New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 31, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1948 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney 2b 4 1 1 1
Lockman lf 4 0 1 0
Thomson cf 4 0 0 0
Mize 1b 3 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 1 0
Westrum c 4 1 1 0
Kerr ss 4 0 1 1
Poat p 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 2 0 1 0
  McCarthy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen 3b 4 1 1 0
  Cox 3b 1 0 0 0
Ward 1b 5 0 2 0
Hermanski rf 3 0 1 0
Furillo cf 2 1 0 1
Hodges c 4 1 0 0
Whitman lf 3 1 2 0
Miksis 2b 4 0 2 2
Branca p 2 0 1 1
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York 100 002 000–381
Brooklyn 102 000 10x–491
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Poat   2.2 5 3 1 4 1
  Jones  L(4-3) 5.1 4 1 1 3 3
Totals
8.0
9
4
2
7
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  W(4-5) 9.0 8 3 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
3
  E–Jorgensen (5).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Mize (9); Westrum (2), Brooklyn Ward (8); Hermanski (3); Miksis (3).  HR–New York Rigney (3,1st inning off Branca 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Rigney (1).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Branca (1).  Team–12.  U–Scotty Robb, Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore.  T–2:00.  A–22,738.
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