Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
June 28, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1951 at Crosley 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Castiglione 3b 5 3 4 2
Dusak cf 2 0 2 2
  Howerton cf 3 0 2 2
Bell rf 5 0 0 0
Kiner lf 3 0 1 0
Phillips 1b 5 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 5 0 0 0
Strickland ss 4 2 2 0
McCullough c 5 1 4 0
Werle p 4 1 0 0
  Wilks p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 15 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 5 1 1 0
Usher cf 5 1 2 1
Wyrostek rf 4 0 1 1
Adcock lf 3 0 1 0
  Kluszewski 1b 1 0 0 1
Ryan 1b 3 0 0 0
  Merriman lf 1 0 1 0
Stallcup ss 4 0 1 0
Hatton 3b 4 2 1 1
Scheffing c 3 0 0 0
Raffensberger p 1 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 1 1
  McMillan pr 0 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
  Meeks ph 1 1 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  McCosky ph 1 0 1 0
  Perkowski pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Pittsburgh 030 301 0007150
Cincinnati 000 010 1305111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle  W(4-1) 7.0 8 5 5 2 4
  Wilks   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Raffensberger  L(7-8) 3.1 9 6 6 0 4
  Wehmeier   1.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Byerly   3.0 4 1 0 0 1
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
2
7

  E–Adams (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Castiglione-Phillips, Cincinnati 1. Adams-Stallcup-Kluszewski.  2B–Pittsburgh Dusak (1,off Raffensberger); Castiglione 2 (9,off Raffensberger,off Byerly), Cincinnati Adcock (11,off Werle).  HR–Cincinnati Hatton (4,7th inning off Werle 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Kiner (1,by Byerly).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  U–Bill Stewart, Artie Gore, Jocko Conlan.  T–2:18.  A–7,568.
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