Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 27, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1939 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 1 2 1
  Waner P. rf 1 0 0 0
Rizzo lf 4 1 0 0
Vaughan ss 6 0 2 1
Brubaker 3b 6 0 1 0
Suhr 1b 6 2 2 1
Berres c 5 1 2 1
Waner L. cf 4 0 0 0
  Jensen cf 1 0 0 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
Klinger p 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 0 0 0 1
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 2b 4 0 0 0
Gutteridge 3b 5 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 5 0 0 0
Medwick lf 5 1 1 0
Mize 1b 4 1 2 1
  Adams pr 0 1 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Martin P. ph 0 0 0 0
Moore cf 4 2 3 2
Owen c 3 0 1 0
  Padgett 1b 2 1 1 1
Myers ss 2 0 1 1
  Martin S. ph 1 0 0 0
  Orengo ss 0 0 0 0
  King ph 0 0 0 0
  Crespi ss 1 0 0 0
Sunkel p 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 2 0 1 0
  Bowman p 0 0 0 0
  Franks c 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 10 5
Pittsburgh 011 100 001 01–591
St. Louis 010 010 101 02–6103
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger   8.0 6 3 3 0 3
  Brown  L(0-1) 2.1 4 3 2 2 3
  Sewell   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.1
10
6
5
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sunkel   3.0 3 3 3 8 1
  Shoun   5.2 5 1 0 2 2
  Bowman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  McGee  W(1-0) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
11.0
9
5
4
10
6
  E–Young (1), Gutteridge (2), Myers (5), Orengo (1).  2B–St. Louis Medwick (2); Mize (3); Moore (4); Padgett (1); Myers (2).  HR–Pittsburgh Suhr (1,11th inning off McGee 0 on), St. Louis Mize (2,2nd inning off Klinger 0 on).  SH–Mueller (1); Brown (1); Moore (1).  Team LOB–15.  Team–8.  U–Larry Goetz, Lee Ballanfant, Beans Reardon.  T–2:55.  A–1,994.
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