Pirates @ Giants
August 23, 1947

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Bottom 5 R H E
Pirates 3 5 0
Giants 4 6 1
Bottom 5 R H E
Pirates 3 5 0
Giants 4 6 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .294
OBP .500 .348
At Bats 2 412
Hits 1 121
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 1 68

Elmer Singleton Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Polo Grounds - August 23, 1947
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Walk
Elmer Singleton
Dixie Howell
Hank Greenberg
Jimmy Bloodworth
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Wally Westlake
Bobby Thomson
Buddy Kerr
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Thomson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Kerr moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gearhart scores.
Bottom 5 Gearhart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lohrke scores. Gearhart moves to second.
Bottom 5 Joe Lafata pinch hits for Dave Koslo. Lafata hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. Lohrke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Witek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kiner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Gustine hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Westlake who is chasing the ball. Marshall reaches third base with a triple. Westlake throws the ball in to Howell who tags Marshall trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 4 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Singleton covering, for the out.
Top 4 Singleton strikes out.
Top 4 Howell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lohrke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kerr hits a popup towards short. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gearhart strikes out.
Top 3 Westlake strikes out.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Gearhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gustine hits a fly ball into left field. Gearhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Koslo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lohrke hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Witek hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Singleton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Russell 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 2 Cox hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Singleton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Singleton reaches third base with a triple. Howell goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Howell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bloodworth hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Singleton covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first, with Singleton covering, for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gearhart scores.
Bottom 1 Kerr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kerr for the out. Gearhart moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gearhart is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Greenberg strikes out.
Top 1 Kiner takes first base on ball four. Cox moves to third. Russell moves to second.
Top 1 Gustine hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lombardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke juggles the ball. That's an error on Lohrke. Cox moves to second.
Top 1 Cox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.