St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 15, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1947 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
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 3 0
Moore cf 5 0 2 0
Musial 1b 5 1 1 1
Slaughter lf 5 1 1 0
Northey rf 4 2 1 0
  Diering rf 0 0 0 0
Kurowski 3b 4 2 2 2
Marion ss 4 0 2 3
Rice c 3 1 1 1
Munger p 4 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rikard rf 5 0 1 0
Russell cf 4 0 1 0
Gustine 3b 5 2 2 0
Kiner lf 3 2 2 4
Greenberg 1b 3 0 1 0
Cox ss 4 0 1 0
Bloodworth 2b 4 0 1 0
Howell c 4 0 1 0
Bonham p 1 0 0 0
  Lyons p 2 0 0 0
  Salkeld ph 1 0 0 0
  Higbe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
St. Louis 000 330 100–7130
Pittsburgh 200 000 020–4101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Munger  W(10-3) 7.1 10 4 4 3 9
  Wilks  SV(4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L(9-6) 4.2 9 6 6 2 3
  Lyons   3.1 4 1 0 1 3
  Higbe   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
3
7
  E–Kiner (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Bloodworth.  PB–Howell (6).  2B–St. Louis Slaughter (23); Marion (11).  3B–Pittsburgh Rikard (4).  HR–St. Louis Musial (13,5th inning off Bonham 0 on); Kurowski (17,4th inning off Bonham 1 on); Rice (10,4th inning off Bonham 0 on), Pittsburgh Kiner 2 (32,1st inning off Munger 1 on,8th inning off Munger 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U–Al Barlick, Babe Pinelli.  T–2:40.  A–35,344.
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