St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 16, 1947 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1947 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 12

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 2 0
Moore cf 4 1 2 1
Musial 1b 5 1 1 1
Slaughter lf 4 0 1 0
Northey rf 3 1 0 0
Kurowski 3b 4 3 2 4
Marion ss 4 0 0 0
Garagiola c 4 0 1 1
Burkhart p 1 0 0 0
  Wilks p 1 0 0 0
  Brazle p 1 0 0 0
  Medwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Grodzicki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Rikard rf 5 1 2 0
Russell cf 4 1 1 0
Gustine 3b 5 1 1 0
Kiner lf 3 4 3 5
Greenberg 1b 2 3 2 4
Cox ss 5 2 3 3
Bloodworth 2b 5 0 2 0
Howell c 3 0 1 0
Wolff p 0 0 0 0
  Bagby p 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 12 16 12
St. Louis 400 110 010790
Pittsburgh 402 500 01x12161
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Burkhart  L (3-5) 2.1 6 6 6 2 0
  Wilks   1.0 5 5 5 2 0
  Brazle   3.2 3 0 0 3 2
  Grodzicki   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 16 12 12 8 2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wolff   0.2 3 4 4 1 0
  Bagby  W (4-3) 8.1 6 3 2 1 2
Totals 9.0 9 7 6 2 2

  E–Cox (14).  DP–St. Louis 3. Brazle-Musial, Marion-Schoendienst-Musial, Kurowski-Schoendienst.  2B–St. Louis Slaughter (24), Pittsburgh Bloodworth (4); Howell (8).  3B–St. Louis Schoendienst (8); Musial (8); Garagiola (2).  HR–St. Louis Moore (5,1st inning off Wolff 0 on); Kurowski 2 (19,1st inning off Wolff 1 on,5th inning off Bagby 0 on), Pittsburgh Kiner 3 (35,3rd inning off Burkhart 0 on,4th inning off Wilks 2 on,8th inning off Grodzicki 0 on); Greenberg 2 (23,1st inning off Burkhart 2 on,3rd inning off Burkhart 0 on); Cox 2 (11,1st inning off Burkhart 0 on,4th inning off Wilks 1 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bagby (2).  HBP–Bagby (1).  Team–8.  U–Babe Pinelli, Al Barlick.  T–2:09.  A–6,435.

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