Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1928 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 0
Hurst 1b 4 0 0 0
Leach lf 4 1 1 2
Williams rf 4 1 1 2
Whitney 3b 3 0 1 0
Sand ss 3 0 0 0
  Schulte ph 0 0 0 0
  Jahn ph 1 0 0 0
Lerian c 3 0 0 0
Ferguson p 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 1 0
  Friberg pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 4 0 0 0
Thevenow 3b 4 1 2 1
High 2b 3 1 1 2
Bottomley 1b 4 0 1 0
Hafey lf 4 0 0 0
Harper rf 3 1 1 1
Smith c 3 0 1 0
Maranville ss 3 1 1 0
Alexander p 3 1 1 1
  Reinhart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Philadelphia 000 000 004460
St. Louis 002 002 10x581
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ferguson  L(3-8) 8.0 8 5 5 1 7
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W(10-5) 8.2 6 4 4 1 3
  Reinhart  SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
3

  E–Hafey (7).  2B–St. Louis Thevenow (6); Bottomley (31).  3B–St. Louis Thevenow (3); Maranville (5).  HR–Philadelphia Williams (5,9th inning off Alexander 1 on), St. Louis High (5,6th inning off Ferguson 1 on); Harper (13,7th inning off Ferguson 0 on).  Team LOB–3.  Team–3.  U–Ernie Quigley, Dolly Stark, Cy Pfirman.
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