Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 14, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1931 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Chicago Cubs 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 3 1 2 0
Grantham 2b 3 0 0 1
Waner P. rf 4 0 0 1
Traynor 3b 3 0 0 0
Comorosky lf 4 0 0 0
Suhr 1b 3 0 0 0
Thevenow ss 4 0 1 0
Hemsley c 3 0 1 0
French p 2 0 0 0
  Mosolf ph 0 1 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cuyler rf 3 0 1 0
English ss 3 0 0 0
Hornsby 2b 4 1 1 0
Wilson cf 3 1 1 0
Stephenson lf 2 2 2 0
Hartnett c 4 2 2 3
Bell 3b 2 0 1 3
Grimm 1b 4 0 0 0
Root p 4 0 2 0
Totals 29 6 10 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 020–240
Chicago 020 100 03x–6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
French  L(0-1) 7.0 7 3 3 5 3
  Grant   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
6
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Root  W(1-0) 9.0 4 2 2 5 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
5
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Grantham-Thevenow-Suhr, Grantham-Thevenow-Suhr, Chicago 1. Bell-Hornsby-Grimm.  2B–Pittsburgh L. Waner (1); Hemsley (1), Chicago Hartnett (1); Bell (1); Root (1).  HR–Chicago Hartnett (1,2nd inning off French 1 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–English (1).  Team–6.  SB–Traynor (1).  U–Ernie Quigley, Beans Reardon, Jim Scott.  T–1:46.  A–45,000.
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