Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
July 16, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1949 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 7, New York Giants 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 5 1 2 1
Hopp 1b 1 1 0 0
  Stevens 1b 4 0 0 0
Restelli cf 3 1 1 2
Kiner lf 5 1 2 1
Westlake rf 5 1 2 2
Basgall 2b 5 0 0 0
Rojek ss 5 1 2 0
Masi c 3 1 1 0
  McCullough c 0 0 0 0
  Saffell ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald c 1 0 1 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Werle p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi ph 1 0 1 1
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 12 7
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 5 1 2 3
Lockman lf 5 1 0 0
Thomson cf 4 1 1 1
Mize 1b 5 1 2 2
Marshall rf 5 0 3 0
Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0
Westrum c 5 0 0 0
Kerr ss 2 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 0 1 0 0
  Rigney ss 2 0 0 0
Behrman p 0 0 0 0
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
  Higbe p 2 0 0 0
  Lafata ph 1 1 1 0
  Hansen p 1 0 0 0
  Irvin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 213 000 000 01–7120
New York 000 000 240 00–6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   7.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Sewell   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Werle  W(6-7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Casey   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
10
6
6
3
7
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Behrman   0.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Webb   2.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Higbe   6.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Hansen  L(1-5) 3.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.0
12
7
7
4
2
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Masi-Hopp.  2B–Pittsburgh Castiglione (10); Restelli (8); Kiner (13).  3B–Pittsburgh Kiner (3).  HR–Pittsburgh Westlake (16,3rd inning off Webb 1 on), New York Thompson (1,8th inning off Bonham 2 on); Thomson (12,8th inning off Sewell 0 on); Mize (15,7th inning off Bonham 1 on).  SH–Bonham (3).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  U–Lou Jorda, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.
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