Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 20, 1934 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1934 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Urbanski ss 3 0 0 0
McManus 3b 4 0 0 0
Jordan 1b 4 2 1 0
Berger cf 4 3 3 3
Moore rf 4 0 1 1
Thompson lf 3 0 1 1
Whitney 2b 4 0 0 0
Spohrer c 3 0 0 0
Cantwell p 2 0 1 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 5 0 1 0
Waner P. rf 5 0 1 0
Traynor 3b 5 3 4 0
Vaughan ss 4 1 4 2
Suhr 1b 5 0 1 1
Lavagetto 2b 4 0 0 0
Jensen lf 4 2 2 0
Grace c 4 0 1 1
Lucas p 3 0 1 1
  Chagnon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 15 5
Boston 200 000 201–571
Pittsburgh 110 100 201–6150
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cantwell   7.0 14 5 5 0 1
  Smith  L(2-2) 1.2 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
15
6
5
1
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lucas   6.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Chagnon  W(4-0) 2.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
1
0
  E–Whitney (9).  2B–Boston Berger (20), Pittsburgh L. Waner (6); P. Waner (10); Traynor 3 (14); Vaughan (16).  3B–Pittsburgh Suhr (8); Jensen (2).  HR–Boston Berger 2 (8,1st inning off Lucas 1 on,9th inning off Chagnon 0 on).  SH–Thompson (4).  Team LOB–2.  Team–9.  U–Cy Rigler, George Magerkurth.
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