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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 6, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 6, 1940 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 6, 1940 |
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Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 6, 1940 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mort Cooper |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ken Heintzelman |
Ballpark | Forbes Field |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 8,582 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 53 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Beans Reardon 2B: (none) 3B: Larry Goetz |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jimmy Brown | Shortstop |
Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
Pepper Martin | Right Fielder |
Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
Ernie Koy | Left Fielder |
Don Gutteridge | Third Baseman |
Joe Orengo | Second Baseman |
Mickey Owen | Catcher |
Mort Cooper | Pitcher |
Billy Southworth | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
Bob Elliott | Right Fielder |
Debs Garms | Third Baseman |
Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
Maurice Van Robays | Left Fielder |
Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
Al Lopez | Catcher |
Ken Heintzelman | Pitcher |
Frankie Frisch | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 6, 1940
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Heintzelman
Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Koy vs. Heintzelman
Koy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore scores. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gutteridge vs. Heintzelman
Gutteridge hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Cooper
Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Cooper
Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Cooper
Garms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Cooper
Vaughan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moore. Vaughan reaches second base with a double. Garms goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Van Robays vs. Cooper
Van Robays is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orengo vs. Heintzelman
Orengo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Heintzelman
Owen hits a popup towards third. Garms settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Cooper
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Cooper
Lopez hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heintzelman vs. Cooper
Heintzelman hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Heintzelman
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Cooper
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Cooper
Elliott bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garms vs. Cooper
Garms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brown. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughan vs. Cooper
Vaughan hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher is hit by the pitch. Garms moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Van Robays vs. Cooper
Van Robays hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Heintzelman
Koy strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutteridge vs. Heintzelman
Gutteridge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orengo vs. Heintzelman
Orengo is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Cooper
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orengo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Cooper
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heintzelman vs. Cooper
Heintzelman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Cooper
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Heintzelman
Owen hits a popup, foul, towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher juggles the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Martin vs. Heintzelman
There goes Moore. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Moore steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Martin vs. Heintzelman
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Cooper
Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Koy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Cooper
Garms hits a popup towards third. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Cooper
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orengo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Heintzelman
Koy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutteridge vs. Heintzelman
Gutteridge strikes out. There goes Koy. The throw from Lopez to second, and Koy is out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Van Robays vs. Cooper
Van Robays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orengo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gustine vs. Cooper
Gustine hits a popup towards first. Mize settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Cooper
Lopez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heintzelman vs. Cooper
Heintzelman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gutteridge. Fletcher scores. Lopez moves to third. Heintzelman moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Waner vs. Cooper
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Koy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orengo vs. Heintzelman
Orengo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owen vs. Heintzelman
Owen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garms fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Cooper
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garms vs. Cooper
Garms hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moore. Garms reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Cooper
Vaughan hits a popup towards short. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Van Robays vs. Cooper
Van Robays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garms scores. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gustine vs. Cooper
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutteridge fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Heintzelman
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Heintzelman
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Cooper
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heintzelman vs. Cooper
Heintzelman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Cooper
Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Cooper
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koy vs. Heintzelman
Koy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gutteridge vs. Heintzelman
Gutteridge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Koy moves to third. Gutteridge moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Orengo vs. Heintzelman
Orengo strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Owen vs. Heintzelman
Owen strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Slaughter vs. Heintzelman
Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Mort Cooper.
Slaughter hits a popup towards first. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/6/1940 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Brown J, ss 4 0 1 0 Waner L, cf 5 0 2 0 Moore T, cf 3 1 1 0 Elliott B, rf 4 0 0 0 Martin P, rf 4 0 2 0 Garms D, 3b 4 2 2 0 Mize J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Vaughan A, ss 4 0 1 1 Koy E, lf 4 0 3 1 Fletcher E, 1b 0 1 0 0 Gutteridge D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Van Robays M, lf 4 0 1 1 Orengo J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Gustine F, 2b 4 0 0 0 Owen M, c 4 0 1 0 Lopez A, c 3 0 0 0 Cooper M, p 3 0 0 0 Heintzelman K, p 4 0 1 0 Slaughter E, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 1 9 1 32 3 7 2 St.Louis 100 000 000 -- 1 Pittsburgh 100 001 10x -- 3 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Cooper M (L) 8.0 7 3 2 4 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Heintzelman K (W) 9.0 9 1 1 1 7 E -- Brown J, Fletcher E, Orengo J, Gutteridge D DP -- Pittsburgh 2 LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 11 2B -- Vaughan A, Garms D SB -- Moore T CS -- Koy E SH -- Elliott B HBP -- by Cooper M (Fletcher E) T -- 1:53 A -- 8582
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