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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 18, 1947
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on May 18, 1947 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 18, 1947 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 18, 1947 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Voiselle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nick Strincevich |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 32,996 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Buddy Blattner | Second Baseman |
| Bill Rigney | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Ernie Lombardi | Catcher |
| Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Bill Voiselle | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Cox | Shortstop |
| Culley Rikard | Center Fielder |
| Wally Westlake | Right Fielder |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Frankie Gustine | Third Baseman |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Clyde Kluttz | Catcher |
| Eddie Basinski | Second Baseman |
| Nick Strincevich | Pitcher |
| Billy Herman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 18, 1947
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Strincevich
Blattner hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Strincevich
Rigney strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Strincevich
Thomson hits a popup in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Voiselle
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rikard vs. Voiselle
Rikard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Voiselle
Westlake hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Voiselle
Greenberg strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Strincevich
Mize is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Strincevich
Marshall hits a popup in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lombardi vs. Strincevich
Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine juggles the ball. That's an error on Gustine. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Strincevich
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Basinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kerr vs. Strincevich
Kerr hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Voiselle
Gustine is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Voiselle
Kiner hits a popup in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Voiselle
Kluttz strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Voiselle vs. Strincevich
Voiselle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blattner vs. Strincevich
Blattner hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rigney vs. Strincevich
Rigney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Basinski vs. Voiselle
Basinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strincevich vs. Voiselle
Strincevich hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Voiselle
Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Strincevich
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Strincevich
Mize hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Strincevich
Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Strincevich
Lombardi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Strincevich
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Strincevich
Kerr hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Voiselle vs. Strincevich
Voiselle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rikard vs. Voiselle
Rikard is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westlake vs. Voiselle
Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rikard moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greenberg vs. Voiselle
Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Voiselle
Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Thompson
Junior Thompson now pitching.
There goes Gustine. The throw from Lombardi and he is safe. Gustine steals second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner vs. Thompson
Kiner hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluttz vs. Thompson
Kluttz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gustine scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Basinski vs. Thompson
Basinski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strincevich vs. Thompson
Strincevich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Strincevich
Blattner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rikard who is chasing the ball. Blattner reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rigney vs. Strincevich
Rigney hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blattner scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Strincevich
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Behrman
Hank Behrman now pitching.
Mize takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Behrman
Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lombardi vs. Behrman
Lombardi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Behrman
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Behrman
Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Higbe
Kirby Higbe now pitching.
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Thompson
Cox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Cox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rikard vs. Thompson
Rikard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westlake vs. Thompson
Westlake hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greenberg vs. Thompson
Greenberg hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gustine vs. Thompson
Gustine hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blattner vs. Higbe
Blattner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Higbe
Rigney hits a popup in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Higbe
Thomson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Thompson
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluttz vs. Thompson
Kluttz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blattner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Basinski vs. Thompson
Basinski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Basinski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Thompson
Jim Russell pinch hits for Kirby Higbe.
Russell hits a popup in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Roe
Preacher Roe now pitching.
Mize takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Roe
There goes Mize. The throw from Kluttz and he is safe. Mize steals second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marshall vs. Roe
Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rikard who is chasing the ball. Marshall reaches third base with a triple. Mize scores. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lombardi vs. Roe
Lombardi strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. Roe
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marshall scores. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Roe
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox misplays the ball. That's an error on Cox. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Roe
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 11 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Thompson
Cox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rikard vs. Thompson
Rikard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cox moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westlake vs. Thompson
Westlake hits a fly ball towards left. Gordon settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Gordon. Cox moves to third. Rikard moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Greenberg vs. Thompson
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Cox scores. Rikard moves to third. Westlake moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gustine vs. Budnick
Mike Budnick now pitching.
Gustine takes first base on ball four. Rikard scores. Westlake moves to third. Greenberg moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kiner vs. Ayers
Bill Ayers now pitching.
Kiner hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kluttz vs. Ayers
Kluttz hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sullivan vs. Ayers
Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Eddie Basinski.
Sullivan hits a popup towards third. Rigney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/18/1947, game 2 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Blattner B, 2b 4 1 1 0 Cox B, ss 3 1 1 0
Rigney B, 3b 4 0 0 1 Rikard C, cf 2 2 2 0
Thomson B, cf 3 2 1 0 Westlake W, rf 4 1 1 0
Mize J, 1b 1 3 1 0 Greenberg H, 1b 3 1 1 4
Marshall W, rf 4 3 3 3 Gustine F, 3b 3 1 1 1
Lombardi E, c 4 2 2 6 Kiner R, lf 4 0 0 0
Gordon S, lf 4 0 0 1 Kluttz C, c 4 0 1 1
Kerr B, ss 4 0 1 0 Basinski E, 2b 3 0 1 0
Voiselle B, p 2 0 1 0 Sullivan B, ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson J, p 2 0 0 0 Strincevich N, p 2 0 0 0
Budnick M, p 0 0 0 0 Behrman H, p 0 0 0 0
Ayers B, p 0 0 0 0 Higbe K, p 0 0 0 0
Russell J, ph 1 0 0 0
Roe P, p 0 0 0 0
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32 11 10 11 30 6 8 6
New York 000 450 2 -- 11
Pittsburgh 000 400 2 -- 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Voiselle B* 3.0 4 4 4 0 3
Thompson J (W)+ 3.0 4 2 1 3 0
Budnick M# 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Ayers B (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Strincevich N (L) 4.1 6 6 6 1 1
Behrman H 0.1 3 3 3 1 0
Higbe K 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Roe P 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 4th
+ Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
# Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
E -- Gustine F, Cox B, Gordon S
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 4, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Cox B, Basinski E
3B -- Blattner B, Marshall W
HR -- Lombardi E 2, Greenberg H
SB -- Gustine F, Mize J
HBP -- by Strincevich N (Mize J), by Voiselle B (Rikard C)
T -- 2:00
A -- 32996
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