Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 17, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 0 2 0
Clay cf 4 1 3 0
Walker rf 4 0 1 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 1 1
Mueller c 3 0 0 0
  Just c 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree ph 1 0 0 0
  Riddle c 0 0 0 0
Tipton lf 4 0 2 0
Mesner 3b 4 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 0 0 0
Shoun p 2 0 1 0
  Malloy p 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 3 1 0 0
Russell lf 4 2 2 0
Barrett cf 3 0 2 1
  DiMaggio pr,cf 1 1 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 2 3 2
  Handley 3b 0 0 0 0
O'Brien rf 4 1 1 1
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 3 3
Gustine ss 4 0 1 0
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
Sewell p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 13 7
Cincinnati 000 000 0101101
Pittsburgh 000 340 00x7130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Shoun  L(12-9) 4.2 10 7 7 1 1
  Malloy   2.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Fox   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sewell  W(18-12) 9.0 10 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
0
3

  E–Mesner (17).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Miller-Williams-McCormick, Tipton-Miller-McCormick, Pittsburgh 2. Elliott-Coscarart-Dahlgren.  2B–Cincinnati Tipton (23), Pittsburgh Russell (32); Elliott (27); O'Brien (5).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  U–Dusty Boggess, Babe Pinelli, Lee Ballanfant.
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