St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 20, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 3b 4 0 0 0
Marion ss 4 0 1 0
Musial cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Slaughter lf 3 1 1 0
Northey rf 3 0 0 0
  Diering cf 1 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 4 2 2 1
Garagiola c 2 0 0 0
Hemus 2b 2 1 1 0
  Klein 2b 2 0 1 1
Munger p 2 0 1 2
  Pollet p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 1 1 0
Saffell cf 5 0 4 1
Kiner lf 3 1 1 0
Walker rf 2 0 1 0
  Westlake rf 2 0 0 0
Masi c 4 0 1 1
Phillips 1b 5 1 2 0
Basgall 2b 5 0 1 1
Bockman 3b 3 0 0 0
Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 2 0 0 0
  Restelli ph 0 0 0 0
  Gumbert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
St. Louis 030 000 001–480
Pittsburgh 100 110 000–3110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Munger   5.2 9 3 3 5 4
  Pollet  W(16-7) 3.1 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
7
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   2.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Lombardi   5.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Gumbert  L(5-6) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
0
  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Klein-Marion-Nelson, Pittsburgh 1. Rojek-Basgall-Phillips.  PB–Garagiola (6).  2B–St. Louis Klein (5); Munger (2), Pittsburgh Phillips (1); Basgall (4).  3B–St. Louis Slaughter (5), Pittsburgh Saffell (1).  SH–Slaughter (7); Walker (3).  Team LOB–7.  Team–13.  U–Scotty Robb, Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore.
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