Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 21, 1945 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1945 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Wietelmann ss 3 0 1 0
Shupe 1b 4 0 0 0
Holmes rf 3 0 0 0
Nieman lf 3 0 0 0
Workman 3b 4 0 1 0
Gillenwater cf 4 1 2 0
Hofferth c 4 0 0 0
Drews 2b 3 0 1 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 1 1
  Ramsey pr 0 0 0 0
Logan p 2 0 0 0
  Hendrickson p 1 0 0 0
  Masi ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 4 1 3 0
Gustine ss 4 1 1 1
Russell lf 4 0 1 1
Elliott rf 2 1 2 0
Barrett cf 2 0 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 1 1
Handley 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 1 0
Strincevich p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 9 3
Boston 000 000 001–160
Pittsburgh 000 012 00x–391
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Logan  L(4-6) 5.1 8 3 3 2 1
  Hendrickson   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Strincevich  W(10-4) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2
  E–Davis (1).  DP–Boston 4. Hofferth-Wietelmann, Wietelmann-Drews-Shupe, Wietelmann-Drews-Shupe, Drews-Wietelmann-Shupe.  2B–Boston Wietelmann (5), Pittsburgh Coscarart (13); Elliott 2 (21).  3B–Pittsburgh Gustine (4).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  U-HP–Lou Jorda, 1B–Beans Reardon, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Butch Henline.  T–1:46.  A–8,173.
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