Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Braves
July 24, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1949 at Braves Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Boston Braves 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 4 1 2 0
Hopp 1b 5 1 1 1
Restelli cf 4 0 1 2
Kiner lf 3 0 1 0
Westlake rf 3 1 1 0
Basgall 2b 4 0 2 0
Rojek ss 4 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 1 1
Werle p 3 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 2 0 1 0
Fletcher 1b 4 1 0 0
Dark ss 4 1 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 1 1 1
Sauer lf 4 0 0 1
Russell cf 4 0 1 1
Sisti rf 4 0 2 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Sain p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 002 100 100490
Boston 300 000 000370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle  W(7-8) 9.0 7 3 3 2 7
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sain  L(7-10) 9.0 9 4 4 4 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Werle-Basgall-Hopp, Boston 1. Sain-Dark-Fletcher.  2B–Pittsburgh Castiglione (12); Hopp (9); Westlake (12); Fitz Gerald (4), Boston Stanky (18).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U–Lon Warneke, Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan.
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