1949 Game: Pit. @ NY

July 16, 1949

  Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner launched 3 homeruns and had 8 RBI while the Pirates defeated the New York Giants 12-3 today at the Polo Grounds. The 8 RBI were the most in 1 game by any player this season in the NL. The homeruns gave Kiner a league leading total of 26 on the year.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1949 New York Giants           7/16/1949
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Castiglione 3B    6  0  2  1 .288     H.Thompson 2B       3  0  0  0 .200  
  J.Hopp 1B           4  3  2  0 .229     W.Lockman LF        4  0  0  0 .266  
  D.Restelli CF       5  3  4  2 .270     B.Thomson CF        4  2  2  0 .314  
  R.Kiner LF          4  3  3  8 .271     J.Mize 1B           2  0  0  2 .211  
  W.Westlake RF       4  0  0  0 .253     W.Marshall RF       4  0  0  0 .270  
  M.Basgall 2B        5  1  1  0 .282     S.Gordon 3B         4  1  1  1 .310  
  S.Rojek SS          4  1  0  0 .312     W.Westrum C         3  0  0  0 .246  
  P.Masi C            4  1  3  0 .282     B.Kerr SS           2  0  0  0 .241  
  T.Bonham P          4  0  1  0 .100     H.Behrman P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          K.Higbe P           1  0  0  0 .250  
                                          S.Jones P           0  0  0  0 .233  
                                        A-M.Irvin PH          0  0  0  0 .250  
                                          R.Webb P            0  0  0  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40 12 16 11                 Totals      27  3  3  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Jones In 8th Inning
 
Pirates......... 2 5 0  1 1 0  0 3 0  - 12 16  0
Giants.......... 0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 1  -  3  3  0
 
Pirates (38-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Bonham WIN(4-2)         9       3   3   3   2   2   1   3.61
Totals                    9       3   3   3   2   2   1
 
Giants (41-38)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
H.Behrman LOSS(3-2)       1 2/3   5   7   7   3   2   2   3.55
K.Higbe                   5 1/3  10   5   5   2   1   2   6.25
S.Jones                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4.51
R.Webb                    1       1   0   0   0   0   0   4.50
Totals                    9      16  12  12   5   3   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,554 DATE- Saturday, July 16th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Lou Jorda, , Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 7  Giants: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Giants: 1
DOUBLES- D.Restelli-2(5th)
TRIPLES- P.Castiglione(4th), B.Thomson-2(5th)
HOME RUNS- D.Restelli(10th), R.Kiner-3(26th), S.Gordon(16th)
RBIs- P.Castiglione(26th), D.Restelli-2(25th), R.Kiner-8(66th), J.Mize-2(47th),
      S.Gordon(61st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Hopp(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Bonham, K.Higbe
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Mize-2
WALKS- J.Hopp, R.Kiner, W.Westlake, S.Rojek, P.Masi, H.Thompson, M.Irvin
HIT BY PITCH- B.Kerr
STRIKE OUTS- P.Castiglione-2, M.Basgall, H.Thompson, K.Higbe
GIDP- W.Westlake
WILD PITCHES- H.Behrman
2-out RBI- R.Kiner-5, D.Restelli, P.Castiglione
RLISP 2-out- P.Castiglione-2, H.Thompson, J.Hopp, M.Basgall, W.Lockman
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 5 for 13  Giants: 0 for 2
 
Ralph Kiner smacked 3 homeruns and had 8 RBI and Tiny Bonham allowed just 3
hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants by a score of 12
to 3 at Polo Grounds.
 
Kiner had a big day with his bat.  He cracked a two-run shot in the 1st
inning, lofted a three-run bomb in the 2nd inning and belted a three-run
homer in the 8th inning.  Pittsburgh finished with 16 hits in the victory.
 
Bonham(4-2) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs. Hank
Behrman(3-2) was tagged with the loss.  He pitched 1 and 2/3 innings and
surrendered 5 hits and 3 walks.
 
'I was in my hotel room the other night, working on my swing and made some
adjustments,' Kiner said. 'I'm always working on it. If they are getting you
out certain ways, you've got to make changes.'