Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 21, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 3 1 1 0
Dark ss 6 1 2 3
Reiser lf 5 1 1 2
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 0
Russell cf 5 0 1 0
Rickert 1b 4 2 3 0
Holmes rf 3 0 0 0
  Sisti pr 0 1 0 0
  Hogue p 0 0 0 0
Salkeld c 3 0 1 0
  Masi pr,c 1 1 1 1
Spahn p 3 0 0 0
  Conatser ph,rf 2 1 2 2
Totals 39 8 13 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rackley cf 3 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 0 0
Stevens 1b 4 1 2 1
Kiner lf 4 0 3 0
Westlake rf 4 0 0 0
Bockman 3b 4 1 2 1
Rojek ss 3 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
Dickson p 3 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
  Chambers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Boston 000 000 071–8130
Pittsburgh 000 001 100–270
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W(5-2) 7.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Hogue   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  L(1-6) 7.1 8 4 4 6 0
  Casey   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Chambers   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
7
0
  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Stanky-Dark-Rickert.  PB–McCullough (1).  2B–Boston Dark (10).  3B–Boston Rickert (2).  HR–Boston Reiser (1,8th inning off Casey 1 on), Pittsburgh Stevens (3,6th inning off Spahn 0 on); Bockman (6,7th inning off Spahn 0 on).  SH–Hogue (2); Rojek (3).  Team LOB–12.  Team–5.  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Lon Warneke.
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