Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 11, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 2b 5 2 2 1
Reese ss 5 1 2 1
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Furillo cf 6 0 1 0
Hodges c 6 0 2 1
Lund lf 5 0 0 0
Cox 3b 4 0 1 0
Whitman rf 5 0 0 0
Branca p 4 0 0 0
  Ramsdell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 6 0 2 1
Gustine 3b 6 0 1 0
Hopp cf 5 0 0 0
Kiner lf 5 0 0 0
Westlake rf 4 1 1 0
Stevens 1b 3 0 1 1
  Bockman pr 0 0 0 0
  West 1b 2 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 1 1 0
Kluttz c 2 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
  Fitz Gerald c 2 0 0 0
Lombardi p 4 0 1 0
  Chesnes ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 8 2
Brooklyn 001 000 000 000 2381
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 000 1281
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  W(6-5) 12.2 8 2 2 4 4
  Ramsdell  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
13.0
8
2
2
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lombardi  L(3-4) 13.0 8 3 3 7 4
Totals
13.0
8
3
3
7
4

  E–Lund (1), Murtaugh (5).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Robinson-Reese, Pittsburgh 1. Gustine-Murtaugh-Stevens.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (8), Pittsburgh Westlake (3); Walker (9).  3B–Pittsburgh Rojek (3).  HR–Brooklyn Miksis (1,3rd inning off Lombardi 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U–Al Barlick, George Barr, Lee Ballanfant.  T–3:24.  A–10,233.
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