New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 18, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1947 at Forbes Field. The New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blattner 2b 4 1 1 0
Rigney 3b 4 0 0 1
Thomson cf 3 2 1 0
Mize 1b 1 3 1 0
Marshall rf 4 3 3 3
Lombardi c 4 2 2 6
Gordon lf 4 0 0 1
Kerr ss 4 0 1 0
Voiselle p 2 0 1 0
  Thompson p 2 0 0 0
  Budnick p 0 0 0 0
  Ayers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 11 10 11
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cox ss 3 1 1 0
Rikard cf 2 2 2 0
Westlake rf 4 1 1 0
Greenberg 1b 3 1 1 4
Gustine 3b 3 1 1 1
Kiner lf 4 0 0 0
Kluttz c 4 0 1 1
Basinski 2b 3 0 1 0
  Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0
Strincevich p 2 0 0 0
  Behrman p 0 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
  Roe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 8 6
New York 000 450 2–11101
Pittsburgh 000 400 2–682
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Voiselle   3.0 4 4 4 0 3
  Thompson  W(1-1) 3.0 4 2 1 3 0
  Budnick   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ayers  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
7.0
8
6
5
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Strincevich  L(1-2) 4.1 6 6 6 1 1
  Behrman   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Higbe   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Roe   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
7.0
10
11
11
3
3
  E–Gordon (5), Cox (4), Gustine (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Cox-Basinski-Greenberg.  2B–Pittsburgh Cox (4); Basinski (5).  3B–New York Blattner (1); Marshall (2).  HR–New York Lombardi 2 (2,4th inning off Strincevich 2 on,5th inning off Behrman 2 on), Pittsburgh Greenberg (6,4th inning off Voiselle 2 on).  HBP–Mize (1); Rikard (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–Mize (1); Gustine (1).  U–Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon.  T–2:00.  A–32,996.
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