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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1950-05-17 · Night game · Braves Field · Att: 13384 · night · 2:13

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 4–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 6th. Cliff Chambers earned the win. Pete Castiglione went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Cliff Chambers L: Vern Bickford SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Artie Gore · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Castiglione	5	1	2	1	0	1
Tom Saffell	5	0	2	0	0	1
Ralph Kiner	3	0	1	0	2	0
Nanny Fernandez	3	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Westlake	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dale Coogan	4	1	1	2	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clyde McCullough	4	0	2	1	0	1
Cliff Chambers	4	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	5	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	1	1	1	0
Sid Gordon	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willard Marshall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Del Crandall	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sibby Sisti	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Kerr	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Bickford	2	1	1	0	0	0
Luis Olmo	2	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Hartsfield	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walker Cooper	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cliff Chambers	9.0	7	3	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Bickford	5.2	8	3	3
Bob Hall	1.1	1	0	0
Ernie Johnson	2.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Castiglione: HR/78XD
Tom Saffell: S
Ralph Kiner: 64(1)/FO
Nanny Fernandez: 8
Wally Westlake: 13

Bot 1

Sam Jethroe: 43
Earl Torgeson: 3/G
Bob Elliott: 63

Top 2

Dale Coogan: 43
Danny Murtaugh: 63
Clyde McCullough: K

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: HP
Willard Marshall: K
Del Crandall: 5/FL
Sibby Sisti: 4

Top 3

Cliff Chambers: 8
Pete Castiglione: 7/L
Tom Saffell: D
Ralph Kiner: W
Nanny Fernandez: 53

Bot 3

Buddy Kerr: 9
Vern Bickford: S7
Sam Jethroe: 9
Earl Torgeson: S/P89.1-2#
Bob Elliott: S9.2-H;1-3(E9);B-2
Luis Olmo: IW
Willard Marshall: 4/L

Top 4

Wally Westlake: 4
Dale Coogan: 3/G
Danny Murtaugh: S
Clyde McCullough: 9

Bot 4

Del Crandall: 43
Sibby Sisti: 3/FL
Buddy Kerr: 63

Top 5

Cliff Chambers: K
Pete Castiglione: K
Tom Saffell: 13

Bot 5

Vern Bickford: 13
Sam Jethroe: 9
Earl Torgeson: D
Bob Elliott: IW
Luis Olmo: 8

Top 6

Ralph Kiner: W
Nanny Fernandez: CS2(26)
Nanny Fernandez: W
Wally Westlake: D/89.1-3
Dale Coogan: D9/9L.3-H;2-H
Danny Murtaugh: 43.2-2#
Clyde McCullough: S8.2-H
Cliff Chambers: S8.1-2#
Pete Castiglione: 7

Bot 6

Willard Marshall: 4/L
Del Crandall: S7
Sibby Sisti: 64(1)/FO
Buddy Kerr: 9/L

Top 7

Tom Saffell: 8/L
Ralph Kiner: S
Nanny Fernandez: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Roy Hartsfield: W
Sam Jethroe: 8
Earl Torgeson: 6
Bob Elliott: 63

Top 8

Wally Westlake: K/C
Dale Coogan: 7
Danny Murtaugh: 13

Bot 8

Luis Olmo: 8
Willard Marshall: 43
Del Crandall: K/C

Top 9

Clyde McCullough: S1
Cliff Chambers: 64(1)/FO/OBS
Pete Castiglione: S1.1-2
Tom Saffell: K
Ralph Kiner: 13

Bot 9

Sibby Sisti: 8
Buddy Kerr: 13
Walker Cooper: S8
Sam Jethroe: D/78.1-3
Earl Torgeson: 3/G

Notes & reviews

hit on the left elbow
Ernie Johnson called for obstruction along 1B line but no error charged
Braves players were waving towels at Cliff Chambers as he pitched; 1B umpire Bill Stewart made them stop

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