Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 13, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1944 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Macon lf 5 0 2 0
Holmes cf 5 0 0 0
Workman 3b 3 0 0 0
Nieman rf 3 0 1 0
Masi c 4 1 0 0
Etchison 1b 2 0 0 0
Phillips ss 4 0 2 1
Drews 2b 4 0 0 0
Tobin p 3 0 0 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 5 2 2 0
Russell lf 4 1 1 2
Barrett cf 5 2 2 1
Elliott 3b 3 0 3 0
Colman rf 4 0 0 3
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 0 0
Gustine ss 4 1 1 0
Lopez c 4 1 2 1
Sewell p 3 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 12 8
Boston 010 000 000151
Pittsburgh 220 000 31x8122
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Tobin  L(12-14) 8.0 12 8 7 4 4
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sewell  W(13-9) 9.0 5 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
3

  E–Nieman (4), Dahlgren (15), Lopez (6).  2B–Pittsburgh Elliott (22).  HR–Pittsburgh Lopez (1,2nd inning off Tobin 0 on); Sewell (1,2nd inning off Tobin 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  SB–Coscarart 2 (8).  U–Babe Pinelli, Lee Ballanfant, Dusty Boggess.
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