Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 26, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1949 at Forbes Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Brooklyn Dodgers 15, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 1 4 1
Cox 3b 5 1 0 0
Furillo rf 5 4 5 4
  Whitman rf 1 1 1 0
Robinson 2b 4 3 3 0
  Miksis 2b 1 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 2 2 0
Brown lf 5 1 3 5
  Hermanski lf 0 0 0 0
Campanella c 6 1 3 2
Snider cf 6 0 0 0
Newcombe p 4 1 1 1
Totals 47 15 22 13
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 0 1 0
Bockman 3b 5 0 2 0
Restelli cf 5 1 2 0
Kiner lf 4 1 1 0
Westlake rf 4 1 2 2
Stevens 1b 4 0 0 0
Basgall 2b 4 0 3 1
Masi c 4 0 1 0
Werle p 2 0 0 0
  Riddle p 0 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 13 3
Brooklyn 003 010 100115221
Pittsburgh 010 000 0203133
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W(5-1) 9.0 13 3 3 0 5
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
0
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle  L(4-5) 6.0 15 8 8 2 0
  Riddle   0.1 3 4 3 0 0
  Casey   0.2 2 2 0 0 0
  Sewell   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
22
15
12
4
0

  E–Brown (1), Restelli 2 (4), Basgall (5).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Pittsburgh 1. Rojek-Basgall-Stevens.  2B–Brooklyn Reese (16); Robinson (17); Newcombe (2), Pittsburgh Rojek (6); Kiner (11).  3B–Brooklyn Furillo (6).  HR–Brooklyn Furillo (6,5th inning off Werle 0 on 0 out).  SH–Cox (1).  HBP–Robinson (3).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  U–Scotty Robb, Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore.
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