St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 3, 1927 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1927 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 5 2 3 2
Southworth rf 1 0 1 0
  Holm rf 3 0 1 2
Frisch 2b 3 1 1 2
Bottomley 1b 3 2 2 1
Bell L. 3b 3 1 2 1
Hafey lf 4 0 2 2
O'Farrell c 4 1 1 0
Thevenow ss 5 2 2 0
Rhem p 3 1 1 0
  Bell H. p 1 0 0 0
  Keen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 16 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. lf 4 1 1 0
Cuyler cf 5 1 1 0
Waner P. rf 4 3 3 4
Wright ss 4 3 3 1
Grantham 1b 5 0 3 1
Traynor 3b 4 0 1 2
Sicking 2b 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Rhyne 2b 0 0 0 0
  Yde ph 1 0 0 0
  Cronin 2b 1 0 0 0
Smith c 4 2 3 3
Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Gooch ph 1 0 0 0
  Songer p 1 0 0 0
  Barnhart ph 1 1 1 0
  Morrison p 0 0 0 0
  Spencer ph 1 0 1 0
  Layne pr 0 0 0 0
  Kremer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 17 11
St. Louis 140 110 21010160
Pittsburgh 000 013 41211172
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rhem   6.1 9 8 8 4 0
  Bell  L(0-3) 1.2 7 3 3 0 0
  Keen   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.1
17
11
11
5
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows   3.0 8 5 3 3 3
  Songer   4.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Morrison   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Kremer  W(5-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
16
10
8
6
5

  E–Cuyler (2), Wright (3).  DP–St. Louis 1. Thevenow-Frisch-Bottomley, Pittsburgh 1. Traynor-Grantham-Sicking-Grantham.  2B–St. Louis L. Bell 2 (7); Hafey 2 (7), Pittsburgh Cuyler (6).  3B–Pittsburgh P. Waner (1); Wright (2).  HR–St. Louis Bottomley (3,8th inning off Morrison 0 on), Pittsburgh Smith 2 (2,5th inning off Rhem 0 on,8th inning off H. Bell 0 on).  SH–Holm 2 (2); Frisch (4); L. Bell (4); Rhem (1).  HBP–Frisch (1).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  SB–Southworth (3); Bottomley (1).  U–Bill Klem, Frank Wilson, Peter McLaughlin.  T–2:29.  A–3,000.
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