Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
July 16, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1954 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allie ss 3 0 0 0
Skinner 1b 4 0 2 0
  Hall lf 0 1 0 0
Ward rf,1b 4 0 2 1
Thomas cf 3 0 0 0
Lynch lf,rf 4 1 2 0
Shepard c 1 0 0 0
Cole 2b 3 0 0 1
Janowicz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gordon ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Thies p 2 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
  Hetki p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Talbot cf 5 1 2 0
Baker 2b 5 1 3 1
Fondy 1b 3 1 1 1
Jackson 3b 4 0 2 1
Rice rf 4 0 0 0
Sauer lf 3 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 0
McCullough c 4 0 0 0
Rush p 4 0 2 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Pittsburgh 000 100 010–261
Chicago 000 000 201–3110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Thies   7.0 9 2 2 2 1
  Hetki  L(2-1) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.1
11
3
3
2
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  W(6-10) 9.0 6 2 2 4 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
5
  E–Skinner (8).  2B–Pittsburgh Skinner (7); Lynch (2)., Chicago Talbot (11); Baker 2 (17); Jackson (13).  3B–Chicago Baker (3).  SH–Shepard 2 (4).  SF–Cole (5).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  SB–Fondy (14); Jackson (2).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Lon Warneke.  T–2:20.  A–4,586.
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