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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 15, 1948
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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 July 15, 1948 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 15, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 15, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Poat |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Elmer Riddle |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 26,050 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Artie Gore 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: (none) 3B: Scotty Robb |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Rigney | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Lockman | Center Fielder |
| Sid Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Willard Marshall | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Livingston | Catcher |
| Buddy Kerr | Shortstop |
| Jack Lohrke | Third Baseman |
| Ray Poat | Pitcher |
| Mel Ott | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Rojek | Shortstop |
| Frankie Gustine | Third Baseman |
| Dixie Walker | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Wally Westlake | Center Fielder |
| Max West | First Baseman |
| Danny Murtaugh | Second Baseman |
| Ed Fitz Gerald | Catcher |
| Elmer Riddle | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 15, 1948
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Riddle
Rigney 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--
Lockman vs. Riddle
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Riddle
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rigney moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mize vs. Riddle
Mize hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rigney scores. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Riddle
Marshall takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to third. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Livingston vs. Riddle
There's a wild pitch. Gordon scores. Mize moves to third. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Livingston vs. Riddle
Livingston hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Livingston reaches second base with a double. Mize scores. Marshall scores. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Lombardi
Vic Lombardi now pitching.
Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Livingston moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lohrke vs. Lombardi
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Livingston scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poat vs. Lombardi
Poat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lombardi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Poat
Rojek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Poat
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kerr. Rojek moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Poat
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rigney fields it and throws to second for the out. Rojek moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kiner vs. Poat
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Lombardi
Rigney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lombardi
Lockman strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Lombardi
Gordon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Lombardi
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Poat
Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
West vs. Poat
West strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murtaugh vs. Poat
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fitz Gerald vs. Poat
Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kerr fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Lombardi
Marshall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Livingston vs. Lombardi
Livingston hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kerr vs. Lombardi
Kerr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lohrke vs. Lombardi
Lohrke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poat vs. Lombardi
Poat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Lohrke moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rigney vs. Lombardi
Rigney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lombardi vs. Poat
Lombardi strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Poat
Rojek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Poat
Gustine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rojek moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Poat
Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kiner vs. Poat
Kiner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Lombardi
Lockman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Lombardi
Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Gordon reaches second base with a double. Lockman moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mize vs. Lombardi
Mize hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Lombardi
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Livingston vs. Singleton
Elmer Singleton now pitching.
Livingston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kerr vs. Singleton
Kerr hits a popup for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lohrke vs. Singleton
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Livingston moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poat vs. Singleton
Poat bunts in front of the plate. Fitz Gerald fields it, throws to third for one, and over to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Poat
Westlake hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Poat
West hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murtaugh vs. Poat
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. West moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fitz Gerald vs. Poat
Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Singleton vs. Poat
Singleton hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Singleton
Eddie Bockman now playing third base.
Rigney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Singleton
Lockman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Singleton
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Singleton
Mize hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Poat
Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bockman vs. Poat
Bockman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Poat
Walker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Singleton
Marshall hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Fitz Gerald settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Fitz Gerald. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Singleton
Marshall hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Singleton
Livingston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kerr vs. Singleton
Kerr hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lohrke vs. Singleton
Lohrke hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Poat
Bobby Thomson now playing right field.
Kiner hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Poat
Westlake hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Poat
West hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poat vs. Singleton
Poat strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rigney vs. Singleton
Rigney hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Singleton
Lockman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Poat
Murtaugh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fitz Gerald vs. Poat
Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Poat
Johnny Hopp pinch hits for Elmer Singleton.
Hopp hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojek vs. Poat
Rojek hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Main
Woody Main now pitching.
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Main
Mize hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Main
Thomson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bockman vs. Poat
Bockman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Poat
Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Poat
Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westlake vs. Poat
Westlake hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
West vs. Poat
West hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Poat
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Livingston vs. Main
Livingston hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kerr vs. Main
Kerr strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lohrke vs. Main
Lohrke hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Westlake. Lohrke reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Poat vs. Main
Poat strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fitz Gerald vs. Poat
Fitz Gerald hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stevens vs. Poat
Ed Stevens pinch hits for Woody Main.
Stevens strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Poat
Rojek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bockman vs. Poat
Bockman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/15/1948, game 2 -- New York at Pittsburgh (D)
New York AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Rigney B, 2b 5 1 1 0 Rojek S, ss 3 0 1 0
Lockman W, cf 4 1 0 0 Gustine F, 3b 2 0 1 0
Gordon S, lf 4 2 3 0 Bockman E, 3b 3 0 0 0
Mize J, 1b 5 2 2 4 Walker D, rf 4 1 1 0
Marshall W, rf 2 3 1 0 Kiner R, lf 4 1 1 0
Thomson B, rf 1 0 0 0 Westlake W, cf 4 1 2 3
Livingston M, c 5 1 3 2 West M, 1b 4 0 1 0
Kerr B, ss 5 0 0 0 Murtaugh D, 2b 3 0 1 0
Lohrke J, 3b 4 0 3 2 Fitz Gerald E, c 4 0 0 0
Poat R, p 5 0 1 1 Riddle E, p 0 0 0 0
Lombardi V, p 1 0 0 0
Singleton E, p 1 0 0 0
Hopp J, ph 1 0 0 0
Main W, p 0 0 0 0
Stevens E, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 10 14 9 35 3 8 3
New York 501 400 000 -- 10
Pittsburgh 000 000 030 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Poat R (W) 9.0 8 3 3 3 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Riddle E (L) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
Lombardi V* 2.2 5 5 5 3 1
Singleton E 4.0 4 0 0 0 1
Main W 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 4 batters in 4th
E -- Kerr B, Fitz Gerald E
DP -- New York 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- New York 8, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Livingston M, Gordon S, Lohrke J
HR -- Mize J, Westlake W
HBP -- by Lombardi V (Gordon S)
WP -- Riddle E
T -- 2:16
A -- 26050
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