Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 18, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1944 at Sportsman's Park III. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Coscarart 2b 4 1 2 0
Russell lf 2 1 0 0
Barrett cf 4 1 1 1
Elliott 3b 3 0 1 1
O'Brien rf 4 0 1 1
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 0 1 0
Zak ss 2 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Martin rf 3 0 0 0
Sanders 1b 3 0 0 0
Musial cf 4 0 0 0
Cooper c 4 0 0 0
Kurowski 3b 3 1 1 1
Litwhiler lf 3 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 0 1 0
Verban 2b 3 0 1 0
Lanier p 2 0 0 0
  Garms ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
Pittsburgh 300 000 000–360
St. Louis 000 000 100–131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  W(4-1) 9.0 3 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(7-4) 8.0 5 3 2 4 2
  Schmidt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
2
  E–Verban (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Coscarart-Zak-Dahlgren, St. Louis 2. Kurowski-Verban-Sanders, Verban-Sanders.  2B–Pittsburgh Coscarart (2).  HR–St. Louis Kurowski (11,7th inning off Ostermueller 0 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  U–George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart, Tom Dunn.  T–1:56.  A–16,292.
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