St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 1, 1946 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1946 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 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Moore cf 3 1 2 1
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
Kurowski 3b 1 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 3 0 1 0
Dusak lf 2 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 0 1 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
  Cross pr 0 0 0 0
  Kluttz c 0 0 0 0
Brecheen p 2 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Handley 3b 3 0 0 0
Fletcher 1b 3 0 0 0
Gustine 2b 4 1 2 0
Elliott rf 3 0 0 1
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Russell cf 2 1 1 0
Brown ss 1 0 0 0
  Cox ss 1 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 2 1
Ostermueller p 2 0 1 0
Totals 25 2 6 2
St. Louis 000 010 0–161
Pittsburgh 001 100 0–261
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  L(11-13) 5.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Wilks   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
7.0
6
2
2
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  W(10-9) 7.0 6 1 1 2 0
Totals
7.0
6
1
1
2
0
  E–Schoendienst (9), Brown (14).  DP–St. Louis 1. Marion-Schoendienst-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Moore (11), Pittsburgh Ostermueller (3).  3B–Pittsburgh Gustine (5).  HR–St. Louis Moore (2,5th inning off Ostermueller 0 on).  SH–Moore (5); Handley (10); Brown (4).  HBP–Kurowski (4).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Dusak (7).  U–Tom Dunn, George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart.  T–1:33.  A–28,167.
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