New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 8, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Giants 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 5 2 2 0
Kerr ss 4 1 2 0
Thomson cf 2 0 0 0
  Gearhart cf 2 2 1 2
Mize 1b 5 2 2 2
Cooper c 5 1 1 2
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Gordon lf 4 1 2 0
Lohrke 3b 3 1 0 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Beggs p 0 0 0 0
  Witek ph 1 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 1 0
  Blattner pr 0 0 0 0
  Lafata ph 1 0 1 2
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Woodling cf 6 0 2 2
Gustine 3b 6 2 2 0
Cox ss 4 0 0 0
Kiner lf 4 0 0 0
Greenberg 1b 2 3 1 0
Westlake rf 3 1 0 0
Bloodworth 2b 2 1 1 1
Kluttz c 4 1 3 2
Ostermueller p 3 0 0 2
  Bagby p 0 0 0 0
  Lyons p 0 0 0 0
  Salkeld ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 9 7
New York 000 000 073–10122
Pittsburgh 103 010 300–891
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   2.2 2 4 3 3 2
  Beggs   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Hansen   3.0 4 4 4 3 0
  Trinkle  W(7-4) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
8
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller   7.2 7 7 3 4 5
  Bagby  L(5-4) 0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Lyons   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
6
5
5
  E–Rigney (25), Lohrke (15), Woodling (1).  2B–New York Rigney (22); Mize 2 (21), Pittsburgh Gustine (29).  HR–New York Gearhart (5,9th inning off Bagby 1 on 1 out).  SH–Kerr (9); Westlake (5); Ostermueller (6).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Westlake (4); Bloodworth (1).  Team–12.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Al Barlick.  T–2:36.  A–3,936.
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