Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 5, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1949 at Sportsman's Park III. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rojek ss 5 1 3 1
Saffell cf 4 0 2 2
Kiner lf 3 1 0 0
Westlake rf 5 0 1 2
Bockman 3b 5 0 1 0
Phillips 1b 5 0 0 0
Murtaugh 2b 5 1 3 0
  Fitz Gerald pr 0 1 0 0
  Basgall 2b 0 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 1 1 0
  Walker ph 0 0 0 0
  Restelli pr 0 0 0 0
  Masi c 0 0 0 0
Werle p 3 0 1 0
  Chambers p 1 0 0 0
  Lombardi p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Diering cf 4 1 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 2 1
Musial rf 5 0 1 1
Jones 1b 5 0 1 0
Slaughter lf 4 1 2 0
Marion ss 4 0 1 1
Rice c 4 0 0 0
Glaviano 3b 4 0 1 0
Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Klein ph 1 1 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Kazak ph 1 1 1 1
  Munger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 10 4
Pittsburgh 002 200 000 1–5122
St. Louis 000 010 210 0–4101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Werle   6.2 4 3 3 2 2
  Chambers   0.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Lombardi  W(5-3) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
4
4
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley   5.0 6 4 2 2 1
  Wilks   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Munger  L(13-6) 3.0 4 1 1 3 0
Totals
10.0
12
5
3
5
4
  E–Rojek (20), Murtaugh (9), Glaviano (15).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Bockman-Murtaugh-Phillips.  2B–Pittsburgh Rojek (11); Westlake (18); Bockman (6); Murtaugh (7).  3B–St. Louis Slaughter (12).  HR–St. Louis Kazak (6,7th inning off Werle 0 on).  SH–Saffell (5); Marion (16); D. Rice (4).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–Diering (1).  Team–10.  SB–Musial (3).  U–Larry Goetz, Beans Reardon, Lou Jorda.
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