Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 2, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1923 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, St. Louis Cardinals 12
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Maranville ss 4 0 1 1
Carey cf 4 0 2 0
Bigbee lf 4 0 1 0
Russell rf 4 0 1 0
Tierney 2b 4 0 1 0
Traynor 3b 4 0 0 0
Grimm 1b 4 1 2 0
Schmidt c 4 0 0 0
Morrison p 1 0 0 0
  Kunz p 1 0 0 0
  Barnhart ph 0 0 0 0
  Boehler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blades lf 5 1 2 2
Flack rf 5 2 3 0
Hornsby 2b 4 4 3 1
Bottomley 1b 1 1 0 0
Stock 3b 4 0 1 2
Myers cf 5 2 4 2
Freigau ss 5 0 1 0
Ainsmith c 5 1 1 1
Pfeffer p 5 1 2 0
Totals 39 12 17 8
Pittsburgh 000 000 100–183
St. Louis 051 101 40x–12170
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Morrison  L(3-1) 3.0 9 6 5 2 3
  Kunz   3.0 5 2 2 1 1
  Boehler   2.0 3 4 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
17
12
10
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pfeffer  W(1-1) 9.0 8 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
1
  E–Carey 2 (5), Tierney (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Carey-Tierney-Maranville, St. Louis 1. Stock-Hornsby-Bottomley.  2B–St. Louis Flack (1); Ainsmith (1); Pfeffer (2).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Bottomley (3).  Team–9.  SB–Hornsby (1).  U–Ernie Quigley, Cy Pfirman.  T–1:40.  A–2,000.
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