Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 18, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1948 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Chicago Cubs 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 1 4 0
Hopp cf 5 0 1 0
Walker rf 4 1 0 1
Kiner lf 2 1 0 0
Bockman 3b 3 1 1 1
Stevens 1b 3 1 1 0
  Westlake ph 1 0 0 0
  West 1b 0 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 1 1 3
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 0 0
Chesnes p 4 1 2 1
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Verban 2b 5 1 2 0
Jeffcoat cf 5 1 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 1 2 1
Pafko 3b 5 0 3 3
Lowrey lf 4 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 4 0 1 0
Scheffing c 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 4 0 1 0
Meyer p 3 0 0 0
  Chipman p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 4 10 4
Pittsburgh 010 000 060–7101
Chicago 200 000 002–4101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Chesnes  W(9-3) 8.2 10 4 3 3 3
  Higbe  SV(7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  L(9-9) 7.1 8 6 6 5 3
  Chipman   1.2 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
5
4
  E–Rojek (23), Smalley (25).  DP–Chicago 1. Smalley-Cavarretta.  2B–Pittsburgh Rojek (16), Chicago Cavarretta 2 (8); Pafko (21); Scheffing (15).  3B–Pittsburgh Stevens (6).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  SB–Verban (1).  U–Lou Jorda, Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon.  T–2:29.  A–13,317.
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