Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 17, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1945 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Cincinnati Reds 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Zak ss 5 2 2 0
Barrett cf 4 1 2 1
Russell lf 5 1 2 2
Elliott 3b 5 0 1 2
Colman rf 4 0 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 5 0 0 1
Gustine 2b 5 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 1 1 0
Ostermueller p 2 0 1 0
  Rescigno p 0 0 0 0
  Gionfriddo ph 1 1 1 0
  Sewell p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 11 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Clay cf 5 1 2 5
Tipton lf 4 1 1 0
Walker rf 5 0 1 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 2 0
Mesner 3b 5 0 0 0
Williams 2b 4 2 1 0
Wahl ss 4 1 1 0
Just c 3 1 1 0
Walters p 3 1 0 1
  Lisenbee p 0 0 0 0
  Flager ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 6
Pittsburgh 100 010 400 00–6110
Cincinnati 000 060 000 01–791
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller   4.0 4 5 5 3 2
  Rescigno   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Sewell  L(0-1) 4.1 3 1 1 3 3
Totals
10.1
9
7
7
6
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters   9.0 11 6 5 3 3
  Lisenbee  W(1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
11
6
5
4
4
  E–Walters (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Zak (1); Elliott (1), Cincinnati Tipton (1); McCormick 2 (2).  HR–Cincinnati Clay (1,5th inning off Ostermueller 3 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Tipton (1); Wahl (1); Just (1).  Team–8.  U–George Barr, Ziggy Sears, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:40.  A–30,069.
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