September 16, 1949Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner had a day to remember as the Pirates defeated the 1st place Brooklyn Dodgers 13-8. Kiner really went off at the plate, blasting 4 homeruns, scoring 5 times and collecting 7 RBI in the victory. It was the first 4 homer game for any player this year in MLB. Kiner now has hit a NL leading 52 homeruns this season. He also leads the league in RBI with 130. Even though Brooklyn lost, St. Louis also lost today, reducing the Dodger's magic # to 2.
BOXSCORE: 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates 9/16/1949
Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
P.Reese SS 5 1 2 2 .296 S.Rojek SS 4 1 1 1 .292
E.Miksis 3B 5 0 0 0 .257 T.Saffell CF 4 1 2 0 .317
C.Furillo RF 4 1 2 1 .378 J.Hopp 1B 4 3 2 2 .275
J.Robinson 2B 5 2 2 1 .388 R.Kiner LF 4 5 4 7 .284
G.Hodges 1B 4 1 1 2 .301 W.Westlake RF 4 1 3 1 .265
R.Campanella C 5 0 2 1 .270 P.Castiglione 3B 3 0 0 1 .273
L.Olmo LF 4 1 2 0 .231 M.Basgall 2B 3 0 0 1 .252
D.Snider CF 3 1 1 1 .310 C.McCullough C 4 0 0 0 .199
D.Newcombe P 2 0 0 0 .145 B.Werle P 3 1 1 0 .125
P.Minner P 1 0 0 0 .286 V.Lombardi P 1 1 1 0 .367
E.Palica P 1 1 1 0 .438
A-T.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .244
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Totals 40 8 13 8 Totals 34 13 14 13
A-Pinch Hit For Palica In 9th Inning
Dodgers......... 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 - 8 13 1
Pirates......... 0 2 4 0 2 0 2 3 - 13 14 2
Dodgers (97-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Newcombe 2 1/3 6 6 5 0 1 3 3.30
P.Minner 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 4.74
E.Palica LOSS(5-3) 3 2/3 5 5 5 3 1 1 4.50
Totals 8 14 13 12 4 4 5
Pirates (62-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Werle 6 2/3 11 7 7 4 2 0 4.87
V.Lombardi W(8-8) BS(3rd) 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 2 0 6.10
Totals 9 13 8 8 5 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 4,946 DATE- Friday, September 16th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:10 Pirates: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 3 Pirates: 1
ERRORS- R.Campanella, J.Hopp, P.Castiglione
DOUBLES- P.Reese-2(23rd), J.Robinson(33rd), V.Lombardi
TRIPLES- J.Robinson(19th), G.Hodges(4th)
HOME RUNS- R.Kiner-4(52nd), W.Westlake(22nd)
RBIs- P.Reese-2(83rd), C.Furillo(99th), J.Robinson(120nd), G.Hodges-2(119st),
R.Campanella(77th), D.Snider(104th), S.Rojek(45th), J.Hopp-2(31st),
R.Kiner-7(130th), W.Westlake(75th), P.Castiglione(55th), M.Basgall(20th)
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Rojek, T.Saffell, P.Castiglione
WALKS- C.Furillo, G.Hodges, L.Olmo, D.Snider-2, J.Hopp, R.Kiner, W.Westlake,
M.Basgall
STRIKE OUTS- E.Miksis, J.Robinson, D.Newcombe, P.Minner, T.Saffell,
P.Castiglione, M.Basgall, C.McCullough
GIDP- L.Olmo, T.Saffell, J.Hopp, C.McCullough
WILD PITCHES- P.Minner, E.Palica
2-out RBI- J.Robinson, G.Hodges, R.Campanella, D.Snider, P.Reese-2, R.Kiner-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Newcombe-3, M.Basgall, E.Miksis
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 5 for 11 Pirates: 4 for 7
Ralph Kiner launched 4 homeruns and had 7 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates
defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 13 to 8 at Forbes Field.
Kiner was a one-man wrecking crew. He smashed a solo-shot out of the park in
the 2nd inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 3rd
inning, popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 5th inning and cracked a
two-run shot in the 8th inning. Pittsburgh had 14 hits for the afternoon.
The victory was credited to Vic Lombardi(8-8) who went 2 and 1/3 innings,
allowing 1 run. Erv Palica(5-3) suffered the loss in relief. He was knocked
around pretty good, giving up 5 runs in 3 and 2/3 innings.
'They made a couple of mistakes and I took full advantage,' Kiner said 'next
time I'm sure they'll pitch me tougher.'
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