Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 8, 1943 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1943 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 5 1 1 1
Russell lf 4 0 1 0
Wyrostek rf 5 0 1 0
Elliott 3b 5 0 1 1
Fletcher 1b 1 2 1 1
Gustine ss 5 2 2 0
DiMaggio cf 3 0 0 1
Lopez c 2 1 1 0
Gee p 2 0 0 0
  Van Robays ph 1 0 1 1
  Gornicki p 0 0 0 0
  Barrett ph 1 0 1 1
  Butcher p 0 0 0 0
  Rescigno p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Klein 2b 4 2 2 2
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
Musial rf 3 1 1 1
Cooper W. c 3 2 2 3
Kurowski 3b 4 0 0 0
Litwhiler lf 2 0 0 0
  Hopp lf 1 1 1 1
Sanders 1b 3 1 3 1
Marion ss 4 0 0 0
Cooper M. p 2 1 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
  O'Dea ph 0 0 0 0
  White pr 0 0 0 0
  Lanier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 10 8
Pittsburgh 100 002 030–6100
St. Louis 101 020 04x–8102
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gee   5.0 6 4 4 3 1
  Gornicki   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Butcher   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Rescigno  L(5-7) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
6
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper   7.1 10 6 5 6 6
  Dickson  W(6-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lanier  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
7
7
  E–Klein (16), M. Cooper (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Coscarart-Fletcher, St. Louis 1. Klein-Marion-Sanders.  2B–Pittsburgh Gustine (16); Van Robays (10), St. Louis Musial (30); W. Cooper (20); Hopp (5).  HR–Pittsburgh Fletcher (6,8th inning off M. Cooper 0 on), St. Louis Klein (7,1st inning off Gee 0 on 0 out); W. Cooper (5,5th inning off Gee 1 on).  SH–Lopez (9); Walker (25); Sanders (11).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U–Lou Jorda, Babe Pinelli, Al Barlick.
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