Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 2, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1950 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 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 1 2 0
Beard cf 4 0 0 0
  Westlake ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Hopp rf 5 2 3 2
Kiner lf 4 1 2 2
O'Connell 3b 5 0 1 0
Castiglione 2b 5 0 1 0
Phillips 1b 4 0 2 0
McCullough c 4 0 1 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Mueller c 0 0 0 0
Werle p 4 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 12 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 2 1 0 0
Russell lf 5 2 2 3
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 2b 4 1 2 2
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 2 0
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Cox 3b 4 1 1 0
Branca p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Pittsburgh 000 020 002 04120
Brooklyn 200 000 002 1571
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle   8.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Dickson  L(5-12) 1.1 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.2
7
5
5
4
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  W(5-5) 10.0 12 4 4 4 4
Totals
10.0
12
4
4
4
4

  E–Campanella (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Rojek-Castiglione-Phillips, Brooklyn 2. Reese-Robinson-Hodges, Robinson-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Pittsburgh Hopp (16,off Branca).  HR–Pittsburgh Hopp (6,5th inning off Branca 1 on 2 out); Kiner (29,9th inning off Branca 1 on 2 out), Brooklyn Robinson (11,1st inning off Werle 1 on 2 out); Russell (10,9th inning off Werle 1 on 0 out).  IBB–Kiner (5,by Branca).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:18.  A–6,361.
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