Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 21, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1948 at Ebbets 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 2 1 0
Gustine 3b 5 4 5 2
Hopp cf 4 0 2 0
Kiner lf 3 1 1 0
Walker rf 4 0 1 2
  Westlake rf 0 0 0 0
West 1b 5 1 1 3
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 3 0 0 0
  Gregg p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 2b 5 1 1 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Lund lf 3 1 2 0
  Vaughan lf 1 0 0 0
Furillo cf 4 1 2 1
Edwards c 4 1 1 1
Brown 3b 3 0 1 0
  Jorgensen 3b 1 0 0 0
Whitman rf 4 0 2 1
Ward 1b 2 0 0 0
  Robinson 1b 2 0 0 0
Barney p 1 0 0 0
  Roe p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Cox ph 1 0 0 0
  Hatten p 0 0 0 0
  Hermanski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 3
Pittsburgh 102 030 101–8111
Brooklyn 000 003 100–4100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  W(2-1) 6.0 9 4 3 1 2
  Gregg  SV(1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
1
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Barney  L(1-3) 2.0 4 3 3 3 1
  Roe   3.0 2 3 3 1 1
  King   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hatten   3.0 5 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
4
  E–Rojek (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rojek-West.  2B–Pittsburgh Gustine (7), Brooklyn Miksis (1); Edwards (7).  3B–Brooklyn Furillo (2).  HR–Pittsburgh Gustine (2,7th inning off Hatten 0 on 0 out); West (5,5th inning off Roe 2 on 2 out).  SH–Walker (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U–Jocko Conlan, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:31.  A–8,803.
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