St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1952 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 4 1 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 2 1
Musial lf 3 0 1 0
  Lowrey cf 1 0 1 1
Slaughter rf 3 0 1 1
Rice H. cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Sisler 1b 3 0 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Rice D. c 4 0 0 0
Boyer p 2 1 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Koshorek ss 4 1 2 0
Del Greco cf 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 0
Kiner lf 1 0 0 0
  Davis pr 0 1 0 0
Merson 3b 4 0 0 1
McCullough c 3 0 0 0
  Garagiola ph 1 1 1 3
Strickland 2b 3 0 0 0
Bartirome 1b 3 0 0 0
Kline p 3 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 4 4
St. Louis 000 000 003380
Pittsburgh 000 000 004441
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Boyer   8.1 3 3 3 2 4
  Staley  L(8-3) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
4
4
4
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   8.2 7 3 3 7 1
  LaPalme  W(1-0) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
7
2

  E–Koshorek (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Koshorek-Strickland-Bartirome, Strickland-Bartirome.  2B–St. Louis Hemus (7), Pittsburgh G. Bell (5).  HR–Pittsburgh Garagiola (1,9th inning off Staley 2 on).  SH–Slaughter (4); Del Greco (3).  Team LOB–11.  Team–3.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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