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Milwaukee Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1954-06-18 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 8859 · night · 1:57

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Milwaukee Braves 2–1. Vern Law earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5

W: Vern Law L: Warren Spahn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Al Barlick · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Bill Jackowski · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	3	1	1	0	1	1
Johnny Logan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Hank Aaron	3	0	0	1	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Adcock	3	0	2	0	0	1
Andy Pafko	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny O'Connell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Del Crandall	2	0	0	0	1	2
Warren Spahn	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gair Allie	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dick Cole	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Skinner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jim Mangan	4	0	0	0	0	3
Curt Roberts	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Hall	3	1	1	0	1	0
Vern Law	3	0	1	1	0	0
Eddie Pellagrini	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Warren Spahn	8.2	5	5	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	9.0	3	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Bruton: 13
Johnny Logan: W
Hank Aaron: 8/F
Eddie Mathews: 8/F

Bot 1

Gair Allie: W
Dick Cole: 7/F
Bob Skinner: 46(1)/FO
Frank Thomas: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Joe Adcock: S6
Andy Pafko: 16(1)/FO
Danny O'Connell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Sid Gordon: S7
Jim Mangan: K
Curt Roberts: 8/F
Dick Hall: 8/F

Top 3

Del Crandall: K
Warren Spahn: 5/P
Bill Bruton: K

Bot 3

Vern Law: 8/F
Gair Allie: 8/F
Dick Cole: 13

Top 4

Johnny Logan: 9/F
Hank Aaron: 53
Eddie Mathews: 13

Bot 4

Bob Skinner: 43
Frank Thomas: 53
Sid Gordon: 2/FL

Top 5

Joe Adcock: K
Andy Pafko: 2/FL
Danny O'Connell: K/C

Bot 5

Jim Mangan: 63
Curt Roberts: 7/F
Dick Hall: 9/F

Top 6

Del Crandall: K
Warren Spahn: 7/F
Bill Bruton: S8
Johnny Logan: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Vern Law: 43
Gair Allie: 7/F
Dick Cole: 8/F

Top 7

Johnny Logan: 53
Hank Aaron: 43
Eddie Mathews: 3/G

Bot 7

Bob Skinner: 43
Frank Thomas: 13
Sid Gordon: W
Jim Mangan: K

Top 8

Joe Adcock: S7
Andy Pafko: 34/SH.1-2
Danny O'Connell: 43.2-3
Del Crandall: IW
Warren Spahn: K

Bot 8

Curt Roberts: 63
Dick Hall: S6/L
Vern Law: 14/SH.1-2
Gair Allie: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Dick Cole: IW
Eddie Pellagrini: 7/F

Top 9

Bill Bruton: W
Johnny Logan: 14/SH.1-2
Hank Aaron: 8/F89XD/SF.2-H
Eddie Mathews: 31

Bot 9

Frank Thomas: 53
Sid Gordon: W
Jim Mangan: K
Curt Roberts: S8/L78S.1-3
Dick Hall: IW.1-2
Vern Law: S9/F9LS.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Robbed by Mathews
Pafko: sparkling running catch
Off Logan's glove
Close play at home but Crandall missed short hop
Hall: sensational over-the-shoulder catch of tremendous drive near 436' sign.
Robbed by Mathews again

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