Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 23, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1938 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Goodman rf 4 0 1 0
Riggs 3b 4 0 1 1
Bongiovanni lf 4 0 2 0
Lombardi c 4 0 0 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 1 0
Craft cf 4 0 0 0
Kampouris 2b 1 0 0 0
  Frey 2b 1 0 0 0
Myers ss 3 1 1 0
Schott p 2 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 1 1 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 2 2 2 0
Waner P. rf 3 2 1 1
Rizzo lf 4 2 3 3
Vaughan ss 4 0 0 2
Suhr 1b 4 0 1 0
Brubaker 3b 3 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Berres c 4 0 0 0
Blanton p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Cincinnati 000 000 020–270
Pittsburgh 300 030 00x–691
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Schott  L(0-1) 7.0 8 6 6 3 1
  Moore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton  W(1-0) 9.0 7 2 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
1
3
  E–P. Waner (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Kampouris-Myers-McCormick, Pittsburgh 2. Young-Vaughan-Suhr, Vaughan-Young-Suhr.  2B–Cincinnati Bongiovanni (1); Myers (3), Pittsburgh P. Waner (2).  3B–Pittsburgh Rizzo 2 (3).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Brubaker (1).  Team–5.  U–George Magerkurth, Tiny Parker, Charlie Moran.  T–1:37.  A–8,550.
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