Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 18, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 9, Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 5 1 2 0
Saffell cf 4 2 1 0
Hopp 1b 2 1 0 0
  Phillips 1b 2 0 1 2
Kiner lf 2 2 0 1
Bell rf 3 2 1 1
O'Connell ss 4 0 1 2
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 0 2
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
Chambers p 4 1 1 0
Totals 33 9 7 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Terwilliger 2b 5 1 2 0
Borkowski rf 4 0 1 1
Ward 1b 4 0 1 1
Sauer lf 4 0 1 0
Pafko cf 3 0 1 0
Serena 3b 4 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 1
Owen c 3 0 1 0
  Sawatski c 1 0 0 0
Dubiel p 0 0 0 0
  Schmitz p 3 1 1 0
  Jeffcoat ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 402 000 201–970
Chicago 000 000 021–391
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Chambers  W(10-13) 9.0 9 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Dubiel  L(4-7) 0.1 2 4 4 3 0
  Schmitz   8.2 5 5 4 5 7
Totals
9.0
7
9
8
8
7
  E–Schmitz (4).  PB–Owen (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Bell (14,off Schmitz).  3B–Pittsburgh Phillips (4,off Schmitz).  HR–Chicago Smalley (17,9th inning off Chambers 0 on 0 out).  SH–Saffell (1,off Schmitz).  IBB–Kiner (6,by Dubiel).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.  T–1:58.  A–3,823.
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