Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 21, 1930 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1930 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
English ss 5 0 2 0
Heathcote rf 4 0 1 0
Hornsby 2b 2 1 1 0
Wilson cf 4 1 0 0
Cuyler lf 4 1 1 3
Grimm 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 3 0 2 0
Hartnett c 4 0 0 0
Teachout p 1 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Flagstead lf 3 1 1 2
Grantham 2b 4 0 2 3
Waner rf 5 0 1 1
Comorosky cf 4 1 1 0
Suhr 1b 5 1 1 0
Traynor 3b 4 1 2 1
Bool c 4 1 1 1
Bartell ss 3 2 2 2
Kremer p 1 2 1 0
  Meine p 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 10 12 10
Chicago 000 003 000381
Pittsburgh 001 312 30x10122
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Teachout  L(0-1) 6.0 9 7 7 3 3
  Nelson   2.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
5
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kremer  W(5-2) 6.1 8 3 3 3 1
  Meine  SV(1) 2.2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
1

  E–Hartnett (3), Grantham (9), Kremer (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. Suhr, Meine-Bool-Suhr, Bartell-Grantham-Suhr.  2B–Chicago English (9), Pittsburgh Bool (2); Kremer (3).  3B–Chicago English (5), Pittsburgh Flagstead (2).  HR–Chicago Cuyler (3,6th inning off Kremer 2 on 1 out).  SH–Hornsby (1); Flagstead 2 (4); Traynor (1); Kremer 2 (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  SB–P. Waner (7).  U–Cy Rigler, Beans Reardon, Michael Donohue.
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