St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 14, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1949 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 2 1
Marion ss 4 1 1 0
Musial cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Slaughter lf 4 0 1 0
Northey rf 4 0 1 0
  Diering cf 0 0 0 0
Kazak 3b 4 1 1 0
Nelson 1b 3 1 0 0
Garagiola c 3 1 3 2
Pollet p 3 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 0 0 0
Beard rf 3 0 1 0
  Castiglione ph 1 0 0 0
  Hopp rf 0 0 0 0
Kiner lf 3 0 0 0
Westlake cf 4 1 1 1
Stevens 1b 3 0 1 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 0 0
Bockman 3b 2 1 2 0
Basgall 2b 3 1 1 2
Dickson p 3 0 0 0
  McCullough ph 0 0 0 0
  Fleming ph 1 0 1 0
  Lombardi pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
St. Louis 000 000 211–490
Pittsburgh 010 000 002–371
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pollet  W(1-2) 8.2 6 3 3 5 6
  Wilks   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  L(1-5) 9.0 9 4 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
3
3
  E–Stevens (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Marion-Schoendienst-Nelson, Pittsburgh 3. Rojek-Basgall-Stevens, Bockman-Basgall-Stevens, Dickson-Rojek-Stevens.  2B–St. Louis Schoendienst (4); Garagiola 2 (4).  HR–Pittsburgh Westlake (5,2nd inning off Pollet 0 on); Basgall (1,9th inning off Pollet 1 on).  SH–Pollet (1); Bockman (2).  HBP–Schoendienst (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U–Lon Warneke, Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan.
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