New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 8, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1949 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."

"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 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 12

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rigney ss 3 2 1 0
Lockman lf 4 1 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 2 2 0
Marshall rf 5 0 0 1
Thomson cf 5 0 4 4
Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0
Haas 1b 4 0 0 0
Westrum c 1 1 0 0
Kennedy p 1 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Hausmann ph 1 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
  Irvin ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartung p 2 1 1 2
Totals 34 7 9 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 1 1 3
Miksis 3b 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,3b 2 1 2 2
Furillo rf 4 2 2 1
Robinson 2b 4 0 1 2
Hodges 1b 2 0 0 0
Edwards lf 4 3 0 0
Campanella c 4 3 2 0
Snider cf 3 2 2 3
Barney p 1 0 0 0
  Erskine p 3 0 0 1
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 12 10 12
New York 002 000 140791
Brooklyn 062 400 00x12102
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(11-11) 1.2 2 4 4 3 1
  Hansen   1.1 5 4 4 2 0
  Higbe   2.0 2 4 1 4 1
  Hartung   3.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
12
9
11
2
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Barney   2.0 0 2 1 6 2
  Erskine  W(6-1) 5.2 9 5 5 5 2
  Palica   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
11
6

  E–Gordon (14), Robinson 2 (14).  DP–New York 1. Rigney-Thompson-Haas, Brooklyn 1. Hodges-Reese-Hodges.  2B–New York Thomson (31), Brooklyn Reese (25).  3B–Brooklyn Robinson (11).  HR–New York Hartung (4,8th inning off Erskine 1 on 0 out), Brooklyn Furillo (14,4th inning off Higbe 0 on 0 out); Snider (21,4th inning off Higbe 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke.
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