Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1928 at Sportsman's Park III. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 4 0 2 1
Thompson 2b 5 0 0 0
Hurst 1b 4 2 2 0
Whitney 3b 4 2 2 2
Leach lf 4 1 2 1
Jahn rf 5 1 1 1
Sand ss 1 2 0 0
Lerian c 3 0 2 2
Sweetland p 3 0 1 0
  Benge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 4 0 1 0
Thevenow 3b 4 0 0 0
High 2b 5 0 1 0
Bottomley 1b 3 1 1 0
Hafey lf 4 2 2 2
Harper rf 2 0 0 0
Wilson c 1 0 0 0
Maranville ss 4 0 0 1
Mitchell p 2 0 1 0
  Frankhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Reinhart p 0 0 0 0
  Holm ph 1 0 0 0
  Rhem p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Philadelphia 200 004 0118122
St. Louis 020 001 000371
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Sweetland  W(3-9) 7.1 6 3 3 5 0
  Benge  SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L(3-4) 5.1 8 6 6 3 0
  Frankhouse   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Reinhart   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Rhem   2.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
7
0

  E–Sothern (7), Whitney (11), Bottomley (15).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Thompson-Sand-Hurst, Sand-Thompson-Hurst, St. Louis 2. Mitchell-High-Bottomley, Maranville-High-Bottomley.  2B–Philadelphia Hurst (13); Lerian (10), St. Louis Bottomley (32); Mitchell (1).  HR–Philadelphia Whitney (7,1st inning off Mitchell 1 on); Leach (9,9th inning off Rhem 0 on), St. Louis Hafey (13,6th inning off Sweetland 0 on).  SH–Whitney (7); Lerian (3); Wilson (11).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Douthit (8); Harper (3).  Team–9.  U–Cy Pfirman, Dolly Stark, Ernie Quigley.
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