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Braves 10 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
May 6, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, played on May 6, 1940 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 10 to 7.

Game Summary

DateMay 6, 1940 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 10 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 10
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 7 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 15
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 15
Winning Pitcher—Bill Swift  
Losing Pitcher—Oad Swigart  
Save—Joe Sullivan  
Game Winning RBI—Rabbit Warstler 

Game Info

DateMay 6, 1940 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Errickson  
Home Starting PitcherJoe Bowman  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance2,142 
Time of Game3 hours 24 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ziggy Sears
1B: Tom Dunn
2B: (none)
3B: Lou Jorda

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bama Rowell  Second Baseman 
Buddy Hassett  Right Fielder 
Max West  Center Fielder 
Tony Cuccinello  Third Baseman 
Chet Ross  Left Fielder 
Les Scarsella  First Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Eddie Miller  Shortstop 
Dick Errickson  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Gustine  Second Baseman 
Bob Elliott  Center Fielder 
Arky Vaughan  Third Baseman 
Elbie Fletcher  First Baseman 
Maurice Van Robays  Right Fielder 
Johnny Rizzo  Left Fielder 
Bill Brubaker  Shortstop 
Joe Schultz  Catcher 
Joe Bowman  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Braves 10 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
May 6, 1940

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         Game of 5/6/1940 -- Boston at Pittsburgh (D)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Rowell B, 2b          2  0  0  0   Gustine F, 2b         7  2  2  3   
Warstler R, 2b        2  1  2  2   Elliott B, cf         5  0  0  0   
Hassett B, rf         3  0  0  0   Vaughan A, 3b-ss      5  1  2  2   
Cooney J, cf          3  0  0  1   Fletcher E, 1b        4  0  0  0   
West M, cf-rf         5  1  0  0   Van Robays M, rf      6  0  3  1   
Cuccinello T, 3b      6  0  1  1   Rizzo J, lf           4  1  2  0   
Ross C, lf            6  2  3  0   Brubaker B, ss        1  0  0  0   
Scarsella L, 1b       6  3  3  1   Garms D, ph           0  1  0  0   
Lopez A, c            6  1  4  1   Young P, ss           0  0  0  0   
Miller E, ss          3  2  2  2   Waner L, ph           1  1  1  0   
Errickson D, p        2  0  0  0   Mueller R, c          0  0  0  0   
Barnicle G, p         2  0  0  0   Schultz J, c          3  0  0  0   
Coffman D, p          1  0  0  0   Waner P, ph           1  0  0  0   
Swift B, p            0  0  0  0   Berres R, c           0  0  0  0   
Sisti S, ph           1  0  0  0   Handley L, ph-3b      2  0  0  0   
Sullivan J, p         0  0  0  0   Bowman J, p           4  0  0  0   
                                   Butcher M, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Davis S, ph           1  0  1  1   
                                   Heintzelman K, pr     0  1  0  0   
                                   Sewell R, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Bell F, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Swigart O, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Harrell R, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Lanahan D, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     48 10 15  8                        45  7 11  7

Boston           020 011 000 303 -- 10
Pittsburgh       000 010 030 300 --  7

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Errickson D           4.2  3  1  1  6  0
Barnicle G*           3.1  2  3  3  5  1
Coffman D             1.1  4  3  3  0  0
Swift B (W)           1.2  2  0  0  1  0
Sullivan J (S)        1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bowman J+             9.0 10  6  6  5  1
Butcher M             1.0  2  1  1  1  2
Sewell R              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Swigart O (L)#        0.0  1  2  2  1  0
Harrell R             0.1  1  1  1  0  1
Lanahan D             0.2  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 10th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 12th

E -- Gustine F, Van Robays M
LOB -- Boston 11, Pittsburgh 15
2B -- Cuccinello T, Gustine F, Lopez A
3B -- Miller E, Ross C
HR -- Gustine F
SB -- Rowell B, Scarsella L
CS -- Elliott B
SH -- Cooney J
HBP -- by Bowman J (Rowell B)
WP -- Harrell R
T -- 3:24
A -- 2142

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