Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Braves
July 22, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1949 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 3, Boston Braves 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 0 1 0
Hopp 1b 4 1 2 0
Restelli cf 3 1 0 0
Kiner lf 4 0 1 1
Westlake rf 4 0 1 1
Basgall 2b 2 0 0 0
  Saffell ph 1 0 1 0
Rojek ss 2 1 0 0
McCullough c 4 0 2 1
Lombardi p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 2 0 1 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 5 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 4 1 2 0
Dark ss 5 0 1 0
Elliott 3b 1 1 0 0
Sauer cf,lf 2 0 1 1
  Rickert ph,lf 3 1 0 0
Holmes rf 4 0 0 0
Sisti lf 0 0 0 0
  Reiser ph,cf 4 2 3 1
Crandall c 3 0 3 2
Bickford p 3 0 1 0
  Hogue p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 4
Pittsburgh 210 000 000391
Boston 100 120 10x5110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lombardi   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Dickson  L(4-12) 7.0 9 4 3 5 6
Totals
8.0
11
5
4
6
6
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Bickford  W(12-6) 6.1 7 3 3 2 2
  Hogue   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
5

  E–Restelli (5).  DP–Boston 1. Dark-Fletcher.  2B–Pittsburgh Hopp (8); McCullough (5); Dickson (4), Boston Reiser (5).  3B–Boston Crandall (1).  HR–Boston Reiser (6,4th inning off Dickson 0 on).  SH–Basgall (3); Rojek (12).  Team LOB–6.  Team–12.  SB–Saffell (1).  U–Bill Stewart, Lon Warneke, Jocko Conlan.
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