:33
A -- 22675
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