St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 18, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1943 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Klein 2b 5 1 2 0
Walker cf 2 0 0 0
Musial rf 5 0 2 1
Litwhiler lf 5 1 2 1
Cooper W. c 5 1 1 0
Kurowski 3b 5 1 2 1
Sanders 1b 2 1 1 0
Marion ss 4 1 1 2
Cooper M. p 4 1 2 0
Totals 37 7 13 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 5 1 1 0
Russell lf 4 0 0 0
Van Robays rf 3 1 2 1
Elliott 3b 5 1 2 1
Fletcher 1b 3 0 1 1
Gustine ss 5 0 2 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 1
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
  Barrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Baker c 0 0 0 0
Gornicki p 2 1 1 0
  Klinger p 0 0 0 0
  Colman ph 1 0 0 0
  Brandt p 0 0 0 0
  Wyrostek ph 1 0 0 0
  Podgajny p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
St. Louis 001 200 4007131
Pittsburgh 001 001 101493
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper  W(12-5) 9.0 9 4 4 5 7
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gornicki  L(3-7) 6.2 11 7 5 2 6
  Klinger   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Brandt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Podgajny   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
5
3
7

  E–Marion (9), Russell (3), Gustine (19), Gornicki (2).  2B–St. Louis M. Cooper (3), Pittsburgh Coscarart (9); Van Robays (2).  SH–Walker 2 (19); Sanders (10).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Van Robays (1).  Team–12.  U–Lou Jorda, Jocko Conlan, George Barr.
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