1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

June 10. Gm# 49 Polo Grounds Pittsburgh 8 New York 5

BUCS OPEN GIANTS SERIES WITH 8-5 WIN

Ralph Kiner hit his (21) homerun, and is now ahead of the record pace of Babe Ruth(60), as well as being ahead of the pace of Hank Greenberg(58) and Jimmie Foxx(58).

Ed Stevens, Danny Murtaugh and Dixie Walker all had two hits apiece. Bill Werle(3-6) earned the win. New York made it interesting late, scoring twice off Ray Poat, before Hugh Casey came in to get the final out of the game.

National League scores: Boston 6 Chicago 2; Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati 5; Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 2

Standing of the Clubs

Brooklyn/50/31/19/.620

St. Louis/47/29/18/.617

Philadelphia/50/28/22/.560

Boston/50/27/22/1/.550

New York/51/26/24/1/.520

Cincinnati/50/21/29/.420

Pittsburgh/49/20/29/.408

Chicago/47/14/33/.298


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