Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 29, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 0 0 0
Hopp 1b 4 0 1 0
Saffell cf 4 0 1 0
Kiner lf 4 0 0 0
Westlake rf 3 0 0 0
Castiglione 3b 3 1 1 0
Murtaugh 2b 3 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 0 2 1
Chambers p 2 0 1 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Gumbert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 3 2 1 1
Cox 3b 4 1 1 0
Furillo rf 3 0 1 1
Robinson 2b 4 1 3 2
Campanella c 2 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 2 1
McCormick lf 4 0 1 0
Banta p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 010 000 000–160
Brooklyn 000 100 13x–590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Chambers  L(9-5) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Gumbert   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
3
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Banta  W(7-4) 9.0 6 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
1
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rojek-Murtaugh-Hopp.  2B–Pittsburgh Hopp (10); Saffell (4); Castiglione (15).  HR–Brooklyn Reese (15,8th inning off Gumbert 0 on 0 out); Robinson (15,8th inning off Gumbert 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Furillo (5); Hodges (9).  Team–6.  U–Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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