Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 24, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1946 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Chicago Cubs 13
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Gustine 2b 4 1 1 1
Fletcher 1b 4 0 2 0
Russell cf 4 1 2 0
Salkeld c 3 0 1 0
Workman rf 4 1 0 1
Cox ss 4 0 1 0
Kiner lf 4 0 2 1
Handley 3b 4 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 0 0 0 0
  Gornicki p 3 0 0 0
  Albosta p 0 0 0 0
  Howard p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 3 2 2 1
  Schenz 3b 1 0 1 1
Lowrey cf 6 1 2 3
Waitkus 1b 4 1 1 0
McCullough c 5 2 3 2
Rickert lf 5 1 1 2
Sturgeon 2b 5 0 2 2
  Stringer 2b 0 1 0 0
Nicholson rf 3 2 0 0
Jurges ss 3 2 2 1
  Merullo ss 0 0 0 0
Erickson p 1 0 0 0
  Dallessandro ph 0 1 0 0
  Scheffing ph 0 0 0 1
  Chipman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 14 13
Pittsburgh 000 000 120–3101
Chicago 310 010 08x–13141
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  L(13-10) 1.1 7 4 4 1 0
  Gornicki   5.2 3 4 0 4 3
  Albosta   0.2 3 5 0 3 1
  Howard   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
13
4
9
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W(9-6) 8.0 7 3 2 5 3
  Chipman  SV(2) 1.0 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
6
3
  E–Handley (15), Jurges (8).  DP–Chicago 2. Sturgeon-Jurges-Waitkus, Waitkus-Merullo-Waitkus.  2B–Pittsburgh Fletcher (24); Russell (28); Cox (21), Chicago McCullough (18).  HR–Pittsburgh Gustine (6,7th inning off Erickson 0 on), Chicago McCullough (4,1st inning off Ostermueller 1 on).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Erickson 2 (6).  Team–10.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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