St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1926 at Cubs Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blades lf 3 1 1 1
Douthit cf 5 0 3 1
Hornsby 2b 4 0 0 1
Bottomley 1b 5 1 2 0
Mueller rf 4 1 0 0
Bell L. 3b 5 0 2 0
O'Farrell c 5 1 4 2
Thevenow ss 5 0 1 0
Bell H. p 4 1 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 5 0 2 0
Heathcote rf 5 0 1 0
Munson lf 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 2 2 0
Freigau 3b 5 0 1 0
Grimm 1b 2 1 1 1
Shannon ss 3 0 1 0
Hartnett c 2 0 1 0
Bush p 2 0 0 0
  Tolson ph 1 0 1 0
  Milstead p 0 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 1 2
  Brooks pr 0 0 0 0
  Root p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
St. Louis 121 000 100–5131
Chicago 000 100 020–3112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  W(2-2) 9.0 11 3 3 4 3
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bush  L(3-2) 7.0 13 5 4 1 1
  Milstead   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Root   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
2
3
  E–Douthit (5), Shannon (1), Bush (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Thevenow-Bottomley.  2B–St. Louis Bottomley (14); O'Farrell (9), Chicago Grimm (6); Shannon (4); Hartnett (14).  SH–Mueller (8); Grimm (8); Shannon (2).  HBP–Blades (5); Wilson (3).  Team LOB–12.  Team–11.  U–Bill Klem, Bob Hart.
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