Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
September 16, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1948 at Polo Grounds V. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 10, New York Giants 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 2 2 0
Bockman 3b 5 2 4 1
Walker rf 5 2 2 3
Kiner lf 4 0 1 1
  Beard cf 0 0 0 0
Westlake cf,lf 5 0 2 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 2 1 2
Stevens 1b 4 1 3 2
  Hopp 1b 1 0 0 0
Kluttz c 4 0 1 1
  Fitz Gerald c 1 0 0 0
Chesnes p 5 1 2 0
Totals 42 10 18 10
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lohrke 2b 4 1 1 1
Lockman cf 3 1 1 0
Gordon 3b 3 1 0 0
Mize 1b 5 1 2 3
Marshall rf 4 1 1 2
Mueller lf 4 0 2 0
Yvars c 1 0 0 0
  McCarthy ph 1 0 0 0
  Westrum c 2 1 1 0
Kerr ss 2 0 0 0
  Harshman ph 1 0 0 0
  Rhawn ss 1 0 0 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Koslo p 2 0 0 0
  Bamberger ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartung p 0 0 0 0
  Trinkle p 0 0 0 0
  Frey ph 1 0 0 0
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Pittsburgh 202 014 001–10180
New York 000 051 000–680
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Chesnes  W(13-4) 9.0 8 6 6 6 3
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
6
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy   2.0 4 4 4 4 2
  Koslo  L(8-9) 3.0 9 4 4 0 1
  Hartung   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Trinkle   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Webb   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
18
10
10
6
3
  E–None.  PB–Westrum (2).  2B–New York Mize (25).  3B–Pittsburgh Bockman (1); Kiner (4); Murtaugh (5).  HR–New York Marshall (14,5th inning off Chesnes 1 on).  SH–Rojek (8).  Team LOB–12.  Team–8.  U–Bill Stewart, Butch Henline, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:36.  A–7,174.
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