Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 23, 1917 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1917 at Robison Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Gleason 2b 4 0 1 0
Bigbee lf 4 0 0 0
Carey cf 4 0 1 1
Schulte rf 4 0 0 0
Hinchman 1b 4 0 0 0
Baird 3b 3 1 2 0
Fischer c 3 0 1 1
Ward ss 3 1 1 0
Cooper p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bescher lf 2 0 1 0
Betzel 2b 4 0 0 0
Long rf 4 0 1 0
Miller 1b 3 0 0 0
Hornsby ss 2 0 0 0
Cruise cf 2 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith J. cf 0 0 0 0
  DeFate ph 1 0 0 0
  Stewart cf 0 0 0 0
Smith F. 3b 3 0 0 0
Snyder c 3 0 0 0
Watson p 1 0 0 0
  Steele p 2 0 0 0
  Livingston ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Pittsburgh 011 000 000–270
St. Louis 000 000 000–032
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper  W(2-2) 9.0 3 0 0 7 0
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
7
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Watson  L(2-1) 2.2 5 2 1 0 1
  Steele   6.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
  E–Hornsby (4), Snyder (2).  PB–Snyder (1).  Team LOB–3.  Team–9.  U–Al Orth, Cy Rigler.
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