Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Braves
May 18, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1948 at Braves 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Boston Braves 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 0 2 0
Gustine 3b 3 0 0 0
Hopp cf 3 1 0 0
Kiner lf 4 1 1 2
Walker rf 4 0 1 0
West 1b 4 2 3 1
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 1 1
Singleton p 3 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 1 2 1
  McCormick M. rf 1 0 0 0
Dark ss 5 0 2 0
Russell cf 4 0 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Heath lf 1 1 0 0
  Conatser lf 1 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 4 1 1 2
Masi c 4 0 0 0
Ryan 2b 1 0 1 0
Voiselle p 3 0 0 0
  Hogue p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick F. ph 1 0 0 0
  Bickford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 010 100 020–491
Boston 000 002 100–370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Singleton   6.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Lombardi  W(1-2) 3.0 1 0 0 4 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
8
3
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Voiselle  L(4-1) 7.0 8 4 4 4 6
  Hogue   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bickford   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
8
  E–Gustine (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. West-Rojek, Boston 1. Torgeson.  2B–Pittsburgh West (1); Murtaugh (4).  HR–Pittsburgh Kiner (8,8th inning off Voiselle 1 on); West (3,4th inning off Voiselle 0 on), Boston Holmes (2,7th inning off Singleton 0 on); Torgeson (3,6th inning off Singleton 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Russell (2).  Team–12.  SB–Rojek (1).  U–Bill Stewart, Dusty Boggess, Butch Henline.  T–2:37.  A–19,181.
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