St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
April 23, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1928 at Redland Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 5 0 1 0
Holm 3b 5 0 0 0
Frisch 2b 4 0 0 0
Bottomley 1b 3 0 1 0
Hafey rf 3 1 1 0
O'Farrell c 4 1 2 0
Roettger lf 4 0 1 1
Thevenow ss 3 0 2 1
  Blades ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin pr 0 0 0 0
Sherdel p 3 0 0 0
  High ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Critz 2b 4 1 2 0
Purdy lf 4 0 1 0
Kelly 1b 3 0 0 1
Walker rf 3 0 0 0
Zitzmann cf 4 0 2 0
Dressen 3b 4 0 1 0
Hargrave c 4 0 0 0
Ford ss 4 1 1 0
Luque p 1 1 0 0
  Picinich ph 1 0 0 0
  Edwards p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 1
St. Louis 010 001 000293
Cincinnati 003 000 00x372
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sherdel  L (1-1) 8.0 7 3 0 2 2
Totals 8.0 7 3 0 2 2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Luque  W (2-2) 6.0 7 2 2 2 3
  Edwards  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 2 3

  E–Frisch (1), Bottomley (1), O'Farrell (1), Critz (4), Dressen (7).  DP–St. Louis 1. Thevenow-Frisch-Bottomley, Cincinnati 2. Kelly, Critz-Dressen.  2B–Cincinnati Dressen (3).  3B–St. Louis Roettger (1), Cincinnati Critz (2).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Luque (1).  Team–9.  U–Frank Wilson, Beans Reardon, Charlie Moran.

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