Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 15, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1947 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Chicago Cubs 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cox ss 3 1 0 0
Herman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Basinski 2b 1 0 0 0
Russell cf 3 0 0 0
Greenberg 1b 4 0 1 1
Gustine 3b 4 0 0 0
Kiner lf 3 0 1 0
Westlake rf 3 0 1 0
Jarvis c 3 0 0 0
Sewell p 3 0 2 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 3 0
Waitkus 1b 4 0 1 0
Pafko cf 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta lf 4 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 0 0
Scheffing c 3 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
Merullo ss 3 0 0 0
Borowy p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Pittsburgh 000 001 000150
Chicago 000 000 000050
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sewell  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 5 0 0 0 1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Borowy  L (0-1) 9.0 5 1 1 2 3
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 2 3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2. Hack-Johnson-Waitkus, Scheffing-Merullo.  2B–Pittsburgh Greenberg (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:00.  A–29,427.

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