Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Bees
June 17, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1940 at Braves Field. The Boston Bees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Boston Bees 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 1 0 1 0
  Gustine 2b 3 1 2 1
Elliott rf 4 0 0 0
Garms lf 1 0 0 0
  Van Robays lf 3 0 0 0
Vaughan ss 3 0 1 1
Fletcher 1b 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 1
Brubaker 3b 3 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 1 1 0
MacFayden p 2 0 0 0
  Bowman ph 0 0 0 0
  Sewell pr 0 0 0 0
  Lanning p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Boston Bees ab   r   h rbi
Hassett 1b 5 1 3 0
Sisti 3b 4 0 0 0
Moore rf 4 1 1 0
Ross lf 3 2 2 1
West cf 4 1 2 2
Rowell 2b 3 0 2 1
  Glossop ph 1 0 0 0
  Warstler 2b 0 0 0 0
Miller ss 3 0 0 0
Berres c 4 0 2 0
Posedel p 3 0 1 1
Totals 34 5 13 5
Pittsburgh 000 100 020–360
Boston 021 000 02x–5130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
MacFayden   7.0 11 3 3 0 0
  Lanning  L(1-2) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Heintzelman   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
3
0
  Boston Bees IP H R ER BB SO
Posedel  W(5-6) 9.0 6 3 3 2 11
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
11
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. MacFayden-Vaughan-Fletcher, Vaughan-Gustine-Fletcher, Boston 1. Berres-Miller.  2B–Boston Rowell (4).  3B–Pittsburgh Gustine (4); Lopez (2), Boston West (2); Rowell (4).  HR–Pittsburgh DiMaggio (4,8th inning off Posedel 0 on).  Team LOB–3.  Team–8.  U–George Barr, George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart.
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