Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 22, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1950 at Forbes 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 0 1 0
Hermanski lf 3 2 1 0
Snider cf 5 1 1 1
Robinson 2b 3 2 1 0
Furillo rf 3 2 2 3
Hodges 1b 2 2 0 1
Campanella c 4 1 1 3
Cox 3b 4 0 1 2
Palica p 3 0 0 0
  Bankhead p 2 0 0 0
  Branca p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 8 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Berardino 3b,2b 5 0 0 0
Saffell cf 4 1 3 0
Kiner lf 3 1 0 0
Westlake rf 5 1 1 1
O'Connell ss 4 4 3 1
Phillips 1b 4 0 2 3
Murtaugh 2b 1 0 1 0
  Castiglione ph,3b 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
McCullough c 4 1 2 3
Queen p 0 0 0 0
  Hopp ph 1 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 0 0 0 0
  Pierro p 0 0 0 0
  Dickson p 2 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  MacDonald p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Brooklyn 203 401 0001081
Pittsburgh 010 131 0028120
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Palica  W(7-4) 5.0 8 6 6 4 2
  Bankhead   3.2 4 2 2 1 3
  Branca  SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Queen  L(5-11) 2.0 2 2 2 4 2
  Lombardi   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Pierro   1.1 1 4 4 4 0
  Dickson   4.1 4 1 1 2 1
  MacDonald   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
10
10
12
3

  E–Cox (12).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Robinson-Reese-Hodges, Robinson-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Furillo 2 (25,off Queen,off Dickson); Robinson (34,off Dickson), Pittsburgh Saffell (4,off Palica); O'Connell 2 (7,off Palica,off Bankhead).  3B–Brooklyn Hermanski (3,off Queen); Snider (7,off Pierro).  HR–Brooklyn Campanella (24,3rd inning off Lombardi 2 on 1 out), Pittsburgh McCullough (5,6th inning off Palica 0 on 0 out); Westlake (15,9th inning off Bankhead 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Campanella (13,by Pierro).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  CS–Hermanski (2,2nd base by Dickson/McCullough).  U–Dusty Boggess, Scotty Robb, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:57.  A–19,526.
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