Boston Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 2, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1950 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jethroe cf 4 0 1 0
Torgeson 1b 3 0 1 1
Reiser lf 4 0 1 0
Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Ryan 2b 2 1 0 0
Kerr ss 3 0 0 0
Spahn p 0 0 0 0
  Hogue p 1 0 0 0
  Holmes ph 1 0 1 0
  Donovan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione ss 3 2 1 0
Beard rf 3 0 0 0
Kiner lf 2 2 0 0
Fernandez 3b 3 1 1 1
Westlake cf 2 1 2 3
Phillips 1b 3 0 1 1
Murtaugh 2b 3 0 1 0
McCullough c 4 0 0 0
Dickson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 6 5
Boston 000 010 000–150
Pittsburgh 400 000 20x–661
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L(3-1) 0.1 3 4 4 3 1
  Hogue   3.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Donovan   4.0 1 2 2 3 1
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
7
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  W(2-1) 9.0 5 1 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
2
3
  E–Fernandez (3).  DP–Boston 1. Elliott-Torgeson, Pittsburgh 2. Murtaugh-Phillips, Murtaugh-Castiglione-Phillips.  3B–Pittsburgh Westlake (1,off Spahn).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Phillips (1,off Hogue); Beard (2,off Donovan).  IBB–Kiner (2,by Donovan).  Team–6.  U–Dusty Boggess, Lon Warneke, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:01.  A–24,115.
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