St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 1948 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1948 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 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 1 0
Dusak cf 5 0 0 0
Musial lf 4 0 1 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 1 0
Kurowski 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones 1b 4 2 2 0
Garagiola c 2 1 0 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Rice c 0 0 0 0
Marion ss 4 1 0 1
Hearn p 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 1 0 0 0
  Northey ph 1 1 1 4
  Staley p 1 1 1 1
  Moore ph 1 0 1 0
  LaPointe pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 9 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 0 2 0
Gustine 3b 3 1 1 0
Walker rf 3 1 1 0
Kiner lf 2 2 1 2
Westlake cf 3 2 1 1
Stevens 1b 4 1 3 3
Murtaugh 2b 4 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 0 0
Singleton p 2 0 0 0
  Queen p 0 0 0 0
  West ph 0 0 0 0
  Bockman pr 0 0 0 0
  Main p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 6
St. Louis 000 104 100690
Pittsburgh 014 000 20x791
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn   2.1 6 5 5 2 0
  Wilks   2.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Staley  L(0-2) 3.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
6
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Singleton   5.0 5 5 5 7 6
  Queen   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Main   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Lombardi  W(2-2) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
10
7

  E–Gustine (8).  DP–St. Louis 2. Schoendienst-Marion-Jones, Schoendienst-Marion-Jones.  2B–Pittsburgh Rojek (4).  3B–St. Louis Jones (2), Pittsburgh Stevens (1).  HR–St. Louis Northey (1,6th inning off Singleton 3 on); Staley (1,7th inning off Main 0 on), Pittsburgh Kiner (11,7th inning off Staley 1 on); Westlake (5,2nd inning off Hearn 0 on).  HBP–Musial (1); Kurowski (3); Westlake (2).  Team LOB–16.  Team–6.  SB–Stevens (2).  U–Dusty Boggess, Butch Henline, Bill Stewart.  T–2:35.  A–33,584.
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