St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Braves
September 27, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1928 at Braves Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Boston Braves 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 4 1 1 0
High 3b 5 0 1 0
Frisch 2b 5 1 2 0
Bottomley 1b 2 2 0 0
Hafey lf 4 2 2 2
Holm rf 5 1 2 2
Wilson c 4 0 1 1
Maranville ss 3 1 0 0
Haines p 4 0 1 2
Totals 36 8 10 7
Boston Braves ab   r   h rbi
Richbourg rf 5 1 3 2
Smith lf 1 0 0 0
  Brown lf 4 0 0 0
Sisler 1b 4 0 1 0
Hornsby 2b 3 0 1 1
Mueller cf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 0
Farrell ss 4 0 1 0
Taylor c 2 1 0 0
  Gautreau ph 1 0 0 0
Brandt p 0 0 0 0
  Cooney p 3 0 1 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
St. Louis 600 020 0008101
Boston 120 000 0003102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haines  W (20-8) 9.0 10 3 3 1 5
Totals 9.0 10 3 3 1 5
  Boston Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Brandt  L (9-21) 0.1 3 5 5 2 0
  Cooney   8.2 7 3 2 5 1
Totals 9.0 10 8 7 7 1

  E–Maranville (18), Taylor 2 (7).  DP–St. Louis 1. Haines-Maranville-Bottomley, Boston 1. Bell-Hornsby-Sisler.  2B–St. Louis Hafey (44); Haines (2), Boston Richbourg (26).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Hornsby (24).  Team–8.  SB–Frisch (26).  U–Lou Jorda, Ernie Quigley, Cy Rigler.

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