Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 23, 1936 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1936 at Sportsman's Park III. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 5 1 1 0
Jensen lf 5 1 1 0
Waner P. rf 5 1 1 2
Vaughan ss 4 0 2 1
Suhr 1b 3 0 1 0
Brubaker 3b 4 0 2 0
Young 2b 3 0 0 0
Padden c 4 0 2 0
Weaver p 2 0 0 0
  Lucas ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanton p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moore cf 5 1 3 1
Frisch 2b 4 0 0 0
Martin rf 3 1 1 0
Medwick lf 4 1 1 1
Mize 1b 4 1 1 0
Durocher ss 4 2 2 1
Garibaldi 3b 4 1 3 3
Ogrodowski c 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis c 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Heusser p 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 7 11 7
Pittsburgh 100 020 0003101
St. Louis 010 000 15x7111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Weaver   7.0 6 2 2 1 6
  Blanton  L(8-13) 0.2 4 5 5 2 1
  Brown   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.0 9 3 3 2 4
  Heusser  W(6-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
6

  E–Padden (9), Garibaldi (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. L. Waner-Padden.  2B–St. Louis Mize (24); Durocher (18).  3B–Pittsburgh Vaughan (6).  HR–Pittsburgh P. Waner (4,5th inning off Johnson 1 on).  SH–Weaver (6).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Davis (3).  Team–7.  SB–L. Waner (1); Suhr (7); Moore (9); P. Martin (19).  U–George Barr, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.
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