St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Braves
August 8, 1918 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1918 at Braves Field. The Boston Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Boston Braves 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Anderson rf 4 2 2 1
Betzel cf 3 1 1 0
Paulette 1b,ss 3 0 0 0
Hornsby ss 2 0 2 1
  Grimm 1b 2 0 1 2
Fisher 2b 4 0 1 0
McHenry lf 4 0 0 0
Bronkie 3b 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez c 4 0 2 0
Sherdel p 4 0 0 0
  Doak p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Herzog 2b 5 0 2 1
Kelly lf 3 0 0 0
  Crandall ph 1 0 0 0
  Wickland lf 0 0 0 0
Chadbourne cf 3 1 2 0
Terry ss 4 0 1 0
Smith R. 3b 3 2 3 1
Konetchy 1b 3 1 1 0
Wilson c 3 0 1 0
  Rawlings pr 0 0 0 0
Smith J. rf 4 1 3 2
Northrop p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 13 4
St. Louis 100 002 100–4100
Boston 000 011 003–5131
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sherdel  L(3-11) 8.0 11 4 3 2 2
  Doak   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
2
1
1
1
0
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Northrop  W(3-0) 9.0 10 4 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
1
  E–R. Smith (30).  DP–St. Louis 1. Hornsby-Fisher-Paulette.  PB–Gonzalez (8).  2B–St. Louis Anderson (2); Grimm (6); Gonzalez (10), Boston Konetchy (11); J. Smith (3).  3B–Boston Chadbourne (1).  SH–Betzel (2); Paulette (12); Konetchy (14).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  SB–Hornsby (8).  U–Pete Harrison, Ernie Quigley.
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