Pirates @ Giants
August 23, 1947

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 11 14 0
Giants 7 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 11 14 0
Giants 8 11 2

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .293
OBP .500 .348
At Bats 3 413
Hits 1 121
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 1 68

Kirby Higbe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 11 4
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Polo Grounds - August 23, 1947
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Walk
Kirby Higbe
Clyde Kluttz
Hank Greenberg
Jimmy Bloodworth
Frankie Gustine
Billy Cox
Ralph Kiner
Jim Russell
Wally Westlake
Bobby Thomson
Buddy Kerr
Walker Cooper
Jack Lohrke
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Kirby Higbe now pitching. Thomson takes first base on ball four. Lohrke scores. Cooper moves to third. Kerr moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lohrke moves to third. Cooper moves to second.
Bottom 9 Gearhart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kluttz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Walker Cooper pinch hits for Ken Trinkle. Cooper hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lohrke moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lohrke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Russell strikes out.
Top 9 Cox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Witek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bagby bunts for an out with unknown description. Kluttz moves to second.
Top 9 Kluttz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Witek hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lombardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Westlake trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 8 Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Russell scores. Kiner scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Russell moves to third. Kiner moves to second.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kiner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gustine bunts for an out with unknown description. Russell moves to second.
Top 8 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Clyde Kluttz now catching. Gearhart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gustine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lohrke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Bagby hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bill Salkeld pinch hits for Dixie Howell. Salkeld hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. Westlake scores. Bloodworth moves to second.
Top 7 Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trinkle fields it and throws to home to get Kiner. Greenberg moves to third. Westlake moves to second.
Top 7 Ken Trinkle now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kiner moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 7 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Kiner moves to second.
Top 7 Kiner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Beggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Lohrke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Witek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lombardi hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gustine hits a popup towards short. Kerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Russell hits a line drive into center field. Thomson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thomson. Westlake scores. Bagby scores. Cox goes all the way around to score. Russell moves all the way to home.
Top 6 Cox takes first base on ball four. Westlake moves to third. Bagby moves to second.
Top 6 Bagby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Westlake moves to second.
Top 6 Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bloodworth hits a fly ball into right field. Marshall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Beggs now pitching. Westlake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jim Bagby now pitching. Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mize hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
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.