Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 7, 1921 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1921 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Braves 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Powell cf 4 2 2 1
Barbare ss 5 1 1 0
Southworth rf 5 1 1 0
Cruise lf 5 2 3 3
Boeckel 3b 5 2 3 1
Holke 1b 4 0 1 0
Ford 2b 4 1 2 1
O'Neil c 4 1 0 0
Watson p 1 0 1 0
  Oeschger p 3 0 1 1
Totals 40 10 15 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bigbee lf 4 2 1 0
Carey cf 4 1 1 0
Maranville ss 4 1 2 0
Whitted rf 4 0 0 2
Barnhart 3b 5 2 2 1
Tierney 2b 5 1 4 3
Grimm 1b 3 0 1 1
Schmidt c 4 0 1 0
Zinn p 2 0 1 0
  Yellow Horse p 2 0 0 0
  Morrison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Boston 200 003 22110152
Pittsburgh 104 000 2007132
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Watson   2.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Oeschger  W(6-5) 6.2 8 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Zinn   5.0 8 5 4 0 2
  Yellow Horse  L(2-1) 2.0 5 4 3 0 1
  Morrison   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
8
0
4

  E–Powell (5), Ford (9), Maranville (15), Yellow Horse (1).  DP–Boston 1. O'Neil-Ford-Holke.  2B–Boston Watson (2,off Zinn); Southworth (5,off Zinn); Cruise (3,off Zinn); Powell (9,off Yellow Horse); Ford (7,off Yellow Horse), Pittsburgh Carey (13,off Watson); Barnhart (4,off Oeschger).  3B–Boston Cruise (2,off Yellow Horse); Boeckel (3,off J. Morrison).  SH–Holke (6,off Zinn); Ford (6,off Yellow Horse); O'Neil (2,off Yellow Horse); Grimm (8,off Watson); Carey (7,off Oeschger).  SF–Powell (2,off J. Morrison); Whitted (4,off Watson).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Maranville (2,by Watson).  Team–9.  SB–Barbare (4,Home off Zinn/Schmidt); Boeckel (7,2nd base off Zinn/Schmidt); Tierney (4,2nd base off Oeschger/O'Neil); Schmidt (4,2nd base off Oeschger/O'Neil).  CS–O'Neil (1,2nd base by Yellow Horse/Schmidt).  U–Bob Hart, Barry McCormick.
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