Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 1, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1948 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 4 0 1 0
  Corbitt pr 0 0 0 0
  Erautt p 0 0 0 0
Adams 2b 3 0 0 0
Hatton 3b 4 0 0 0
Sauer lf 3 1 1 1
Lamanno c 3 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 0
Wyrostek cf 4 1 1 1
Stallcup ss 3 0 0 0
Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 1 0 0 0
  Lively p 1 0 0 0
  Vollmer rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 1 3 2
Gustine 3b 4 0 2 2
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Walker rf 3 0 0 0
  West rf 1 0 0 0
Stevens 1b 4 0 0 0
Westlake cf 3 1 2 0
Murtaugh 2b 3 2 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 2 2 1 0
Ostermueller p 4 1 1 2
Totals 31 7 10 7
Cincinnati 000 000 110–250
Pittsburgh 034 000 00x–7101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hughes  L(0-2) 1.2 5 3 3 2 0
  Wehmeier   1.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Lively   4.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Erautt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  W(1-0) 9.0 5 2 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
6
  E–Murtaugh (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Kluszewski-Stallcup-Lively, Stallcup-Adams-Kluszewski, Pittsburgh 1. Murtaugh-Rojek-Stevens.  2B–Pittsburgh Gustine (3).  HR–Cincinnati Sauer (6,7th inning off Ostermueller 0 on); Wyrostek (3,8th inning off Ostermueller 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Westlake (1).  Team–5.  U–Babe Pinelli, Scotty Robb, Artie Gore.  T–2:11.  A–13,661.
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