Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 5, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1950 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 0 1 0
Beard cf 4 0 0 0
Coogan 1b 4 1 2 0
Kiner lf 4 2 2 2
Westlake rf 3 1 0 0
Castiglione 3b 3 0 2 0
Schenz 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hopp ph 0 0 0 0
  Murtaugh 2b 0 0 0 0
Turner c 3 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 1
  Mueller c 0 0 0 0
Queen p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Terwilliger 2b 4 0 1 0
Walker c 4 0 0 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 0 0
Sauer lf 3 0 0 0
Pafko cf 3 0 0 0
Northey rf 3 1 1 0
Smalley ss 3 0 1 0
Serena 3b 3 0 1 1
  Verban pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Lade p 1 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Pittsburgh 000 200 002470
Chicago 000 000 010141
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Queen  W(2-7) 9.0 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lade  L(4-2) 8.0 6 2 2 0 3
  Hiller   0.0 1 2 1 0 0
  Leonard   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
1
3

  E–Verban (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Kiner-Turner.  PB–Walker (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Coogan (6,off Lade), Chicago Terwilliger (11,off Queen); Northey (8,off Queen).  3B–Chicago Serena (4,off Queen).  HR–Pittsburgh Kiner (22,4th inning off Lade 1 on 0 out).  SH–Castiglione (5,off Leonard); Lade (2,off Queen).  HBP–Westlake (4,by Hiller).  IBB–Hopp (1,by Leonard).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  U–Larry Goetz, Frank Dascoli, Lou Jorda.  T–1:47.  A–10,815.
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