St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 25, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1940 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Martin S. 2b 4 1 3 0
Epps cf 4 2 2 1
  Gutteridge ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 6 2 3 0
Mize 1b 5 1 0 0
Padgett c 5 1 3 1
  Owen c 1 0 1 0
Martin P. lf 4 0 3 4
  Hopp cf 2 1 0 0
Brown 3b 6 1 2 1
  Orengo 3b 0 0 0 0
Marion ss 5 1 2 1
Cooper p 3 0 1 0
  Shoun p 2 0 2 1
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 10 22 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 6 3 4 0
Garms lf 2 1 1 2
  Elliott lf 2 1 1 1
Waner P. rf 4 1 1 1
Vaughan ss 4 1 1 0
Fletcher 1b 5 0 3 4
Schultz c 5 0 0 1
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Handley 3b 3 1 0 0
Klinger p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman p 2 0 0 0
  Lanahan p 1 0 0 0
  Brubaker ph 0 1 0 0
  MacFayden p 0 0 0 0
  Van Robays ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 9 12 9
St. Louis 330 002 020 0–10221
Pittsburgh 102 200 040 x–9123
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper   3.1 6 5 5 4 3
  Shoun  W(1-1) 4.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Russell  SV(1) 1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
7
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger  L(1-1) 1.1 6 5 5 1 0
  Heintzelman   4.0 11 3 3 0 3
  Lanahan   2.2 4 2 2 2 0
  MacFayden   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
22
10
10
3
3
  E–Marion (1), L. Waner (1), Vaughan (4), Young (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Handley-Fletcher, Lanahan-Vaughan-Fletcher.  2B–St. Louis S. Martin (2); Slaughter (3); Padgett (3); P. Martin (3).  3B–St. Louis S. Martin (1), Pittsburgh Garms (1).  Team LOB–15.  SH–Handley (1).  Team–11.  U–George Magerkurth, George Barr, Bill Stewart.  T–3:12.  A–3,394.
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