Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 23, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Gustine 2b 6 1 3 0
Elliott rf 5 1 3 0
Brubaker 3b 4 2 1 1
Vaughan ss 4 2 2 2
Fletcher 1b 4 1 1 0
Van Robays lf 5 1 2 3
DiMaggio cf 4 0 2 1
Lopez c 4 0 2 0
MacFayden p 5 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 16 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 3 1 1 0
  Hudson ss 2 1 1 0
Lavagetto 3b 4 0 1 1
Walker cf 5 2 3 2
Phelps c 5 0 2 0
Camilli 1b 3 0 1 1
Wasdell rf 5 0 0 1
Gallagher lf 4 0 0 0
Coscarart 2b 3 1 0 0
Wyatt p 1 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 1 0 0 0
  Franks ph 1 0 0 0
  Kimball p 0 0 0 0
  Gilbert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 002 024 000–8162
Brooklyn 001 001 012–593
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
MacFayden  W(1-1) 8.1 9 5 4 3 2
  Brown  SV(3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
4
2
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Wyatt  L(6-6) 4.0 9 2 2 2 4
  Pressnell   3.0 5 6 4 0 1
  Kimball   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
6
3
5
  E–Gustine (15), Elliott (2), Hudson (5), Lavagetto (11), Wasdell (3).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Camilli-Hudson-Camilli.  2B–Pittsburgh Elliott (7); Vaughan (11); Van Robays (5); DiMaggio (3), Brooklyn Lavagetto (15); Phelps (11).  3B–Pittsburgh Gustine (6); Brubaker (1); Van Robays (2).  SH–Brubaker (1); Lopez (2).  Team LOB–11.  Team–10.  SB–Gustine (4).  U–Tom Dunn, Lou Jorda, Ziggy Sears.
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