Pirates @ Giants
June 9, 1947

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Pirates 10 13 1
Giants 10 11 1
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Pirates 10 13 1
Giants 10 11 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .301
OBP .250 .363
At Bats 3 173
Hits 0 52
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 30

Art Herring Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 2
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Polo Grounds - June 9, 1947
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Art Herring
Billy Sullivan
Elbie Fletcher
Eddie Basinski
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Culley Rikard
Wally Westlake
Bobby Thomson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Elbie Fletcher now playing first base. Billy Sullivan now catching. Witek hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Herring hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Basinski bunts towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to first for the out. Gustine scores. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 9 Larry Jansen now pitching. Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Dixie Howell. Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jansen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mauch scores. Gustine moves to third.
Top 9 Gene Mauch pinch runs for Hank Greenberg. Gustine takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Sid Gordon now playing left field. Ken Trinkle now pitching. Greenberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Marshall who is chasing the ball. Greenberg reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Art Herring now pitching. Lohrke hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a line drive off the glove of Cox, and into shallow left field. Gordon reaches second base with a double. Kerr moves to third.
Bottom 8 Kerr takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Lafata hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cooper hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Hank Behrman now pitching. Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomson scores.
Bottom 8 Mize hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Witek scores. Thomson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Witek moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ed Bahr now pitching. Witek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lohrke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Sid Gordon pinch hits for Junior Thompson. Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kerr scores.
Bottom 8 Kerr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner who is chasing the ball. Kerr reaches third base with a triple. Lafata goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Lafata hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higbe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Rikard is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. Higbe moves to second.
Top 8 Higbe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cooper hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Marshall hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mize strikes out.
Top 7 Basinski hits a line drive towards third. Lohrke reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Junior Thompson now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Witek hits a line drive towards short. Cox reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lohrke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gary Gearhart pinch hits for Joe Beggs. Gearhart hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Witek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Cox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jack Lohrke now playing third base. Higbe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lafata hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Higbe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Basinski strikes out.
Top 5 Joe Beggs now pitching. Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr fields it and throws to second for the out. Gustine moves to third.
Top 5 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rikard scores. Kiner scores. Gustine moves to second.
Top 5 Gustine is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Lafata settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rikard moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 5 Kiner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rikard moves to second.
Top 5 Rikard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Witek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mize hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Basinski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Higbe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mize scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higbe for the out.
Top 4 Basinski strikes out.
Bottom 3 Witek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rigney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Koslo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Westlake hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rikard scores. Greenberg scores. Gustine moves to third. Westlake moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 3 Gustine is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a fly ball towards center. Thomson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Thomson. Cox scores. Rikard moves to third. Greenberg moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Kiner strikes out.
Top 3 Rikard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Basinski scores. Cox moves to third.
Top 3 Cox takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Higbe bunts towards first. Mize scoops it up and throws to first, with Witek covering, for the out. Basinski moves to second.
Top 3 Basinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lafata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Cooper takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Basinski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Howell strikes out.
Top 2 Westlake strikes out.
Top 2 Gustine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rigney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mize hits a popup towards third. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine juggles the ball. That's an error on Gustine.
Bottom 1 Witek hits a fly ball into center field. Rikard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rigney strikes out.
Top 1 Kiner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rikard hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cox hits a fly ball into left field. Lafata settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.