Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 23, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1918 at Forbes Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Herzog 2b 5 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 0 0
Chadbourne cf 2 1 0 0
Terry ss 4 3 2 1
Smith 3b 3 0 1 1
Konetchy 1b 3 1 0 0
Wagner c 4 0 2 1
Rawlings rf 4 0 0 0
Northrop p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Leach lf 4 0 1 0
Boone ss 4 0 0 0
Carey cf 4 0 1 0
Southworth rf 3 0 0 0
Cutshaw 2b 3 0 0 0
Shaw 1b 3 0 0 0
McKechnie 3b 3 0 1 0
Schmidt c 2 0 0 0
  Smith c 1 0 0 0
Hill p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Boston 000 202 010551
Pittsburgh 000 000 000034
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Northrop  W(4-1) 9.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  L(2-2) 9.0 5 5 2 4 3
Totals
9.0
5
5
2
4
3

  E–Jim Kelly (2), Carey (15), Cutshaw 2 (26), Shaw (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Cutshaw-Shaw-McKechnie.  2B–Pittsburgh Leach (2).  3B–Boston Terry (2).  SH–Northrop (2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  U–Hank O'Day, Lord Byron.
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