Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 20, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1938 at Forbes Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Jordan 3b 3 1 3 1
Martin cf 5 0 1 3
Brack rf 5 1 3 1
Davis c 5 1 1 0
  Clark c 0 0 0 0
Weintraub 1b 5 2 2 0
Arnovich lf 4 1 2 1
Scharein ss 5 1 1 1
Young 2b 4 2 2 2
Hollingsworth p 4 2 1 1
Totals 40 11 16 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 3 0 0 0
Waner L. cf 3 0 2 0
  Jensen cf 1 0 0 0
Waner P. rf 3 0 0 0
Suhr 1b 2 0 0 0
Rizzo lf 3 0 0 0
Vaughan ss 4 0 1 0
Todd c 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Klinger p 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
  Bowman p 2 0 1 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Philadelphia 000 0101 00011160
Pittsburgh 000 000 000060
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Hollingsworth  W(5-7) 9.0 6 0 0 5 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
5
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger  L(8-2) 4.2 6 5 5 2 3
  Brown   0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Sewell   0.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Bowman   4.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 2. Martin-Davis-Hollingsworth-Jordan, Scharein-Young-Weintraub, Pittsburgh 2. Bowman-Vaughan-Suhr, Young-Vaughan-Suhr.  2B–Philadelphia Jordan (7); Brack 3 (7).  3B–Philadelphia Jordan (1).  SH–Hollingsworth (1).  HBP–Arnovich (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U–Bill Stewart, George Barr, Dolly Stark.
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