Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 9, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1948 at Forbes Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 14, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Robinson 2b,1b 4 2 2 0
Jorgensen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cox 3b 1 2 1 0
Reiser rf 4 1 2 0
  Furillo cf 1 1 1 0
Vaughan lf 4 2 1 3
  Rackley lf 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 5 2 3 3
Snider cf 3 0 0 0
  Lund ph 0 0 0 0
  Hermanski rf 0 2 0 0
Reese ss 5 2 3 6
  Mauch 2b 0 0 0 0
Ward 1b 5 0 1 1
  Miksis ss 0 0 0 0
Branca p 5 0 1 0
Totals 40 14 15 13
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 3 0 0 0
Gustine 3b 3 0 2 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 0 0 0
Westlake cf 4 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 3 2 1 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 2 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 0 1
Singleton p 2 0 0 1
  West ph 1 0 0 0
  Gutteridge pr 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 0 0 0 0
  Queen p 0 0 0 0
  Main p 0 0 0 0
  Hopp ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Brooklyn 101 001 056–14150
Pittsburgh 000 010 001–261
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  W(2-3) 9.0 6 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Singleton  L(1-1) 7.0 8 3 2 0 5
  Lombardi   0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Queen   1.0 5 8 8 3 1
  Main   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
14
13
4
7
  E–Murtaugh (2).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Ward, Pittsburgh 2. Stevens-Singleton-Fitz Gerald, Gustine-Stevens.  2B–Brooklyn Reiser (2); Edwards (5); Reese (4), Pittsburgh Stevens (5).  HR–Brooklyn Edwards (2,6th inning off Singleton 0 on 1 out); Reese (1,8th inning off Queen 3 on 1 out).  SH–Cox (1).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  SB–Murtaugh (1).  U–Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.
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