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Braves 7 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
May 9, 1938

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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 9, 1938 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 9, 1938 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 7 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 16
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 16
Winning PitcherIra Hutchinson  
Losing PitcherEd Brandt  
SaveMilt Shoffner  
Game Winning RBIDebs Garms 

Game Info

DateMay 9, 1938 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherDanny MacFayden  
Home Starting PitcherCy Blanton  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance1,219 
Time of Game3 hours 1 minute 
UmpiresHP: Bill Klem
1B: Ziggy Sears
2B: (none)
3B: Lee Ballanfant

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Johnny Cooney  Left Fielder 
Vince DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Gene Moore  Right Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Second Baseman 
Gil English  Third Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Rabbit Warstler  Shortstop 
Danny MacFayden  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lee Handley  Third Baseman 
Lloyd Waner  Center Fielder 
Paul Waner  Right Fielder 
Johnny Rizzo  Left Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Shortstop 
Gus Suhr  First Baseman 
Al Todd  Catcher 
Pep Young  Second Baseman 
Cy Blanton  Pitcher 
Pie Traynor  Manager 

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Braves 7 @ Pirates 5
Forbes Field
May 9, 1938

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         Game of 5/9/1938 -- Boston at Pittsburgh (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  1  0   Handley L, 3b         5  0  4  0   
Reis B, ph            0  0  0  0   Waner L, cf           6  0  2  1   
Garms D, ph-lf        1  0  1  2   Waner P, rf           5  0  0  0   
Cooney J, lf-1b       5  1  3  0   Dickshot J, ph        1  0  0  0   
DiMaggio V, cf        4  1  2  2   Rizzo J, lf           5  1  2  0   
Moore G, rf           4  1  1  0   Vaughan A, ss         4  2  1  0   
Cuccinello T, 2b      4  1  3  1   Suhr G, 1b            4  2  2  0   
English G, 3b         5  2  1  0   Brubaker B, ph        1  0  0  0   
Lopez A, c            5  1  2  0   Todd A, c             4  0  0  1   
Warstler R, ss        5  0  2  2   Young P, 2b           5  0  1  3   
MacFayden D, p        4  0  0  0   Blanton C, p          0  0  0  0   
Hutchinson I, p       0  0  0  0   Sewell R, p           2  0  0  0   
Maggert H, ph         1  0  0  0   Lucas R, ph           0  0  0  0   
Weir B, p             0  0  0  0   Klinger B, p          0  0  0  0   
Shoffner M, p         0  0  0  0   Jensen W, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   Brandt E, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Tobin J, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  7 16  7                        43  5 12  5

Boston           003 002 000 2 --  7
Pittsburgh       000 002 003 0 --  5

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
MacFayden D           8.2 10  5  5  6  4
Hutchinson I (W)      0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Weir B                0.2  2  0  0  1  0
Shoffner M (S)        0.1  0  0  0  0  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blanton C             2.1  4  3  3  3  2
Sewell R              3.2  7  2  2  0  1
Klinger B             2.0  0  0  0  1  1
Brandt E (L)          1.2  4  2  2  1  1
Tobin J               0.1  1  0  0  0  0

E -- Rizzo J, Warstler R
DP -- Pittsburgh 4
LOB -- Boston 10, Pittsburgh 16
2B -- Cooney J, Moore G, Young P
HR -- DiMaggio V
HBP -- by MacFayden D (Jensen W)
WP -- MacFayden D
T -- 3:01
A -- 1219

    

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