Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 21, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1944 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 0 0
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
McCormick 1b 3 1 1 0
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
Tipton lf 3 0 1 0
  Clay lf 1 0 1 1
Mesner 3b 4 0 1 0
Mueller c 3 0 1 0
Heusser p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 4 0 1 0
Russell lf 4 1 1 0
Barrett cf 2 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 3 0 1 0
Colman rf 4 0 1 1
  O'Brien pr 0 1 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 1 1
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
Zak ss 1 0 0 0
  Rubeling ph 1 0 0 0
  Gustine ss 0 0 0 0
Starr p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Cincinnati 000 000 001170
Pittsburgh 000 000 002251
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Heusser  L(3-5) 8.2 5 2 2 3 3
Totals
8.2
5
2
2
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Starr  W(2-0) 9.0 7 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
2
1

  E–Gustine (18).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Elliott-Coscarart-Dahlgren, Gustine-Coscarart-Dahlgren.  2B–Pittsburgh Colman (2).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Barrett (1).  Team–5.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.  T–1:47.  A–2,444.
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