St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 8, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1929 at Baker Bowl. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 5 1 2 0
High 3b 4 1 0 0
Frisch 2b 5 0 0 1
Bottomley 1b 5 1 2 2
Hafey lf 4 1 4 0
Wilson c 5 0 1 1
Gelbert ss 4 0 0 0
Southworth rf 4 1 2 0
Mitchell p 4 0 1 1
Totals 40 5 12 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Sothern cf 4 1 2 1
O'Doul lf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 3 1 1 0
Hurst 1b 4 2 3 3
Whitney 3b 4 0 1 1
Klein rf 4 0 1 0
Thevenow ss 4 1 0 0
Davis c 3 1 1 0
Willoughby p 1 0 1 1
  Sweetland p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
St. Louis 211 000 0015122
Philadelphia 112 110 00x6114
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell  L(4-7) 8.0 11 6 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
4
1
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Willoughby   3.0 6 4 2 1 0
  Sweetland  W(6-6) 5.2 6 1 1 0 0
  McGraw  SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
2
0

  E–Frisch (15), Gelbert (24), Thompson (13), Thevenow 2 (3), Davis (7).  DP–St. Louis 1. Mitchell-Frisch-Bottomley, Philadelphia 1. O'Doul-Hurst.  2B–St. Louis Douthit (18); Bottomley (18); Hafey (26); Southworth (2), Philadelphia Sothern 2 (17); Thompson (15); Hurst (14); Whitney (19).  3B–St. Louis Hafey (7).  HR–St. Louis Bottomley (20,1st inning off Willoughby 1 on), Philadelphia Hurst (14,5th inning off Mitchell 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  SB–Hafey (1); Mitchell (1).  U–Bob Hart, Cy Rigler, Beans Reardon.
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