St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 7, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1923 at Forbes 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blades lf 5 0 2 1
Smith rf 5 1 3 0
Hornsby 2b 5 0 1 0
Bottomley 1b 4 0 2 1
Stock 3b 4 1 1 1
Myers cf 4 1 2 0
Freigau ss 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 1 0
  Lavan ss 0 0 0 0
Ainsmith c 3 0 0 1
  McCurdy c 0 0 0 0
Sherdel p 2 1 1 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 0 0
  North p 0 0 0 0
  Wigington p 0 0 0 0
  Toporcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Barfoot p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Maranville ss 5 0 1 0
Carey cf 5 0 2 0
Bigbee lf 5 1 2 0
Barnhart rf 5 1 1 0
Tierney 2b 5 3 4 3
Traynor 3b 5 2 2 1
Grimm 1b 4 3 3 1
Gooch c 4 1 4 3
Adams p 4 0 1 2
Totals 42 11 20 10
St. Louis 000 011 110–4132
Pittsburgh 030 011 42x–11202
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sherdel  L(1-2) 6.0 12 5 4 0 3
  North   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Wigington   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Barfoot   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
20
11
10
0
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Adams  W(3-2) 9.0 13 4 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
4
3
0
3
  E–Freigau (11), Wigington (1), Maranville (8), Traynor (3).  DP–St. Louis 1. Smith-Freigau, Pittsburgh 1. Gooch-Grimm-Tierney.  2B–St. Louis Blades (5); Smith (2); Myers (4), Pittsburgh Carey (6); Tierney 3 (5); B. Adams (1).  3B–St. Louis Bottomley (4); Myers (1), Pittsburgh Grimm (8); Gooch (1).  SH–Ainsmith (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U–Charlie Moran, Bill Finneran.  T–1:51.  A–8,000.
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