Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 28, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1928 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 5 1 2 1
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 0
Klein rf 4 1 2 0
Leach 1b 4 1 1 1
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Whitney 3b 4 2 2 1
Sand ss 3 1 1 1
Lerian c 4 1 1 2
Benge p 1 0 1 0
  Walsh p 1 0 0 0
  Milligan p 1 0 0 0
  Sweetland p 0 0 0 0
  Deitrick ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Adams ss 5 2 2 0
Waner L. cf 5 3 4 1
Waner P. rf 5 3 2 3
Grantham 1b 5 2 1 0
Traynor 3b 5 4 3 2
Brickell lf 6 2 2 2
Bartell 2b 4 0 3 2
Hargreaves c 4 0 3 2
Grimes p 0 0 0 0
  Dawson p 5 0 1 0
Totals 44 16 21 12
Philadelphia 130 000 030–7113
Pittsburgh 005 300 44x–16210
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Benge  L(5-15) 2.1 5 5 5 4 0
  Walsh   1.2 5 3 3 0 0
  Milligan   3.0 9 4 2 1 0
  Sweetland   1.0 2 4 4 2 0
Totals
8.0
21
16
14
7
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Grimes   1.1 6 4 4 0 0
  Dawson  W(4-6) 7.2 5 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
0
2
  E–Sothern (13), Sand (26), Lerian (6).  2B–Philadelphia Klein (8); Sand (19), Pittsburgh L. Waner 2 (18).  3B–Philadelphia Klein (3); Whitney (4), Pittsburgh Adams (4); P. Waner 2 (17).  SH–Thompson (16); Sand (16).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Traynor (1).  Team–12.  SB–Sothern (14).  U–Ernie Quigley, Charlie Moran, Sherry Magee.
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