Cincinnati Reds vs Boston Braves
August 5, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1948 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 4, Boston Braves 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Baumholtz rf 4 1 1 0
Corbitt 2b 3 1 0 0
Wyrostek cf 4 1 2 2
Litwhiler lf 4 1 1 2
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 0 0
Lamanno c 3 0 0 0
  Galan ph 1 0 0 0
Hatton 3b 3 0 0 0
Stallcup ss 3 0 0 0
Peterson p 2 0 0 0
  Burkhart p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 4 4
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 2 2 0
Dark ss 5 2 2 0
Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 2
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 0
Conatser cf 2 1 1 2
  Heath lf 0 0 0 0
McCormick M. lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Masi c 4 0 0 1
Sturgeon 2b 4 0 1 0
Spahn p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick F. ph 1 0 1 1
  Hogue p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Cincinnati 000 103 000–440
Boston 002 002 02x–6111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Peterson   6.1 8 4 4 4 4
  Burkhart  L(0-1) 1.2 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
5
6
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   6.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Hogue  W(7-2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
1
3
  E–Dark (19).  2B–Cincinnati Baumholtz (7), Boston Dark 2 (24).  3B–Cincinnati Wyrostek (7), Boston Torgeson (5).  HR–Cincinnati Litwhiler (12,4th inning off Spahn 0 on).  Team LOB–2.  Team–10.  U–Lou Jorda, Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon.  T–2:09.  A–13,521.
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