Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 23, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Menke ss 5 1 2 1
Mathews 3b 5 3 4 1
Aaron H. rf 4 2 2 4
Maye cf 5 1 2 1
Bell lf 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Aaron T. 1b 4 1 1 0
Uecker c 5 0 2 3
Bolling 2b 2 0 0 0
Cloninger p 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 10 15 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 2 1 0 0
  Butters p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Skinner lf 3 0 0 1
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 2 3 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 1 0
Neeman c 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Friend p 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph,cf 3 0 2 2
Totals 34 3 8 3
Milwaukee 410 301 10010150
Pittsburgh 000 001 101381
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  W (8-3) 9.0 8 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L (18-14) 3.1 9 8 8 2 2
  Gibbon   2.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Butters   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Law   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
5
3

  E–Neeman (2).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 4.  2B–Milwaukee Uecker (2,off Friend); Cloninger (1,off Gibbon), Pittsburgh Groat (32,off Cloninger).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews 2 (6,off Friend,off Law).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (28,1st inning off Friend 0 on, 1 out); H Aaron 2 (43,1st inning off Friend 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Friend 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Johnson (5,2nd base off Butters/Neeman).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:40.  A–24,323.
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