Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 18, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1928 at Forbes Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Phillies 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 5 3 3 0
Thompson 2b 5 2 4 3
Hurst 1b 5 1 2 2
Whitney 3b 4 0 1 3
Leach lf 5 0 0 0
Davis c 4 1 1 0
Sand ss 2 2 0 0
Klein rf 2 0 0 0
Ring p 3 2 2 3
  Ferguson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 11
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Adams ss 5 2 2 0
Waner L. cf 4 1 3 1
Waner P. rf 3 2 0 0
Grantham 1b 3 1 1 0
Traynor 3b 3 1 1 2
Brickell lf 4 0 2 3
Hillis 2b 5 1 1 0
Hemsley c 3 0 2 1
Fussell p 1 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Tauscher p 1 0 0 0
  Brame ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 7
Philadelphia 220 601 000–11131
Pittsburgh 000 213 200–8121
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ring  W(4-12) 6.2 10 8 7 7 3
  Ferguson  SV(3) 2.1 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
8
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fussell  L(5-8) 3.1 7 7 7 1 0
  Meadows   0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Tauscher   2.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Dawson   3.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
11
11
2
1
  E–Sothern (12), Brickell (4).  DP–Philadelphia 4. Thompson-Hurst, Thompson-Sand-Hurst, Thompson-Sand-Hurst, Sand-Thompson-Hurst.  PB–Davis (3).  2B–Philadelphia Sothern 2 (20); Hurst (19), Pittsburgh L. Waner (16); Brickell (3).  3B–Philadelphia Thompson (10); Whitney (2), Pittsburgh L. Waner (12); Hillis (3).  SH–Whitney (9); Sand (13); Klein (3); Traynor (36).  Team LOB–3.  Team–8.  SB–Sothern (12).  U–Lou Jorda, Cy Rigler, Bob Hart.
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