St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 28, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1938 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 3b 5 1 1 1
Bucher 2b 5 1 2 0
Slaughter rf 4 1 1 1
Medwick lf 5 0 2 2
Mize 1b 4 1 1 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Gutteridge ss 4 1 2 0
Owen c 3 0 2 0
Weiland p 4 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Jensen cf 5 1 1 0
Waner P. rf 4 1 1 0
Rizzo lf 4 0 1 2
Vaughan ss 4 1 1 1
Suhr 1b 3 0 1 0
Todd c 4 0 1 0
Brubaker 3b 4 0 1 0
Young 2b 3 0 1 0
  Waner L. ph 1 0 0 0
Tobin p 1 0 0 0
  Sewell p 1 0 0 0
  Lucas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
St. Louis 002 011 1005121
Pittsburgh 002 000 010380
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Weiland  W(1-2) 7.1 8 3 3 2 1
  McGee  SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tobin  L(2-1) 6.1 12 5 5 2 0
  Sewell   2.2 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
5

  E–P. Martin (1).  2B–St. Louis Brown (1); Bucher (1); Owen (5), Pittsburgh Suhr (1).  3B–St. Louis Medwick (1); Mize (2), Pittsburgh Rizzo (4).  HR–Pittsburgh Vaughan (3,8th inning off Weiland 0 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  U–Beans Reardon, Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz.  T–2:17.  A–8,033.
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