Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 19, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1949 at Forbes 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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Boston Braves 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 0 2 1
Dark ss 4 0 0 0
Reiser lf 4 0 0 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 2 0
Russell cf 3 1 0 0
Rickert 1b 2 0 1 0
Holmes rf 4 0 0 0
Salkeld c 2 1 1 1
  Masi pr,c 0 1 0 0
Bickford p 2 0 1 1
Totals 30 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 0 1 0
Walker rf 4 0 1 0
Stevens 1b 4 0 0 0
Kiner lf 4 0 1 0
Westlake cf 4 0 1 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 1 2 0
Bockman 3b 4 1 1 2
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
Riddle p 3 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Boston 001 000 002–370
Pittsburgh 000 200 000–271
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford  W(5-2) 9.0 7 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Riddle  L(0-3) 8.2 6 3 3 4 1
  Casey   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
1
  E–Bockman (4).  2B–Boston Salkeld (2), Pittsburgh Murtaugh 2 (4).  HR–Pittsburgh Bockman (5,4th inning off Bickford 1 on).  SH–Rickert (1); Bickford 2 (3).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U–Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke, Bill Stewart.
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