Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 5, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1923 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Burns rf 5 1 2 0
Daubert 1b 5 0 2 2
Bohne 2b 4 0 1 0
Harper cf 4 0 2 0
Duncan lf 4 0 1 0
Hargrave c 4 0 0 0
Pinelli 3b 4 0 2 0
Caveney ss 4 0 1 0
Luque p 3 1 1 0
  Bressler ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 12 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Maranville ss 5 0 1 1
Carey cf 2 1 0 0
Traynor 3b 4 0 1 1
Barnhart rf 4 0 0 0
Mueller lf 4 1 2 0
Rawlings 2b 4 1 1 0
Grimm 1b 4 1 3 1
Gooch c 4 1 4 1
Meadows p 4 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 13 4
Cincinnati 100 000 1002122
Pittsburgh 010 020 21x6131
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Luque  L(22-6) 8.0 13 6 4 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
6
4
2
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows  W(14-10) 9.0 12 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
0
1

  E–Harper (2), Pinelli (21), Traynor (23).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Bohne-Daubert, Bohne-Caveney-Daubert, Pittsburgh 1. Maranville-Grimm.  PB–Hargrave (7).  2B–Cincinnati Daubert (26); Caveney (20), Pittsburgh Gooch (7).  3B–Cincinnati Burns (11).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Daubert (9); Traynor (19).  U–Bill Klem, Frank Wilson.  T–1:36.  A–5,000.
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