Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1947 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 5 2 1 2
Reese ss 4 1 1 0
Furillo cf 4 2 2 2
Edwards c 3 1 1 3
Walker rf 3 0 1 0
Lund lf 3 0 0 0
  Reiser lf 1 0 1 0
Jorgensen 3b 1 0 0 0
  Lavagetto 3b 2 0 0 0
Banta p 2 0 0 0
  Barney p 0 0 0 0
  Van Cuyk p 0 0 0 0
  Miksis ph 0 1 0 0
  Behrman p 1 0 0 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Russell rf,cf 5 1 3 2
Castiglione ss 4 1 1 1
  Fletcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox ss 0 0 0 0
Gustine 3b 4 0 1 1
Kiner lf 3 1 1 1
Greenberg 1b 3 0 0 0
Woodling cf 2 0 0 0
  Westlake rf 3 2 3 2
Howell c 2 0 0 0
  Kluttz c 1 1 0 0
Wietelmann 2b 2 1 0 0
  Rikard ph 1 1 1 0
  Bloodworth 2b 0 0 0 0
Roe p 2 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Salkeld ph 0 0 0 1
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
Brooklyn 300 000 400781
Pittsburgh 011 020 0318100
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Banta   4.1 5 4 4 3 2
  Barney   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Van Cuyk   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Behrman   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Palica   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  King  L (6-5) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals 8.1 10 8 8 8 4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Roe   6.1 7 7 7 5 2
  Bonham   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Higbe  W (13-15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 8 7 7 5 4

  E–Walker (10).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Edwards-Stanky.  2B–Brooklyn Furillo (24); Reiser (23), Pittsburgh Westlake (17).  3B–Brooklyn Walker (3).  HR–Brooklyn Robinson (12,7th inning off Roe 1 on 1 out); Furillo (8,7th inning off Roe 1 on 1 out); Edwards (9,1st inning off Roe 2 on 2 out), Pittsburgh Kiner (50,2nd inning off Banta 0 on 0 out); Westlake (17,9th inning off King 0 on 1 out).  SH–Stanky (12); Roe (4).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Robinson (28).  U–Bill Stewart, Butch Henline, George Magerkurth.  T–2:46.  A–15,440.

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