St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 27, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1923 at Baker Bowl. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 11, Philadelphia Phillies 12

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flack rf 6 1 3 0
Smith lf 6 1 1 0
Hornsby 2b 5 2 2 1
Bottomley 1b 6 2 4 4
Mueller cf 6 2 2 2
Stock 3b 4 1 1 1
McCurdy c 6 1 4 1
Freigau ss 6 0 2 1
Sherdel p 3 0 0 0
  North p 0 0 0 0
  Toporcer ph 1 1 1 0
  Barfoot p 2 0 0 0
Totals 51 11 20 10
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sand ss 6 0 0 0
Williams cf 6 3 3 1
Wrightstone 3b 5 1 1 0
Tierney 2b 5 4 4 2
Walker rf 3 2 2 3
Mokan lf 4 1 1 0
  Wilson pr 0 0 0 0
  Ring p 1 0 0 0
Holke 1b 5 0 1 3
Henline c 4 1 1 2
Behan p 0 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 0 0
  Betts p 2 0 1 0
  Head p 0 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 0 0 0
  Glazner p 0 0 0 0
  Lee lf 2 0 1 1
Totals 45 12 15 12
St. Louis 302 010 140 0011200
Philadelphia 000 313 301 0112154
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sherdel   6.0 8 8 8 2 0
  North   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Barfoot  L(3-2) 3.2 5 2 2 4 2
Totals
10.2
15
12
12
6
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Behan   3.0 7 5 4 2 1
  Betts   4.1 8 5 5 0 1
  Head   0.2 2 1 0 0 0
  Glazner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ring  W(15-11) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
20
11
9
2
3

  E–Sand (45), Williams (4), Walker (13), Henline (5).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Wrightstone-Tierney-Holke, Sand-Henline-Tierney.  2B–St. Louis Flack (14); Hornsby (27); Mueller 2 (10); McCurdy (8); Freigau (14), Philadelphia Williams (20); Wrightstone (18); Tierney 2 (28).  HR–St. Louis Bottomley 2 (8,1st inning off Behan 2 on,7th inning off Betts 0 on); Stock (2,5th inning off Betts 0 on), Philadelphia Williams (33,5th inning off Sherdel 0 on); Walker (5,7th inning off North 1 on); Henline (6,6th inning off Sherdel 1 on).  SH–Flack (11); Stock (20); Wrightstone (5); Tierney (10).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Mokan (6).  Team–10.  U–Hank O'Day, Barry McCormick, Bill Finneran.  T–2:30.  A–1,500.
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