Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 20, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1944 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Bordagaray cf 4 1 1 0
Owen c 4 1 2 0
  Bragan c 0 0 0 0
  Waner ph 0 0 0 0
Galan lf 4 1 3 2
Walker rf 5 1 1 1
Olmo 3b 5 1 0 0
Schultz 1b 4 1 2 3
Brown ss 3 0 0 0
Koch 2b 2 0 1 0
  Bolling ph 1 0 0 0
Sunkel p 2 0 0 0
  Chapman p 1 0 0 0
  Herring p 0 0 0 0
  Rosen ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 5 3 3 2
Rubeling lf 3 1 1 0
  Zak ss 1 0 0 0
Barrett cf 5 1 2 2
Elliott 3b 4 1 1 1
O'Brien rf 2 0 1 1
  Colman ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 3 1 0 0
Gustine ss 2 1 2 0
  Russell lf 1 1 1 4
Camelli c 4 1 2 0
Butcher p 2 0 0 0
  Cuccurullo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 13 10
Brooklyn 000 302 101–7112
Pittsburgh 100 030 60x–10131
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sunkel   4.2 7 4 4 2 1
  Chapman  L(1-1) 1.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Herring   2.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
3
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher  W(11-7) 8.1 11 7 6 3 2
  Cuccurullo  SV(3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
4
2
  E–Galan (3), Brown (6), Camelli (6).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Brown-Koch-Schultz, Olmo-Koch-Schultz.  2B–Pittsburgh Coscarart 3 (16); Gustine (12).  3B–Brooklyn Rosen (2).  HR–Brooklyn Schultz (9,6th inning off Butcher 1 on), Pittsburgh Russell (6,7th inning off Herring 3 on).  SH–Koch (2); Butcher 2 (5).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Rubeling (2).  Team–6.  SB–Galan (4); Walker (4); Barrett (20).  U–Ziggy Sears, Jocko Conlan, George Barr.
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