St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 6, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1940 at Forbes Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown ss 4 0 1 0
Moore cf 3 1 1 0
Martin rf 4 0 2 0
Mize 1b 4 0 0 0
Koy lf 4 0 3 1
Gutteridge 3b 4 0 1 0
Orengo 2b 4 0 0 0
Owen c 4 0 1 0
Cooper p 3 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner cf 5 0 2 0
Elliott rf 4 0 0 0
Garms 3b 4 2 2 0
Vaughan ss 4 0 1 1
Fletcher 1b 0 1 0 0
Van Robays lf 4 0 1 1
Gustine 2b 4 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
Heintzelman p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 7 2
St. Louis 100 000 000–193
Pittsburgh 100 001 10x–371
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper  L(6-8) 8.0 7 3 2 4 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
2
4
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heintzelman  W(4-4) 9.0 9 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
7
  E–Brown (16), Gutteridge (5), Orengo (23), Fletcher (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Lopez-Gustine, Garms-Gustine-Fletcher.  2B–Pittsburgh Garms (8); Vaughan (23).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Elliott (6).  HBP–Fletcher (5).  Team–11.  SB–Moore (10).  U–Babe Pinelli, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–1:53.  A–8,582.
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