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Cubs 6 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
August 2, 1950

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 2, 1950 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Cubs with a score of 8 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 2, 1950 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 8 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 8
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherSal Maglie  
Losing PitcherJohnny Klippstein  
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Game Winning RBIHank Thompson 

Game Info

DateAugust 2, 1950 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Klippstein  
Home Starting PitcherSal Maglie  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance8,918 
Time of Game2 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dusty Boggess
1B: Scotty Robb
2B: (none)
3B: Babe Pinelli

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Bill Serena  Third Baseman 
Preston Ward  First Baseman 
Hank Sauer  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Center Fielder 
Ron Northey  Right Fielder 
Roy Smalley  Shortstop 
Mickey Owen  Catcher 
Johnny Klippstein  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Stanky  Second Baseman 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Bobby Thomson  Center Fielder 
Tookie Gilbert  First Baseman 
Sal Maglie  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Cubs 6 @ Giants 8
Polo Grounds
August 2, 1950

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/2/1950, game 2 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Terwilliger W, 2b     3  1  2  1   Stanky E, 2b          3  0  0  0   
Mauro C, ph           1  0  0  0   Lockman W, lf         3  1  0  0   
Serena B, 3b          5  0  0  0   Mueller D, rf         4  2  3  1   
Ward P, 1b            4  1  1  0   Thompson H, 3b        3  1  0  1   
Sauer H, lf           4  0  0  0   Westrum W, c          3  2  1  0   
Pafko A, cf           3  3  3  5   Dark A, ss            4  0  1  4   
Northey R, rf         4  0  1  0   Thomson B, cf         3  1  1  2   
Smalley R, ss         4  0  0  0   Gilbert T, 1b         4  0  0  0   
Owen M, c             3  0  0  0   Maglie S, p           4  1  1  0   
Walker R, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Klippstein J, p       1  0  0  0                                      
Lade D, p             2  1  1  0                                      
Borkowski B, ph       1  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  6  9  6                        31  8  7  8

Chicago          300 001 110 --  6
New York         304 100 00x --  8

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Klippstein J (L)      2.1  4  6  6  3  0
Lade D                5.2  3  2  2  2  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Maglie S (W)          9.0  9  6  6  2  6

E -- Klippstein J
LOB -- Chicago 5, New York 4
2B -- Lade D, Terwilliger W
3B -- Dark A
HR -- Pafko A 3, Thomson B
SB -- Stanky E
WP -- Klippstein J
PB -- Owen M
T -- 2:11
A -- 8918

    

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