St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 5, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1931 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 16, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 5 2 3 2
Roettger rf 6 3 3 1
Frisch 2b 4 2 3 2
  High 2b 1 0 0 0
Bottomley 1b 6 2 6 3
Hafey lf 4 2 2 4
  Orsatti lf 2 0 0 0
Martin cf 6 1 1 2
Wilson c 4 1 2 1
  Mancuso c 1 1 1 0
Gelbert ss 4 2 2 1
Hallahan p 5 0 0 0
Totals 48 16 23 16
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 3 2 1 0
Grantham 1b 1 0 0 0
  Suhr 1b 2 0 1 1
Comorosky lf 3 0 1 1
Traynor 3b 3 0 0 0
  Sankey 3b 1 0 0 0
Waner P. rf 4 0 1 0
Groskloss 2b 3 0 0 0
Phillips c 4 0 2 0
Thevenow ss 3 0 1 0
Wood p 1 0 0 0
  Osborn p 1 0 0 0
  Swetonic p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
St. Louis 001 083 220–16231
Pittsburgh 100 001 000–270
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hallahan  W(12-8) 9.0 7 2 1 5 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  L(2-5) 4.1 10 7 7 2 5
  Osborn   0.2 6 5 5 0 1
  Swetonic   4.0 7 4 4 1 0
Totals
9.0
23
16
16
3
6
  E–Hafey (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Groskloss-Thevenow-Wood.  2B–St. Louis Adams (35); Roettger (17); Bottomley (15); Wilson (15); Mancuso (13).  3B–St. Louis Martin (5); Gelbert (4).  HR–St. Louis Hafey (8,6th inning off Osborn 2 on).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Grantham (14).  Team–8.  SB–Bottomley (2).  U–Bob Clarke, Charlie Moran, Ernie Quigley.
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