1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

Gm# 78 Polo Grounds New York 5 Pittsburgh 3

2 LATE HOME RUNS COST SEWELL GAME IN PIRATES’ 5-3 LOSS TO GIANTS

Wes Westrum and Hank Thompson each hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off Rip Sewell(4-8), helping the Giants break a three all tie and go on to win, 5-3.

There wasn’t much offense, but Ralph Kiner and Tom Saffell had two single apiece.

National League scores: Chicago 3 Boston 9; Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 5; Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 0.

Standing of the Clubs

St. Louis/80/51/29/.638

Brooklyn/79/49/30/.620

New York/78/42/35/1/.545

Boston/81/41/39/1/.512

Philadelphia/80/40/40/.500

Pittsburgh/78/34/44/.436

Cincinnati/77/31/46/.403

Chicago/81/28/53/.346


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