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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 6, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 6, 1928 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 6, 1928 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 6, 1928 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Burleigh Grimes |
Home Starting Pitcher | Clarence Mitchell |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 10,000 |
Time of Game | 2 hours |
Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Lou Jorda 2B: (none) 3B: Ernie Quigley |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Sparky Adams | Shortstop |
Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
Paul Waner | First Baseman |
Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
Adam Comorosky | Left Fielder |
Fred Brickell | Right Fielder |
Dick Bartell | Second Baseman |
Charlie Hargreaves | Catcher |
Burleigh Grimes | Pitcher |
Donie Bush | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Taylor Douthit | Center Fielder |
Ernie Orsatti | Right Fielder |
Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
Chick Hafey | Left Fielder |
Wattie Holm | Third Baseman |
Jimmie Wilson | Catcher |
Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
Clarence Mitchell | Pitcher |
Bill McKechnie | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
September 6, 1928
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Mitchell
Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Douthit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Douthit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douthit vs. Grimes
Douthit hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orsatti vs. Grimes
Orsatti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Orsatti for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Grimes
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Mitchell
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Comorosky vs. Mitchell
Comorosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brickell vs. Mitchell
Brickell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Grimes
Bottomley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Grimes
Hafey hits a fly ball into left field. Comorosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Grimes
Holm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Mitchell
Bartell hits a line drive into center field. Douthit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargreaves vs. Mitchell
Hargreaves hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Mitchell
Grimes hits a popup towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Grimes
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilson for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Grimes
Maranville hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Brickell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Grimes
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mitchell for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Mitchell
Adams hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner bunts towards the mound. Mitchell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Mitchell
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douthit vs. Grimes
Douthit hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orsatti vs. Grimes
Orsatti strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Grimes
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Grimes
There goes Frisch. The throw from Hargreaves and he is out, Adams applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Comorosky vs. Mitchell
Comorosky strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brickell vs. Mitchell
Brickell bunts in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Mitchell
Bartell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargreaves vs. Mitchell
Hargreaves hits a popup towards third. Holm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Grimes
Bottomley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hafey vs. Grimes
Hafey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Grimes
Holm hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Hargreaves settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Hargreaves. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Grimes
Holm hits a line drive into left field. Comorosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Grimes
Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Brickell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Grimes
Maranville hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Mitchell
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Mitchell
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner hits a line drive towards short. Maranville catches it and throws to first to double up Adams. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Grimes
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douthit vs. Grimes
Douthit hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waner juggles the ball. That's an error on Waner. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orsatti vs. Grimes
Orsatti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Grimes
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Mitchell
Traynor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Comorosky vs. Mitchell
Comorosky strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Grimes
Bottomley hits a popup towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Grimes
Hafey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Grimes
Holm hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Comorosky. Holm reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Grimes
Wilson hits a ball on the ground that hits Holm. Holm is out and Wilson is safe at first. There goes Holm trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Mitchell
Pete Scott pinch hits for Fred Brickell.
Scott hits a popup, foul, towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Mitchell
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargreaves vs. Mitchell
Hargreaves bunts towards third. Holm can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Mitchell
Grimes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Grimes
Pete Scott now playing right field.
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Grimes
Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Comorosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douthit vs. Grimes
Douthit takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orsatti vs. Grimes
Douthit is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Douthit moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Orsatti vs. Grimes
Orsatti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frisch vs. Grimes
Frisch hits a popup towards short. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Mitchell
Adams is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner bunts towards third. Holm can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Mitchell
Waner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Mitchell
Traynor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Comorosky vs. Mitchell
Comorosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Grimes
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bottomley for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Grimes
Hafey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Grimes
Holm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Mitchell
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Mitchell
Bartell bunts towards the mound. Mitchell catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Mitchell. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargreaves vs. Mitchell
Hargreaves hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Scott moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grimes vs. Mitchell
Grimes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Mitchell
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Grimes
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
High vs. Grimes
Andy High pinch hits for Rabbit Maranville.
High hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Grimes
George Harper pinch hits for Clarence Mitchell.
Harper hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/6/1928 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Adams S, ss 4 0 1 0 Douthit T, cf 3 0 0 0 Waner L, cf 4 1 1 0 Orsatti E, rf 3 0 0 0 Waner P, 1b 4 1 1 2 Frisch F, 2b 4 0 1 0 Traynor P, 3b 4 0 0 0 Bottomley J, 1b 3 1 0 0 Comorosky A, lf 4 0 0 0 Hafey C, lf 4 1 1 2 Brickell F, rf 2 0 0 0 Holm W, 3b 4 0 1 0 Scott P, ph-rf 2 1 1 0 Wilson J, c 4 1 2 0 Bartell D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Maranville R, ss 3 0 0 0 Hargreaves C, c 4 0 1 0 High A, ph 1 0 0 0 Grimes B, p 4 0 1 1 Mitchell C, p 3 0 0 0 Harper G, ph 1 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 3 7 3 33 4 6 4 Pittsburgh 000 000 002 1 -- 3 St.Louis 000 020 000 2 -- 4 1 out when winning run was scored. Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Grimes B (L) 9.1 6 4 4 3 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Mitchell C (W) 10.0 7 3 3 1 3 E -- Hargreaves C, Waner P, Bartell D, Mitchell C DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, St.Louis 4 2B -- Holm W HR -- Hafey C, Waner P, Harper G CS -- Frisch F T -- 2:00 A -- 10000
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