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Braves 11 @ Pirates 9
Forbes Field
May 7, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, played on May 7, 1940 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 11 to 9.

Game Summary

DateMay 7, 1940 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 11 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 11
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 9 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 9
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherTom Earley  
Losing PitcherJohnny Lanning  
SaveBill Swift  
Game Winning RBILes Scarsella 

Game Info

DateMay 7, 1940 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Piechota  
Home Starting PitcherDanny MacFayden  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance2,098 
Time of Game3 hours 1 minute 
UmpiresHP: Tom Dunn
1B: Lou Jorda
2B: (none)
3B: Ziggy Sears

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bama Rowell  Second Baseman 
Buddy Hassett  Right Fielder 
Max West  Center Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Third Baseman 
Chet Ross  Left Fielder 
Les Scarsella  First Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Al Piechota  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Center Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Third Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Maurice Van Robays  Right Fielder 
Debs Garms  Left Fielder 
Bill Brubaker  Shortstop 
Spud Davis  Catcher 
Danny MacFayden  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Braves 11 @ Pirates 9
Forbes Field
May 7, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/7/1940 -- Boston at Pittsburgh (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Rowell B, 2b          3  0  1  0   Gustine F, 2b         6  2  3  2   
Warstler R, 2b        2  1  0  0   Elliott B, cf         5  1  1  0   
Hassett B, rf         3  2  2  0   Vaughan A, 3b-ss      5  2  2  2   
Cooney J, cf          1  0  1  0   Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  1  1   
West M, cf-rf         3  2  1  0   Van Robays M, rf      4  1  3  1   
Cuccinello T, 3b      4  2  2  1   Garms D, lf           3  1  1  1   
Ross C, lf            5  1  3  3   Brubaker B, ss        1  0  0  0   
Scarsella L, 1b       5  1  1  2   Waner P, ph           1  0  0  1   
Lopez A, c            5  1  2  0   Young P, ss           2  0  0  0   
Miller E, ss          5  1  2  4   Bowman J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Piechota A, p         0  0  0  0   Handley L, 3b         0  0  0  0   
Strincevich N, p      1  0  0  0   Davis S, c            4  1  2  0   
Earley T, p           2  0  1  0   Sewell R, pr          0  0  0  0   
Javery A, p           1  0  0  0   MacFayden D, p        1  0  0  0   
LaManna H, p          1  0  0  0   Bauers R, p           0  0  0  0   
Swift B, p            0  0  0  0   Schultz J, ph         1  0  1  1   
                                   Lanning J, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Lanahan D, p          2  1  1  0   
                                   Waner L, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 11 16 10                        41  9 15  9

Boston           103 040 111 -- 11
Pittsburgh       103 003 020 --  9

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Piechota A            0.2  3  1  1  1  0
Strincevich N         2.0  5  3  3  1  0
Earley T (W)          3.1  4  3  3  0  3
Javery A              1.2  3  2  2  1  0
LaManna H*            0.1  0  0  0  1  1
Swift B (S)           1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
MacFayden D+          2.0  6  4  4  1  1
Bauers R              1.0  1  0  0  0  3
Lanning J (L)         1.2  4  4  4  1  1
Lanahan D             4.1  5  3  2  2  3
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd

E -- Young P, Gustine F
DP -- Boston 1, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Boston 8, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Cuccinello T, Davis S, Elliott B, Miller E
3B -- Gustine F, Ross C, Lopez A
HR -- Miller E
SB -- Gustine F
HBP -- by MacFayden D (Cuccinello T), by Earley T (Fletcher E)
WP -- Piechota A, Bauers R, Javery A
T -- 3:01
A -- 2098

    

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