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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1947-06-01 · Day game · Braves Field · 10 innings · Att: 30656 · 2:11

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–7. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 8th. Mort Cooper earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	7	10
BSN	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	8	14

W: Mort Cooper L: Jim Bagby SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Cox	5	1	1	2	0	0
Culley Rikard	3	1	2	2	2	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	5	2	2	2	0	0
Frankie Gustine	5	1	1	0	0	2
Jim Russell	5	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie Basinski	4	1	0	0	1	1
Hank Behrman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Sullivan	1	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Bagby	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	5	2	3	0	0	0
Bama Rowell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Earl Torgeson	3	2	1	0	2	1
Bob Elliott	5	1	2	2	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sibby Sisti	5	1	2	1	0	0
Connie Ryan	4	0	2	2	1	0
Hank Camelli	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Wright	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	3	2	2	1	0	0
Phil Masi	2	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hank Behrman	7.1	10	2	1
Tiny Bonham	0.2	2	0	0
Jim Bagby	1.1	2	1	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Wright	8.2	8	3	2
Andy Karl	0.0	1	1	0
Mort Cooper	1.1	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Cox: 9
Culley Rikard: W
Elbie Fletcher: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: S9/G3
Bama Rowell: 2/FL
Earl Torgeson: K
Bob Elliott: 7

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: HR/F7D
Frankie Gustine: 13
Jim Russell: 163
Clyde Kluttz: 6

Bot 2

Danny Litwhiler: 5
Sibby Sisti: 43
Connie Ryan: 53

Top 3

Eddie Basinski: 43
Hank Behrman: 31
Billy Cox: 53

Bot 3

Hank Camelli: 2/FL
Ed Wright: 63
Tommy Holmes: 43

Top 4

Culley Rikard: W
Elbie Fletcher: 36(1)/FO
Ralph Kiner: 6
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 4

Bama Rowell: 7
Earl Torgeson: T9
Bob Elliott: S8.3-H
Danny Litwhiler: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Jim Russell: 7
Clyde Kluttz: S5
Eddie Basinski: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Sibby Sisti: 63
Connie Ryan: W
Hank Camelli: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Hank Behrman: 63
Billy Cox: 63
Culley Rikard: E4
Elbie Fletcher: 6

Bot 6

Ed Wright: 3
Tommy Holmes: D9
Bama Rowell: S39/G.2-H
Earl Torgeson: 4/FL
Bob Elliott: 3/FL

Top 7

Ralph Kiner: HR/F7D
Frankie Gustine: S5
Jim Russell: 2/FL
Clyde Kluttz: D7.1-H
Eddie Basinski: E6.2-3
Hank Behrman: K
Billy Cox: 13

Bot 7

Johnny Hopp: 9
Sibby Sisti: S8
Connie Ryan: D9.1-H
Phil Masi: 3/G.2-3
Ed Wright: 63

Top 8

Culley Rikard: S9
Elbie Fletcher: 9
Ralph Kiner: 6
Frankie Gustine: 9

Bot 8

Tommy Holmes: S6
Bama Rowell: 14/SH.1-2
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: S7.2-H;1-2
Johnny Hopp: S9.2-H;1-3
Sibby Sisti: S9.3-H;1-2
Connie Ryan: 7
Phil Masi: S7.2-H;1-2
Ed Wright: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Jim Russell: 7
Clyde Kluttz: 53
Eddie Basinski: W
Billy Sullivan: S8.1-3(E8);B-2
Billy Cox: S9.3-H;2-H
Culley Rikard: HR/F89XD.1-H
Hank Greenberg: W
Ralph Kiner: 8/F

Bot 9

Tommy Holmes: 8
Bama Rowell: 43
Earl Torgeson: W
Bob Elliott: 3/G

Top 10

Frankie Gustine: K
Jim Russell: 43
Jim Bagby: D9
Eddie Basinski: K

Bot 10

Johnny Hopp: S6/G46
Sibby Sisti: 2
Connie Ryan: T87/F78D.1-H

Notes & reviews

Through Fletcher
Over LF fence
Badly played by Russell
Off Fletcher's glove
Over LF fence
Eluded Hopp
Over RCF screen deep into pavilion
On the run, Rickard couldn't hold on to it; he then accidentally kicked it as he stooped for it.

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