Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
April 24, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1951 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 6, Chicago Cubs 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 4 0 1 0
Metkovich cf 3 1 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Kiner 1b 3 2 2 0
  Phillips pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Westlake lf 4 2 2 4
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0
Basgall 2b 4 1 1 0
McCullough c 4 0 1 2
Law p 3 0 0 0
  Werle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Terwilliger 2b 5 0 0 0
Baumholtz rf 3 1 1 0
Sauer lf 3 1 1 0
Cavarretta 1b 4 0 2 2
Pafko cf 3 1 1 0
Serena 3b 4 1 2 1
Smalley ss 3 0 0 1
  Cusick ss 1 0 0 0
Walker c 3 0 0 0
  Borkowski ph 1 0 0 0
Lown p 2 0 0 0
  Mauro ph 1 0 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Ramazzotti ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Pittsburgh 300 003 000–671
Chicago 020 000 020–471
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W(1-0) 7.0 6 4 3 3 3
  Werle   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lown  L(0-1) 7.0 6 6 6 3 0
  McLish   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
4
0
  E–Dillinger (1), Smalley (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Westlake-Basgall, Chicago 1. Pafko-Serena.  2B–Pittsburgh Dillinger (3); Kiner (1); McCullough (1), Chicago Baumholtz (1); Cavarretta (1); Serena (2).  3B–Chicago Serena (1).  HR–Pittsburgh Westlake (3,1st inning off Lown 2 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Dillinger (2).  U–Frank Dascoli, Larry Goetz, Lou Jorda.
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