Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 17, 1927 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1927 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Grantham 1b 3 1 1 2
Waner L. lf 4 0 2 0
Cuyler cf 4 1 1 0
Waner P. rf 3 1 1 1
Wright ss 5 0 1 0
Traynor 3b 5 2 3 2
Rhyne 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gooch ph 1 0 1 1
  Layne pr 0 1 0 0
  Sicking 2b 2 0 1 1
Smith c 3 0 0 0
  Yde pr 0 1 0 0
  Spencer c 1 0 1 0
Kremer p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 1 1 1
  Morrison p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 5 0 1 0
Heathcote rf 3 0 0 0
Webb lf 3 1 0 0
Wilson cf 4 1 1 2
Stephenson 3b 4 0 0 0
Grimm 1b 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez c 4 1 1 0
Cooney ss 4 0 3 1
Root p 3 0 0 0
  Osborn p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 001 000 421–8130
Chicago 001 200 000–372
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kremer  W(2-0) 6.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Morrison  SV(2) 3.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Root  L(1-1) 7.1 9 7 4 4 7
  Osborn   1.2 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
5
5
8
  E–Gonzalez (1), Cooney (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Gonzalez-Cooney.  2B–Pittsburgh P. Waner (2); Traynor 2 (5); Gooch (1); Sicking (1); Spencer (1); Harris (1), Chicago Grimm (1); Gonzalez (1).  HR–Chicago Wilson (2,4th inning off Kremer 1 on).  SH–P. Waner (3).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U–Frank Wilson, Beans Reardon, Bill Klem.  T–2:00.  A–45,000.
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