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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1947-06-01 · Day game · Braves Field · 1:49

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. Johnny Sain earned the win. Bob Elliott went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
BSN	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		2	10

W: Johnny Sain L: Ed Bahr SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Beans Reardon · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Billy Cox	4	0	0	0
Culley Rikard	4	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	3	0	1	2
Hank Greenberg	3	2	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	0	2
Clyde Kluttz	3	1	0	1
Eddie Basinski	2	0	1	1
Ed Bahr	2	0	0	1
Billy Sullivan	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	0	0
Johnny Hopp	4	1	2	0	0
Earl Torgeson	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	1	1	2	1
Bama Rowell	4	0	1	0	0
Phil Masi	3	0	2	0	1
Sibby Sisti	3	0	1	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	0	1	0	1
Johnny Sain	3	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Bahr	7.0	9	3	0
Nick Strincevich	1.0	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Sain	9.0	3	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: 99
Culley Rikard: 99
Ralph Kiner: K

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 99/P
Johnny Hopp: D3/P
Earl Torgeson: 43
Bob Elliott: 99

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: PO1(13)
Frankie Gustine: 99
Jim Russell: K

Bot 2

Bama Rowell: 9
Phil Masi: S
Sibby Sisti: D.1-3
Connie Ryan: W
Johnny Sain: 12(3)3/GDP

Top 3

Clyde Kluttz: S
Eddie Basinski: 46(1)/FO
Ed Bahr: 99
Billy Cox: E6/TH.1-3;B-2
Culley Rikard: PO2(16)

Bot 3

Tommy Holmes: 99/P
Johnny Hopp: S9
Earl Torgeson: S9/89.1-3
Bob Elliott: 43.3-H;1-2
Bama Rowell: 99/P

Top 4

Culley Rikard: 53/G
Ralph Kiner: 99
Hank Greenberg: D7/F7DW
Frankie Gustine: 7

Bot 4

Phil Masi: W
Sibby Sisti: 99/SH.1-2
Connie Ryan: 43
Johnny Sain: 43

Top 5

Jim Russell: 99
Clyde Kluttz: 53/G
Eddie Basinski: W
Ed Bahr: K

Bot 5

Tommy Holmes: 43
Johnny Hopp: 99/P
Earl Torgeson: 43

Top 6

Billy Cox: 8
Culley Rikard: E4
Ralph Kiner: FLE2
Ralph Kiner: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 8
Frankie Gustine: 9

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: HR/F8XD
Bama Rowell: S
Phil Masi: 99(1)/FO
Sibby Sisti: 8
Connie Ryan: S.1-2
Johnny Sain: 99(1)/FO

Top 7

Jim Russell: K
Clyde Kluttz: K
Eddie Basinski: K

Bot 7

Tommy Holmes: S
Johnny Hopp: 99(1)/FO
Earl Torgeson: SB2
Earl Torgeson: 99
Bob Elliott: W
Bama Rowell: 8

Top 8

Billy Sullivan: 43
Billy Cox: 99
Culley Rikard: 99

Bot 8

Phil Masi: D7
Sibby Sisti: 9(B)5(2)/DP
Connie Ryan: 99

Top 9

Ralph Kiner: K
Hank Greenberg: S6/G.B-2(E6/TH1)
Frankie Gustine: 99/G.2-3
Jim Russell: 99

Notes & reviews

Greenberg dropped a pop fly that was scored a double
High off LF fence
Over CF wall
Sisti knocked it down
Sain threw 127 pitches, 48 in the last 4 innings

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