Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 30, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1950 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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, Cincinnati Reds 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Beard rf 4 0 2 0
Saffell cf 2 0 0 0
Hopp 1b 3 0 0 0
Kiner lf 1 0 0 0
Fernandez 3b 4 0 1 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 0 0
Castiglione ss 4 0 1 0
McCullough c 3 1 1 0
  Rickert ph 1 0 0 0
  Turner c 0 0 0 0
Queen p 3 0 0 0
  Westlake ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 2 0 0 0
Merriman cf 3 0 0 0
Wyrostek lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 2 1 0 0
Northey rf 3 1 1 2
  Lowrey lf 0 0 0 0
Hatton 3b 3 0 0 0
Stallcup ss 3 0 1 0
Howell c 3 0 0 0
Blackwell p 2 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 2 2
Pittsburgh 000 001 000–150
Cincinnati 000 000 20x–221
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Queen  L(0-1) 8.0 2 2 2 4 1
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
4
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Blackwell  W(1-0) 9.0 5 1 0 7 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
7
6
  E–Stallcup (1).  DP–Cincinnati 3. Stallcup-Adams-Kluszewski, Stallcup-Adams-Kluszewski, Howell-Stallcup.  2B–Pittsburgh Fernandez (4); McCullough (1).  3B–Pittsburgh Beard (1).  HR–Cincinnati Northey (2,7th inning off Queen 1 on).  HBP–Saffell (1).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Merriman (1).  Team–4.  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Artie Gore.
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