Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Braves
September 17, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 2, Boston Braves 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 0 1 0
Hopp 1b 4 0 1 0
Beard cf 4 0 0 0
Kiner lf 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 0 2 0
  Basgall pr 0 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 1 2 0
Bockman 3b 4 1 1 1
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 1 1
Lombardi p 2 0 0 0
  West ph 1 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Holmes rf 4 0 1 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
McCormick M. lf,cf 4 1 2 1
Elliott 3b 3 2 1 0
McCormick F. 1b 3 0 1 1
  Torgeson 1b 1 1 0 0
Conatser cf 3 0 1 1
  Heath lf 1 0 1 1
Masi c 3 1 0 1
Sisti 2b 3 0 1 0
Sain p 2 0 0 1
Totals 31 6 9 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 200–283
Boston 010 002 12x–690
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lombardi  L(8-8) 6.0 7 3 2 0 1
  Higbe   2.0 2 3 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
2
2
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  W(21-14) 9.0 8 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
5
  E–Rojek (28), Kiner (8), Higbe (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rojek-Murtaugh-Hopp.  2B–Pittsburgh Murtaugh (21); Bockman (7); Fitz Gerald (9), Boston M. McCormick (19).  3B–Boston M. McCormick (6).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Sisti (7); Sain (12).  Team–5.  U–Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon, Lou Jorda.  T–1:49.  A–11,838.
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