St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 17, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1951 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lowrey cf,3b 4 1 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 1 1 1
Slaughter rf 4 0 2 0
Musial lf,cf 2 1 1 0
Richmond 3b 3 0 0 1
  Ciaffone lf 2 0 0 0
Bilko 1b 4 0 1 1
Garagiola c 4 0 1 0
  Diering pr 0 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
Hemus ss 2 1 1 0
Poholsky p 2 0 0 0
  Rice H. ph 0 0 0 0
  Habenicht p 0 0 0 0
  Rice D. ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Dillinger 3b 4 1 1 0
Metkovich cf 2 1 1 1
Bell rf 4 0 2 1
Kiner 1b 4 0 0 0
Westlake lf 4 1 1 2
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0
Basgall 2b 4 0 0 0
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
Dickson p 2 2 2 1
  Werle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
St. Louis 300 000 100480
Pittsburgh 003 101 00x572
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky  L(0-1) 6.0 7 5 5 1 0
  Habenicht   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wilks   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson  W(1-0) 6.0 4 4 2 7 2
  Werle   3.0 4 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
7
2

  E–Strickland 2 (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 3. McCullough-Strickland, Kiner-Strickland-Kiner-Strickland, Strickland-Basgall.  2B–St. Louis Bilko (1,off Dickson).  HR–Pittsburgh Dickson (1,4th inning off Poholsky 0 on 2 out); Westlake (1,6th inning off Poholsky 0 on 0 out).  SH–Slaughter (1,off Dickson).  HBP–Musial (1,by Werle).  IBB–Musial (1,by Dickson).  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  U–Lou Jorda, Frank Dascoli, Larry Goetz.  T–2:25.  A–25,894.
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