Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 17, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1962 at Forbes Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Milwaukee Braves 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bedell lf 5 1 2 2
McMillan ss 3 1 1 0
Jones rf 5 0 1 2
Aaron cf 3 1 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 4 1 1 1
Menke 1b 4 1 0 0
Samuel 3b 3 1 0 0
Shaw p 4 1 1 1
Totals 35 7 8 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 2 2 1
Groat ss 4 0 2 0
Skinner lf 4 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 2 1
Burgess c 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Friend p 0 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 1 0 0 0
  Veale p 1 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Milwaukee 700 000 000 0–781
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 1–281
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw  W (4-1) 9.0 8 2 2 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L (4-4) 0.2 4 5 3 0 0
  Sturdivant   2.1 4 2 0 1 2
  Veale   5.0 0 0 0 3 3
  Lamabe   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
3
6
6
  E–Samuel (2), Skinner (4).  DP–Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Milwaukee McMillan (3).  3B–Milwaukee Bedell (1).  HR–Pittsburgh Virdon (1).  IBB–Samuel (1).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  IBB–Sturdivant (2).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:08.  A–10,010.
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