Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Giants
May 21, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1950 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 8, New York Giants 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione ss 4 0 1 1
Coogan 1b 4 2 2 1
Kiner lf 4 1 3 3
Rickert rf 4 0 1 2
  Strickland ph 0 0 0 0
  Saffell cf 0 0 0 0
Fernandez 3b 4 0 1 0
Westlake cf,rf 4 2 1 0
Murtaugh 2b 5 1 3 0
McCullough c 2 1 0 0
  Hopp ph 1 0 1 1
  Schenz pr 0 0 0 0
  Mueller c 1 0 0 0
Chambers p 3 1 1 0
  Main p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 1 0 0 0
  Werle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 0 2 2
Lockman lf 5 1 0 1
Irvin rf 2 0 2 0
Thomson cf 5 0 1 1
Rigney 3b 3 0 0 0
  Thompson 3b 2 0 2 0
Dark ss 5 1 1 0
Calderone c 5 2 4 1
Gilbert 1b 3 1 1 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Maglie p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Maguire ph 1 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
  Lohrke ph 1 0 1 1
  Kramer p 0 0 0 0
  Westrum ph 0 1 0 0
  Hartung p 0 0 0 0
  Koslo p 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Pittsburgh 230 101 1008141
New York 010 104 0006142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Chambers  W(5-3) 5.0 8 5 5 5 2
  Main   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Lombardi   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Werle  SV(4) 3.0 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
6
2
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L(2-5) 1.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Maglie   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Hansen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Higbe   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Kramer   2.0 3 1 0 0 0
  Hartung   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Koslo   3.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
5
1

  E–Fernandez (7), Lockman (2), Dark (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. Castiglione-Murtaugh-Coogan, Coogan, Fernandez-Coogan, New York 2. Koslo-Stanky, Koslo-Calderone-Gilbert.  2B–Pittsburgh Murtaugh (6,off Higbe), New York Calderone (1,off Chambers).  3B–Pittsburgh Kiner (1,off Jones), New York Dark (1,off Chambers).  SH–Castiglione (2,off Higbe); Strickland (1,off Koslo).  Team LOB–10.  Team–12.  U–Bill Stewart, Artie Gore, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:53.  A–34,972.
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