Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 11, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1938 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 5 0 2 1
Waner L. cf 4 0 0 0
Waner P. rf 4 0 0 0
Suhr 1b 4 1 1 0
Rizzo lf 4 1 2 0
Vaughan ss 2 1 1 0
Todd c 3 0 1 1
  Berres c 1 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 1 1 1
Swift p 3 1 1 0
  Tobin p 1 0 1 2
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jurges ss 4 0 0 0
  Lazzeri ph 1 0 0 0
Herman 2b 4 1 1 0
Reynolds cf,lf 4 1 2 0
O'Dea c 3 1 1 1
Hack 3b 3 0 2 2
Galan lf 2 0 1 0
  Marty cf 0 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 2 0 0 0
Demaree rf 4 0 1 0
French p 3 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 1135110
Chicago 000 100 020380
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Swift   7.2 7 3 3 2 1
  Tobin  W(6-3) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Brown  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
French  L(5-12) 9.0 11 5 5 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Handley-Young-Suhr, Chicago 1. Jurges-Cavarretta.  2B–Pittsburgh Handley 2 (8); Rizzo 2 (13); Swift (3), Chicago Herman (15); O'Dea (7).  3B–Chicago Reynolds (3).  Team LOB–5.  SH–O'Dea (1); Cavarretta (2).  HBP–Cavarretta (1).  Team–7.  SB–Young (4).  U–George Barr, George Magerkurth, Charlie Moran.  T–2:12.  A–6,688.
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