Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 1942 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1942 at Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Joost 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 5 0 1 2
McCormick 1b 4 0 0 0
Tipton lf 3 2 0 0
Lamanno c 4 1 1 0
Haas 3b 4 1 2 0
Phillips ss 2 0 1 1
  Frey 2b 1 1 1 2
Vander Meer p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 4 0 0 0
Wasdell rf 4 0 0 0
Van Robays lf 4 0 2 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 2 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 0
Anderson ss 4 0 1 0
Lopez c 3 0 1 1
Hallett p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Cincinnati 010 000 004583
Pittsburgh 010 000 000141
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Vander Meer  W(17-11) 9.0 4 1 1 4 9
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hallett  L(0-1) 9.0 8 5 5 4 9
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
9

  E–Walker 2 (8), Phillips (3), Fletcher (12).  2B–Cincinnati Marshall (17); Frey (21), Pittsburgh Van Robays 2 (11).  SH–Walker (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U–George Magerkurth, George Barr.  T–2:16.  A–5,154.
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