St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 31, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1928 at Baker Bowl. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 18, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 6 4 5 3
Holm 3b 5 4 3 1
Frisch 2b 3 0 0 2
  High 2b 0 0 0 0
Bottomley 1b 5 0 3 3
  Thevenow 1b 0 0 0 0
Hafey lf 6 1 1 2
Blades rf 3 3 1 0
Wilson c 5 2 1 0
Maranville ss 5 1 3 2
Alexander p 5 3 3 4
Totals 43 18 20 17
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 4 2 3 1
Thompson 2b 4 1 2 0
Hurst 1b 4 1 3 1
Klein rf 3 0 1 2
Leach lf 4 0 0 1
Whitney 3b 4 0 0 0
Sand ss 3 0 1 0
  Williams ph 1 1 1 0
Lerian c 4 0 0 0
Pruett p 1 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 2 0 0 0
  Sweetland p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
St. Louis 110 052 54018200
Philadelphia 101 000 0215124
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W(12-5) 9.0 12 5 5 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Pruett  L(2-4) 4.2 6 7 4 5 1
  Willoughby   3.1 12 11 11 6 1
  Sweetland   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
20
18
15
11
2

  E–Whitney (14), Lerian (3), Pruett (3), Willoughby (1).  DP–St. Louis 2. Maranville-Frisch-Bottomley, Holm-Frisch-Bottomley, Philadelphia 3. Sand-Thompson-Hurst, Sothern-Willoughby-Lerian-Whitney, Thompson-Sand-Hurst.  2B–St. Louis Douthit (25); Holm 2 (18); Bottomley (35); Blades (5); Wilson (22); Alexander (1), Philadelphia Thompson (28); Hurst 2 (16); Klein (1).  SH–Holm (5); Frisch (14); Sothern (2); Klein (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  SB–Hafey (5).  U–Lou Jorda, Cy Rigler, Bob Hart.
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