St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 1, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1928 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 5 0 1 2
Holm 3b 5 0 0 0
Frisch 2b 4 1 1 0
Bottomley 1b 4 0 1 0
Hafey lf 4 0 0 0
Harper rf 3 1 2 1
Wilson c 4 1 2 1
Maranville ss 3 1 1 0
Sherdel p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Adams ss 4 1 2 0
Waner L. lf 3 0 2 0
Waner P. rf 3 0 1 1
Traynor 3b 4 0 0 0
Grantham 1b 3 0 1 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
Comorosky cf 4 0 0 0
Bartell 2b 3 0 0 0
Hargreaves c 3 0 1 0
Hill p 2 0 0 0
  Hillis ph 1 0 0 0
  Brame p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
St. Louis 002 100 010480
Pittsburgh 100 000 000171
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sherdel  W (17-7) 9.0 7 1 1 0 3
Totals 9.0 7 1 1 0 3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hill  L (13-8) 8.0 8 4 3 2 2
  Brame   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 8 4 3 2 4

  E–Traynor (23).  2B–St. Louis Harper (7), Pittsburgh Adams 2 (13); Grantham (21).  SH–Sherdel 2 (9); L. Waner (14); P. Waner (8).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U–Lou Jorda, Cy Rigler, Bob Hart.

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