Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 6, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1947 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Lowrey lf 4 0 1 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 0 0
Pafko cf 4 0 1 0
Scheffing c 3 0 1 0
Sturgeon 3b 3 0 0 0
Rickert 1b 3 0 1 0
Merullo ss 3 0 1 0
Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Wyse p 1 0 0 0
  Passeau p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cox ss 4 1 3 0
  Wietelmann ss 1 0 0 0
Russell cf 4 1 1 0
Gustine 3b 5 1 3 1
Kiner lf 4 1 1 1
Fletcher 1b 4 3 3 0
Westlake rf 4 3 3 4
Bloodworth 2b 4 0 1 3
Salkeld c 4 0 1 1
Ostermueller p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 16 10
Chicago 000 000 000060
Pittsburgh 602 020 00x10160
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  L(3-1) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Wyse   3.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Passeau   5.0 7 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
2
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  W(6-5) 9.0 6 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2. Gustine-Bloodworth-Fletcher, Cox-Bloodworth-Fletcher.  2B–Pittsburgh Cox (13); Kiner (12); Westlake (6).  3B–Pittsburgh Cox (4); Westlake (3).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Ostermueller (3).  HBP–Russell (1).  Team–7.  SB–Russell (3).  U–Larry Goetz, Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon.  T–1:51.  A–25,776.
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