Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 25, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1946 at Forbes Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Boston Braves 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Culler ss 5 2 1 1
Herman 2b 3 1 0 0
  Ryan 2b 1 0 1 0
Hopp 1b 5 2 3 2
Holmes rf 5 2 1 0
Litwhiler lf 5 1 4 3
Padgett c 4 1 1 3
  Masi c 1 0 0 0
Rowell cf 4 1 3 1
Fernandez 3b 5 0 1 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Spahn p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 15 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Whitehead 2b 5 0 1 0
Brown ss 5 1 2 0
Russell cf 4 1 1 0
Fletcher 1b 4 1 2 1
Kiner lf 3 1 1 2
Workman rf 4 1 1 0
Handley 3b 4 0 1 1
Baker c 4 0 1 0
Strincevich p 2 0 0 0
  Hallett p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
Boston 003 020 03210153
Pittsburgh 100 201 0105102
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(3-4) 6.2 8 4 3 1 3
  Spahn  SV(1) 2.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Strincevich  L(8-11) 7.0 10 8 7 2 2
  Hallett   2.0 5 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
9
2
2

  E–Culler (23), Herman (15), Hopp (7), Brown (13), Baker (2).  DP–Boston 1. Herman-Culler-Hopp, Pittsburgh 1. Brown-Whitehead-Fletcher.  2B–Boston Litwhiler (11); Rowell (8), Pittsburgh Brown (6); Fletcher (18); Handley (5).  HR–Boston Padgett (3,8th inning off Strincevich 1 on), Pittsburgh Kiner (18,4th inning off Johnson 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Strincevich (3).  Team–6.  SB–Culler (3); Rowell (3).  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.  T–2:11.  A–20,049.
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