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Pirates 8 @ Dodgers 6
Ebbets Field
July 20, 1949
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 20, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 8 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJuly 20, 1949 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 8 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Cliff Chambers  
Losing Pitcher—Erv Palica  
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Game Winning RBI—Ralph Kiner 

Game Info

DateJuly 20, 1949 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherElmer Riddle  
Home Starting PitcherRalph Branca  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance12,381 
Time of Game2 hours 43 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: George Barr
2B: (none)
3B: Lee Ballanfant

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Castiglione  Third Baseman 
Johnny Hopp  First Baseman 
Dino Restelli  Center Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Right Fielder 
Monty Basgall  Second Baseman 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Clyde McCullough  Catcher 
Elmer Riddle  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Gene Hermanski  Left Fielder 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Billy Cox  Third Baseman 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Ralph Branca  Pitcher 
Burt Shotton  Manager 

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Pirates 8 @ Dodgers 6
Ebbets Field
July 20, 1949

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         Game of 7/20/1949 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Castiglione P, 3b     5  1  2  0   Reese P, ss           5  0  1  0   
Hopp J, 1b            5  2  2  0   Hermanski G, lf       3  2  2  0   
Restelli D, cf        3  1  1  0   Olmo L, ph            1  0  0  0   
Kiner R, lf           5  2  2  5   Snider D, cf          3  0  0  0   
Westlake W, rf        4  0  1  1   Brown T, ph           1  0  1  0   
Basgall M, 2b         3  0  0  0   Robinson J, 2b        3  0  1  1   
Stevens E, ph         1  0  0  0   Hodges G, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Bockman E, 2b         1  0  0  0   Furillo C, rf         4  1  2  1   
Rojek S, ss           4  0  1  0   Cox B, 3b             3  2  1  0   
McCullough C, c       2  0  1  0   Campanella R, c       4  1  2  4   
Saffell T, ph         0  1  0  0   Branca R, p           2  0  0  0   
Fitz Gerald E, c      1  0  0  0   Banta J, p            0  0  0  0   
Riddle E, p           2  0  0  0   Palica E, p           1  0  0  0   
Dickson M, p          0  0  0  0   Newcombe D, p         0  0  0  0   
Walker D, ph          1  1  1  2                                      
Casey H, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Chesnes B, ph         1  0  0  0                                      
Chambers C, p         0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  8 11  8                        34  6 10  6

Pittsburgh       002 000 303 --  8
Brooklyn         000 032 100 --  6

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Riddle E              4.2  3  3  3  5  3
Dickson M             1.1  4  2  2  0  0
Casey H               1.0  2  1  1  1  0
Chambers C (W)        2.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Branca R*             6.0  6  4  4  3  7
Banta J               0.2  2  1  1  1  1
Palica E (L)          1.2  2  2  2  0  0
Newcombe D            0.2  1  1  1  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Fitz Gerald E
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Brooklyn 8
2B -- Furillo C
3B -- Campanella R
HR -- Kiner R 2, Campanella R, Walker D
SB -- Hermanski G
HBP -- by Riddle E (Robinson J)
T -- 2:43
A -- 12381

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