Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 28, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1950 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Terwilliger 2b 3 1 1 1
Owen c 4 1 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 3 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 1 2 2
Pafko cf 4 1 2 0
Serena 3b 3 0 1 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Borkowski rf 3 1 2 1
Rush p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schenz 3b 5 0 1 0
Coogan 1b 5 0 0 0
Kiner lf 4 1 2 0
Hopp rf 3 0 1 1
Westlake cf 4 0 1 0
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 1 0
Strickland ss 2 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 0 0 0 0
  Rojek ss 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 1 0
Mueller c 2 0 1 0
  Saffell ph 1 0 0 0
  Turner c 1 0 0 0
Lombardi p 0 0 0 0
  Werle p 3 0 0 0
  Rickert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 8 1
Chicago 012 001 001591
Pittsburgh 000 001 000180
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  W(6-1) 9.0 8 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lombardi  L(0-3) 2.1 5 3 3 1 1
  Werle   6.2 4 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
5

  E–Terwilliger (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Murtaugh-Coogan-Strickland, Murtaugh-Strickland-Coogan.  2B–Pittsburgh Schenz (2,off Rush); Kiner 2 (4,off Rush 2).  HR–Chicago Sauer (6,2nd inning off Lombardi 0 on 0 out); Terwilliger (4,3rd inning off Lombardi 0 on 0 out); Borkowski (1,9th inning off Werle 0 on 2 out).  SH–Serena (1,off Lombardi); Cavarretta (1,off Lombardi).  IBB–Borkowski (1,by Lombardi).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Hopp (1,by Rush).  Team–10.  U-HP–Scotty Robb, 1B–Babe Pinelli, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–1:51.  A–23,873.
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