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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1947-09-12 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 21012 · 1:37

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 5th. Rip Sewell earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rip Sewell L: Red Barrett SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Scotty Robb · 1B: Artie Gore · 2B: (none) · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	5	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bama Rowell	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	2	0	0	0	2	1
Phil Masi	4	0	1	1	0	0
Connie Ryan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Culler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Red Barrett	3	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	1	1	1	1	0	0
Frank McCormick	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jim Russell	4	1	1	0	0
Pete Castiglione	4	0	1	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	1	1	0
Ralph Kiner	4	2	2	3	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	0	0
Gene Woodling	4	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	0	0	1
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	1	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	8.0	7	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	7	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: 43
Johnny Hopp: W
Bama Rowell: 8
Bob Elliott: E6.1-2
Earl Torgeson: W.2-3;1-2
Phil Masi: 4/P

Bot 1

Jim Russell: 9/L
Pete Castiglione: 13
Frankie Gustine: 8/L

Top 2

Connie Ryan: W
Dick Culler: 3/G.1-2
Red Barrett: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 2

Ralph Kiner: 53
Hank Greenberg: 63
Gene Woodling: E1
Jimmy Bloodworth: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Tommy Holmes: S8
Johnny Hopp: 13/SH.1-2
Bama Rowell: S9.2-H
Bob Elliott: 63.1-2
Earl Torgeson: IW
Phil Masi: S8.1-2;2-H
Connie Ryan: 6/P

Bot 3

Clyde Kluttz: 8/L
Rip Sewell: 63
Jim Russell: S
Pete Castiglione: S.1-2
Frankie Gustine: S.1-2;2-H
Ralph Kiner: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Dick Culler: 53
Red Barrett: 53
Tommy Holmes: S
Johnny Hopp: 43

Bot 4

Hank Greenberg: S
Gene Woodling: 9/L
Jimmy Bloodworth: 4/P
Clyde Kluttz: S.1-2
Rip Sewell: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Bama Rowell: 53
Bob Elliott: 8/L
Earl Torgeson: 43

Bot 5

Jim Russell: 43
Pete Castiglione: 5/P
Frankie Gustine: E7/F.B-1
Ralph Kiner: HR/7.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Hank Greenberg: 7

Top 6

Phil Masi: 43
Connie Ryan: 6/L
Dick Culler: 63

Bot 6

Gene Woodling: 3/G
Jimmy Bloodworth: K
Clyde Kluttz: 4/P

Top 7

Red Barrett: 63
Tommy Holmes: 9
Johnny Hopp: 9

Bot 7

Rip Sewell: 63
Jim Russell: 31
Pete Castiglione: 3/P

Top 8

Bama Rowell: 13
Bob Elliott: D
Earl Torgeson: K
Phil Masi: 9

Bot 8

Frankie Gustine: 43
Ralph Kiner: HR/7
Hank Greenberg: 4/P
Gene Woodling: 7

Top 9

Connie Ryan: 9
Danny Litwhiler: HR/7
Frank McCormick: S
Tommy Holmes: 6(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Ralph Kiner's 8th home run in 4 games

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