Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 12, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1942 at Forbes 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 0 0 1
Vaughan 3b 4 1 1 0
Reiser cf 5 0 1 0
Medwick lf 4 2 3 1
Camilli 1b 4 0 2 1
Rizzo rf 3 0 0 0
Herman 2b 3 1 2 0
Sullivan c 2 0 0 0
  Owen c 2 0 2 0
Head p 2 0 0 0
  Kampouris ph 1 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
  Bordagaray pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Barrett rf 4 2 2 0
Coscarart ss 4 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 1 1 1
Elliott 3b 2 1 1 0
Phelps c 4 0 1 1
  Sewell p 0 1 0 0
Wasdell lf 3 1 1 1
DiMaggio cf 2 0 1 0
  Hamlin p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Heintzelman p 0 0 0 0
  Van Robays ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez c 0 0 0 0
Gustine 2b 4 0 2 1
Butcher p 1 0 0 0
  Rikard cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 4
Brooklyn 200 100 100–4122
Pittsburgh 000 002 04x–691
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Head   6.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Higbe  L(8-7) 2.0 3 4 4 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher   5.0 6 3 3 0 3
  Hamlin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman  W(7-9) 2.0 3 1 1 2 0
  Sewell  SV(2) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
3
  E–Rizzo (2), Herman (11), Wasdell (6).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Herman-Camilli, Pittsburgh 2. Barrett-Fletcher-Coscarart-Gustine-Phelps-Gustine.  2B–Brooklyn Medwick 2 (23); Camilli (12).  3B–Pittsburgh Barrett (4).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Camilli (5); Gustine (2).  U–Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:15.  A–29,543.
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