Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 18, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1926 at Forbes Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 5 1 1 1
Gautreau 2b 2 0 0 0
Welsh rf 4 0 0 0
Moore ss 3 2 1 1
Brown lf 4 0 2 1
  Mann lf 0 0 0 0
Burrus 1b 4 0 1 1
Taylor E. 3b 3 0 1 0
Taylor Z. c 3 1 0 0
Goldsmith p 1 0 0 0
  Wertz p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner rf 5 0 3 0
Rhyne ss 5 0 0 0
Cuyler cf 5 1 3 0
Traynor 3b 5 1 2 0
Grantham 1b 3 1 1 1
Barnhart lf 3 0 0 0
  Murphy lf 1 0 1 2
Rawlings 2b 3 0 2 0
Gooch c 4 0 0 0
Meadows p 2 0 2 0
  Bush p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Songer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 14 3
Boston 200 011 000–470
Pittsburgh 001 000 020–3143
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Goldsmith   3.2 8 1 1 0 2
  Wertz  W(7-7) 5.1 6 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
3
3
0
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows  L(15-5) 5.0 5 4 0 2 0
  Bush   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Songer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
0
2
2
  E–Rhyne (19), Rawlings (7), Meadows (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rhyne-Gooch-Grantham.  2B–Boston J. Smith (8); Brown (22), Pittsburgh Grantham (21); Rawlings (5).  SH–Gautreau 3 (11); Grantham (5); Rawlings (9).  HBP–E. Taylor (5).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  SB–Cuyler (26).  U–Monroe Sweeney, Cy Pfirman, Hank O'Day.
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