Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 20, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1947 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 1 0
Holmes rf 5 0 1 0
Hopp cf 5 1 2 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 2 0
Rowell lf 5 1 2 1
Masi c 3 1 0 0
Torgeson 1b 5 0 1 1
Culler ss 5 0 2 0
Sain p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick ph 1 0 0 1
  Karl p 1 0 1 0
Totals 40 3 12 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cox ss 4 1 1 0
Rikard cf 4 1 0 0
Westlake rf 4 1 1 0
Greenberg 1b 5 0 1 1
Gustine 3b 2 1 0 0
Kiner lf 4 0 2 2
Kluttz c 4 0 2 1
Basinski 2b 4 0 2 0
Bahr p 2 0 0 0
  Bonham p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Boston 000 002 100 0–3120
Pittsburgh 201 000 000 1–4100
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain   5.0 5 3 3 4 2
  Karl  L(1-2) 4.0 5 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bahr   6.1 10 3 3 4 1
  Bonham  W(2-0) 3.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
12
3
3
4
3
  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Culler-Murtaugh-Torgeson, Pittsburgh 1. Basinski-Greenberg.  Team LOB–11.  SH–Bahr (2).  Team–9.  U–Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:20.  A–37,175.
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