Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 9, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1938 at Sportsman's Park III. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 4 1 2 1
Waner L. cf 5 0 1 3
Waner P. rf 5 0 0 0
Suhr 1b 4 1 1 0
Rizzo lf 4 2 2 3
Vaughan ss 1 1 1 0
Todd c 5 0 1 0
Young 2b 3 2 2 0
Tobin p 2 1 1 1
  Brown p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Stripp 3b 5 0 1 0
Gutteridge ss 5 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 5 2 2 0
Medwick lf 5 2 3 2
Mize 1b 5 2 2 2
Bordagaray cf 5 1 0 0
Owen c 4 0 2 1
Brown 2b 4 0 1 2
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Shoun p 2 0 2 0
  Padgett ph 1 0 0 0
  Lanier p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Warneke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 13 7
Pittsburgh 052 000 0108112
St. Louis 023 000 2007130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tobin   2.1 6 5 2 0 2
  Brown  W(12-2) 6.2 7 2 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
13
7
3
0
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   1.2 5 5 5 1 1
  Shoun   4.1 4 2 2 3 2
  Lanier  L(0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Warneke   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
7
3

  E–Handley 2 (14).  DP–St. Louis 2. Stripp-Brown-Mize, Stripp-Brown-Mize.  2B–Pittsburgh Handley (6); Vaughan (12), St. Louis Slaughter (16); Medwick (20); Brown (6).  HR–Pittsburgh Rizzo 2 (7,2nd inning off Davis 0 on,3rd inning off Shoun 1 on), St. Louis Medwick (10,3rd inning off Tobin 1 on); Mize (5,3rd inning off Tobin 0 on).  SH–Rizzo (2); Brown (3).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U–Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon.  T–2:11.  A–2,859.
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