Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Braves
July 27, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1948 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Boston Braves 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hopp 1b 4 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 1 0
Kiner lf 4 1 1 1
Walker rf 4 0 2 0
Westlake cf 4 0 0 0
Bockman 3b 3 0 0 0
Rojek ss 3 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 1 0
Ostermueller p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
McCormick M. lf 3 0 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 0
McCormick F. 1b 4 0 0 0
Conatser cf 4 3 3 1
Masi c 4 2 2 3
Ryan 2b 2 0 0 0
Potter p 3 0 2 1
Totals 32 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 000–160
Boston 020 002 01x–590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  L(6-3) 8.0 9 5 5 2 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
4
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  W(2-0) 9.0 6 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
3
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Bockman-Hopp.  2B–Boston Masi (9).  HR–Pittsburgh Kiner (28,1st inning off Potter 0 on), Boston Conatser (1,8th inning off Ostermueller 0 on); Masi (4,6th inning off Ostermueller 1 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  U–Bill Stewart, Butch Henline, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:01.  A–29,031.
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