Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 29, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  DiMaggio cf 1 1 1 1
Waner P. rf 4 0 2 0
  Handley 3b 0 0 0 0
Garms 3b,rf 4 1 0 1
Vaughan ss 3 1 1 0
  Brubaker ss 0 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 0 1 2
Van Robays lf 4 1 1 0
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Lopez c 3 0 1 0
  Bowman ph 0 0 0 0
  Sewell pr 0 1 0 0
  Fernandes c 0 0 0 0
Lanning p 2 0 1 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
  MacFayden p 0 0 0 0
  Gustine ph 1 0 1 2
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 1 1 0
Walker cf 5 1 2 3
Wasdell rf 5 1 2 0
Phelps c 5 0 1 1
Camilli 1b 2 2 1 0
Medwick lf 5 0 1 1
Lavagetto 3b 3 1 0 0
Coscarart 2b 5 1 3 2
Davis p 3 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Pittsburgh 000 000 006–6100
Brooklyn 000 111 121–7110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lanning   6.2 9 4 4 1 5
  Klinger   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  MacFayden   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Brown  L(7-7) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.2
11
7
7
6
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   8.2 8 6 6 2 0
  Pressnell  W(6-5) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
0
  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Coscarart-Camilli.  2B–Pittsburgh P. Waner (10); Vaughan (19); Van Robays (15), Brooklyn Walker (20); Wasdell (10); Phelps (18).  3B–Brooklyn Wasdell (2).  HBP–Bowman (1).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Davis (3).  Team–11.  U–Lou Jorda, Ziggy Sears, Tom Dunn.  T–2:36.  A–3,537.
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