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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1947-06-02 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 5831 · 2:05

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 4th. Rip Sewell earned the win and Art Herring picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	11
BSN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7

W: Rip Sewell L: Si Johnson SV: Art Herring

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	5	1	2	0	0	0
Culley Rikard	5	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Cox	5	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	3	1	1	0	2	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ralph Kiner	4	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Westlake	4	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	3	0	1	1	1	0
Rip Sewell	4	0	0	1	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	4	2	2	0	0
Earl Torgeson	4	1	1	1	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	1	0
Bama Rowell	4	0	2	0	0
Phil Masi	4	0	1	1	0
Sibby Sisti	4	0	0	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	0	0	0	0
Si Johnson	2	0	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.0	6	0	1
Art Herring	1.0	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Si Johnson	8.0	10	2	1
Walt Lanfranconi	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Wietelmann: S7
Culley Rikard: 7
Billy Cox: 53.1-2
Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: 3/P/FL

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 3/L
Johnny Hopp: S9
Earl Torgeson: 9
Bob Elliott: SB2
Bob Elliott: S8.2-H
Bama Rowell: S7.1-2
Phil Masi: WP.1-2;2-3
Phil Masi: 4/P

Top 2

Ralph Kiner: S5
Wally Westlake: 5/P/FL
Billy Sullivan: 3/P/FL
Rip Sewell: 8

Bot 2

Sibby Sisti: 8
Connie Ryan: 3/P
Si Johnson: 13

Top 3

Whitey Wietelmann: 13/BG
Culley Rikard: 2/FL
Billy Cox: S8
Hank Greenberg: 43

Bot 3

Tommy Holmes: 63
Johnny Hopp: 53
Earl Torgeson: 53

Top 4

Frankie Gustine: S7
Ralph Kiner: 54(1)/FO
Wally Westlake: S5.1-2
Billy Sullivan: S9.1-3;2-H
Rip Sewell: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Whitey Wietelmann: 7

Bot 4

Bob Elliott: 8
Bama Rowell: 31
Phil Masi: 13

Top 5

Culley Rikard: S9
Billy Cox: 64(1)/FO
Hank Greenberg: 64(1)/FO
Frankie Gustine: PB.1-2
Frankie Gustine: K

Bot 5

Sibby Sisti: 8
Connie Ryan: 5/P/FL
Si Johnson: 13

Top 6

Ralph Kiner: 7
Wally Westlake: 53
Billy Sullivan: 43

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: 9
Johnny Hopp: E4
Earl Torgeson: SB2
Earl Torgeson: K
Bob Elliott: 7/L

Top 7

Rip Sewell: 13
Whitey Wietelmann: T/89
Culley Rikard: 8.3-H
Billy Cox: 7

Bot 7

Bama Rowell: 3/P
Phil Masi: S5/BG
Sibby Sisti: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Hank Greenberg: D8
Frankie Gustine: 54/SH.2-3
Ralph Kiner: D7.3-H
Wally Westlake: 5/L
Billy Sullivan: IW
Rip Sewell: 8

Bot 8

Connie Ryan: 8/L
Danny Litwhiler: 63
Tommy Holmes: 9/L

Top 9

Whitey Wietelmann: 7
Culley Rikard: 43
Billy Cox: D7
Hank Greenberg: W
Frankie Gustine: 6/L

Bot 9

Johnny Hopp: T/89
Earl Torgeson: S9.3-H
Bob Elliott: 9
Bama Rowell: S7.1-3
Phil Masi: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Sibby Sisti: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Rip Sewell left with a sore hand

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