St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 21, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 5 0 1 1
Schoendienst ss 5 1 0 0
Musial rf 5 0 0 0
Jones 1b 4 2 4 0
Slaughter lf 4 0 2 2
Klein 3b 3 0 0 0
Rice c 3 0 0 0
Hemus 2b 3 1 1 1
Martin p 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 4 0 0 0
Saffell cf 4 0 0 0
Hopp 1b 4 0 0 0
Kiner lf 4 1 1 1
Walker rf 4 0 1 0
Castiglione 3b 3 0 1 0
Basgall 2b 3 0 0 0
McCullough c 2 1 1 1
  Restelli ph 1 0 1 0
  Masi c 0 0 0 0
Werle p 2 0 0 0
  Fitz Gerald ph 1 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
St. Louis 210 000 010–490
Pittsburgh 001 100 000–252
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martin  W(3-0) 9.0 5 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle  L(9-9) 8.0 9 4 2 3 5
  Sewell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
3
5
  E–Rojek (16), Basgall (10).  2B–St. Louis Jones 3 (18), Pittsburgh Restelli (10).  3B–St. Louis Slaughter (6).  HR–Pittsburgh Kiner (34,4th inning off Martin 0 on); McCullough (3,3rd inning off Martin 0 on).  SH–Martin (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  U–Babe Pinelli, Artie Gore, Scotty Robb.
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