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Pirates 1 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1947
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 21, 1947 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1947 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 1 H: 2 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 1
Hits: 2
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 4 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Clint Hartung  
Losing Pitcher—Kirby Higbe  
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Game Winning RBI—Gary Gearhart 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1947 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherKirby Higbe  
Home Starting PitcherClint Hartung  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance20,700 
Time of Game2 hours 18 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Beans Reardon
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Culley Rikard  Right Fielder 
Jim Russell  Center Fielder 
Frankie Gustine  Third Baseman 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Hank Greenberg  First Baseman 
Billy Cox  Shortstop 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Dixie Howell  Catcher 
Kirby Higbe  Pitcher 
Billy Herman  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gary Gearhart  Left Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Johnny Mize  First Baseman 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Walker Cooper  Catcher 
Mickey Witek  Second Baseman 
Jack Lohrke  Third Baseman 
Clint Hartung  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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1 Re: New York Giants versus Pittsburgh Pirates - August 21, 1947 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by Don Bloom – 05/24/2013 at 1:39 PM
This was the first ballgame I ever saw in person. I was 8 years old and my father took me to the Polo Grounds to see our Giants, and , as an extra treat, to see Hank Greenberg who was then playing for the Pirates. I remember walking across the 155 St bridge from the Bronx to Harlem, and then walking down a lot of stairs towards a big building. I kept thinking, "where is the ball field??" Then, we entered the big building, and walked up a ramp, and the ball field came into view, bright green grass, and a dark brown infield. It looked enormous to me The lights lit the field as if it were daytime. The Giants won 4 to 1, Clint Hartung hit a home run, and I loved the Giants.

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Pirates 1 @ Giants 4
Polo Grounds
August 21, 1947

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Box Score (back to top) 

         Game of 8/21/1947 -- Pittsburgh at New York (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Rikard C, rf          3  0  0  0   Gearhart G, lf        4  0  0  1   
Russell J, cf         2  0  0  0   Kerr B, ss            3  0  1  1   
Gustine F, 3b         4  1  1  1   Thomson B, cf         4  0  2  1   
Kiner R, lf           3  0  0  0   Mize J, 1b            4  0  0  0   
Greenberg H, 1b       4  0  0  0   Marshall W, rf        3  0  0  0   
Cox B, ss             3  0  0  0   Cooper W, c           3  0  0  0   
Bloodworth J, 2b      3  0  1  0   Witek M, 2b           3  1  1  0   
Howell D, c           2  0  0  0   Lohrke J, 3b          3  1  0  0   
Salkeld B, ph-c       1  0  0  0   Hartung C, p          3  2  2  1   
Higbe K, p            2  0  0  0                                      
Fletcher E, ph        1  0  0  0                                      
Bagby J, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     28  1  2  1                        30  4  6  4

Pittsburgh       000 000 001 --  1
New York         003 010 00x --  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Higbe K (L)           7.0  6  4  4  4  5
Bagby J               1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hartung C (W)         9.0  2  1  1  4  5

E -- Gustine F
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, New York 7
2B -- Kerr B, Thomson B
3B -- Thomson B
HR -- Hartung C, Gustine F
SB -- Witek M
PB -- Howell D
T -- 2:18
A -- 20700

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