Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 23, 1950 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1950 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Reds 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 4 2 1 0
Hatton 3b 4 1 2 2
Wyrostek rf 5 0 1 2
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 1
Merriman cf 4 1 1 0
  Usher ph 1 0 0 0
Adcock lf 4 1 2 1
Stallcup ss 4 0 1 0
Howell c 4 1 3 1
Wehmeier p 2 0 0 0
  Tappe ph 1 0 0 0
  Hetki p 0 0 0 0
  Meeks ph 0 0 0 0
  Ryan pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 5 0 1 1
Saffell cf 4 2 2 0
Kiner lf 3 3 2 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
O'Connell ss 4 0 2 2
Phillips 1b 4 1 1 2
Berardino 2b 2 1 0 0
McCullough c 3 1 2 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 1 2
  Schenz pr 0 0 0 0
  Queen p 1 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 0 0 0 0
  Walsh p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 7
Cincinnati 100 210 003–7120
Pittsburgh 202 031 00x–8110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  L(10-18) 5.0 9 7 7 7 3
  Hetki   3.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
8
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W(6-9) 5.0 8 4 4 1 3
  Queen   3.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Lombardi   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Walsh  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
4
  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Berardino-Phillips.  2B–Cincinnati Adams (21); Merriman (13); Adcock (15); Stallcup (22); Howell (8), Pittsburgh Kiner 2 (21); McCullough (16); Stevens (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U–Lon Warneke, Artie Gore, Bill Stewart.
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