St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 1, 1926 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1926 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blades lf 4 0 0 0
Douthit cf 4 0 0 0
Flowers 2b 4 1 1 0
Bottomley 1b 5 1 1 0
Holm rf 4 0 0 0
Bell L. 3b 3 1 2 2
O'Farrell c 3 0 0 0
Thevenow ss 4 0 2 1
Rhem p 3 0 1 0
  Toporcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell H. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Grantham 1b 3 0 1 1
Waner rf 2 2 1 0
Cuyler cf 3 2 2 3
Wright ss 4 0 1 0
Traynor 3b 3 0 2 3
Barnhart lf 4 0 0 0
Rawlings 2b 3 0 1 0
  Bigbee pr 0 1 0 0
  Rhyne 2b 1 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 1 0
  Yde pr 0 1 0 0
  Gooch c 1 0 0 0
Songer p 2 0 0 0
  Carey ph 1 1 1 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
St. Louis 010 000 200371
Pittsburgh 200 000 50x7101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rhem  L(11-2) 7.0 10 7 7 3 2
  Bell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Songer  W(4-3) 7.0 7 3 3 5 2
  Adams  SV(1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
3

  E–O'Farrell (4), Grantham (6).  DP–St. Louis 1. Thevenow-Flowers.  2B–St. Louis L. Bell (16), Pittsburgh Traynor (11).  3B–Pittsburgh Traynor (8).  HBP–Blades (7).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Grantham (2); Cuyler (9).  Team–5.  SB–Douthit (11).  U–Beans Reardon, Ernie Quigley, Charlie Moran.
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