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Phillies 2 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 5, 1947

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on August 5, 1947 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Phillies with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1947 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 2 H: 3 E: 4 LOB: 3
Runs: 2
Hits: 3
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherDave Koslo  
Losing PitcherBlix Donnelly  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny Mize 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1947 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBlix Donnelly  
Home Starting PitcherDave Koslo  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance27,333 
Time of Game2 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jocko Conlan
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Beans Reardon

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Skeeter Newsome  Shortstop 
Harry Walker  Center Fielder 
Del Ennis  Left Fielder 
Buster Adams  Right Fielder 
Jim Tabor  Third Baseman 
Al Lakeman  Catcher 
Howie Schultz  First Baseman 
Emil Verban  Second Baseman 
Blix Donnelly  Pitcher 
Ben Chapman  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Rigney  Second Baseman 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Dave Koslo  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Phillies 2 @ Giants 5
Polo Grounds
August 5, 1947

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/5/1947 -- Philadelphia at New York (N)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Newsome S, ss         4  0  1  0   Rigney B, 2b          4  1  1  0   
Walker H, cf          4  1  1  0   Kerr B, ss            4  0  1  0   
Ennis D, lf           4  1  1  2   Thomson B, cf         4  0  0  0   
Adams B, rf           4  0  0  0   Mize J, 1b            4  3  3  3   
Tabor J, 3b           3  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        4  1  3  1   
Lakeman A, c          3  0  0  0   Cooper W, c           4  0  0  0   
Schultz H, 1b         3  0  0  0   Gordon S, lf          3  0  0  0   
Verban E, 2b          3  0  0  0   Lohrke J, 3b          3  0  0  0   
Donnelly B, p         2  0  0  0   Koslo D, p            2  0  0  0   
Rowe S, ph-p          1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  2  3  2                        32  5  8  4

Philadelphia     000 002 000 --  2
New York         200 002 01x --  5

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Donnelly B (L)        7.0  6  4  2  3  1
Rowe S                1.0  2  1  1  1  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Koslo D (W)           9.0  3  2  2  0  5

E -- Adams B, Walker H, Lohrke J, Verban E, Newsome S
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 3, New York 8
HR -- Ennis D, Mize J 2, Marshall W
SH -- Gordon S
HBP -- by Koslo D (Tabor J)
T -- 2:09
A -- 27333

    

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