Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 28, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1970 at Forbes 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 3 0 1 1
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Callison rf 4 0 1 0
Hickman cf 3 1 1 0
Rudolph c 2 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin c 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Day ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 2 0
Hebner 3b 2 0 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 2 2 3
Jeter lf 2 1 0 0
Alley ss 4 1 3 1
Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 1 0 0
Walker p 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Ricketts ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 5
Chicago 000 010 000131
Pittsburgh 200 013 00x690
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (3-2) 5.0 6 5 5 2 4
  Colborn   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walker  W (3-1) 5.0 2 1 1 5 6
  Dal Canton   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Giusti  SV (3) 3.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
6
10

  E–Beckert (3).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Rudolph (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner (8,off Holtzman); Alley (2,off Colborn).  3B–Chicago Hickman (1,off Walker).  HR–Pittsburgh Sanguillen 2 (3,1st inning off Holtzman 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hebner (1,off Holtzman); Walker (3,off Holtzman).  HBP–Hebner (1,by Holtzman).  HBP–Holtzman (1,Hebner).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:36.  A–6,717.
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