Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 16, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1946 at Shibe Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 5 3 3 1
Russell lf 5 1 1 1
Elliott rf 5 0 2 3
Fletcher 1b 4 1 0 0
Kiner cf 4 1 1 1
Gustine 2b 4 0 1 1
Brown ss 5 1 2 0
Lopez c 4 2 3 1
Ostermueller p 4 1 3 2
Totals 40 10 16 10
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Wyrostek cf 3 1 1 0
Newsome ss 4 0 0 0
Northey rf 4 0 2 1
McCormick 1b 4 0 0 0
Ennis lf 3 0 0 0
Hemsley c 3 0 1 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 1 0
Verban 2b 3 0 0 0
Stanceu p 1 0 0 0
  Karl p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Rowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Ripple p 0 0 0 0
  Humphries p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Pittsburgh 000 041 104–10161
Philadelphia 100 000 000–150
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  W(6-2) 9.0 5 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Stanceu  L(0-1) 4.2 7 4 4 2 1
  Karl   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Hughes   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Ripple   0.2 3 4 4 3 1
  Humphries   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
10
8
3
  E–Handley (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Brown-Gustine-Fletcher, Elliott-Fletcher-Brown.  2B–Pittsburgh Russell (10); Ostermueller (2), Philadelphia Wyrostek (11); Hemsley (2).  SH–Gustine (4); Ostermueller (4).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  SB–Handley (2); Kiner (1); Lopez (1).  U–Butch Henline, George Magerkurth, Tom Dunn.  T–2:20.  A–36,910.
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