New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 26, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1949 at Forbes Field. 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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New York Giants 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 0
Lockman lf 4 0 2 0
Thomson cf 4 1 2 1
Mize 1b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 2 0 0 0
Rigney ss 3 0 1 0
Mueller R. c 3 0 0 0
Hansen p 1 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller D. ph 1 0 0 0
  Behrman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 0 0 0
Hopp 1b 3 1 2 1
Restelli cf 3 1 1 2
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Westlake rf 4 0 0 0
Basgall 2b 4 0 0 0
Rojek ss 2 1 0 1
McCullough c 2 1 1 0
Bonham p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 4 4 4
New York 000 100 000–161
Pittsburgh 000 220 00x–440
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hansen  L(1-6) 4.1 4 4 4 3 1
  Higbe   2.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Behrman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
4
4
5
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W(6-2) 9.0 6 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
1
  E–Thomson (4).  DP–New York 1. Rigney-Thompson-Mize, Pittsburgh 2. Rojek-Basgall-Hopp, Basgall-Rojek-Hopp.  PB–R. Mueller (3).  HR–New York Thomson (17,4th inning off Bonham 0 on), Pittsburgh Restelli (9,4th inning off Hansen 1 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Bonham 2 (5).  Team–5.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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