New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 23, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1946 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Blattner 2b 4 0 2 2
Rosen cf 4 1 2 0
Marshall lf 4 0 1 1
Cooper c 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 2 0
Graham rf 4 0 1 0
Kerr ss 3 1 0 0
Trinkle p 3 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Rucker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Whitehead 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown ss 3 2 2 0
Russell cf 4 2 3 1
Fletcher 1b 3 0 1 2
Kiner lf 2 0 0 1
Workman rf 3 1 1 0
Handley 3b 4 1 2 0
Lopez c 3 1 0 0
Bahr p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 4
New York 020 010 000382
Pittsburgh 000 201 40x791
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Trinkle  L(6-10) 6.2 9 7 5 3 1
  Thompson   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
5
5
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bahr  W(6-3) 9.0 8 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
2

  E–Cooper 2 (6), Lopez (3).  DP–New York 3. Cooper-Kerr, Trinkle-Blattner-Young, Kerr-Blattner-Young.  3B–New York Rosen (2), Pittsburgh Russell (3).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Lopez (3).  Team–5.  SB–Graham (1).  U–Bill Stewart, Tom Dunn, George Magerkurth.  T–1:52.  A–15,306.
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