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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 23, 1942
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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 August 23, 1942 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | August 23, 1942 |
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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 | August 23, 1942 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Heintzelman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Gumbert |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Tom Dunn 2B: (none) 3B: Ziggy Sears |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Pete Coscarart | Shortstop |
Jimmy Wasdell | Right Fielder |
Bud Stewart | Left Fielder |
Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
Elbie Fletcher | First Baseman |
Vince DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Frankie Gustine | Second Baseman |
Al Lopez | Catcher |
Ken Heintzelman | Pitcher |
Frankie Frisch | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jimmy Brown | Second Baseman |
Terry Moore | Center Fielder |
Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
Walker Cooper | Catcher |
Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
Marty Marion | Shortstop |
Johnny Hopp | First Baseman |
Harry Gumbert | Pitcher |
Billy Southworth | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 23, 1942
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Gumbert
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wasdell vs. Gumbert
Wasdell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Coscarart moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stewart vs. Gumbert
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stewart for the out. Coscarart moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Elliott vs. Gumbert
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it 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: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Heintzelman
Slaughter 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--
Musial vs. Heintzelman
Musial hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it 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: ---
Fletcher vs. Gumbert
Fletcher strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Gumbert
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Gumbert
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Heintzelman
Kurowski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Heintzelman
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heintzelman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Heintzelman
Hopp hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Gumbert
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heintzelman vs. Gumbert
Heintzelman strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Gumbert
Coscarart strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Heintzelman
Gumbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Heintzelman
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Heintzelman
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wasdell vs. Gumbert
Wasdell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Marion. Wasdell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stewart vs. Gumbert
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Gumbert
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Gumbert
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out. Wasdell moves to third. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DiMaggio vs. Gumbert
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wasdell scores. Elliott scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Gumbert
There goes DiMaggio. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. DiMaggio steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gustine vs. Gumbert
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Heintzelman
Kurowski hits a popup, foul, towards short. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Heintzelman
Marion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Heintzelman
Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marion moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gumbert vs. Heintzelman
There goes Hopp. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Hopp steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gumbert vs. Heintzelman
Gumbert strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Gumbert
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heintzelman vs. Gumbert
Heintzelman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Gumbert
Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wasdell vs. Gumbert
Wasdell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hopp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wasdell for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Heintzelman
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Heintzelman
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Heintzelman
Slaughter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Heintzelman
There goes Slaughter. The throw from Lopez and he is out, Coscarart applying the tag. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Gumbert
Stewart strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Gumbert
Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Gumbert
Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Gumbert
DiMaggio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gustine vs. Gumbert
Gustine hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Gumbert
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Heintzelman
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Heintzelman
Cooper takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kurowski vs. Heintzelman
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Klinger
Bob Klinger now pitching.
Marion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Musial scores. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hopp vs. Klinger
Hopp hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanders vs. Klinger
Ray Sanders pinch hits for Harry Gumbert.
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klinger vs. Cooper
Mort Cooper now pitching.
Klinger strikes out. The ball gets by Cooper. He chases the ball to the backstop. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Cooper
Coscarart bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Klinger moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wasdell vs. Cooper
Wasdell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stewart vs. Cooper
Stewart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Cooper
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Klinger
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott juggles the ball. That's an error on Elliott. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Klinger
Moore bunts towards the mound. Klinger fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Klinger
Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Klinger
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Klinger
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coscarart fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Cooper
DiMaggio hits a popup in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Cooper
Gustine hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter who is chasing the ball. Gustine reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lopez vs. Cooper
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gustine scores. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klinger vs. Cooper
Klinger hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Cooper
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wasdell vs. Cooper
Wasdell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Klinger
Kurowski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Klinger
Marion hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Klinger
Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Klinger
Harry Walker pinch hits for Mort Cooper.
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Krist
Howie Krist now pitching.
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Krist
Elliott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Krist
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Krist
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Klinger
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Klinger
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Klinger
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fletcher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Klinger
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/23/1942, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Coscarart P, ss 4 0 2 0 Brown J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Wasdell J, rf 5 1 1 0 Moore T, cf 4 0 0 0 Stewart B, lf 4 0 0 0 Slaughter E, rf 3 0 2 1 Elliott B, 3b 4 2 2 0 Musial S, lf 4 1 0 0 Fletcher E, 1b 5 1 2 1 Cooper W, c 3 0 0 0 DiMaggio V, cf 5 0 1 2 Kurowski W, 3b 4 1 1 1 Gustine F, 2b 4 1 2 1 Marion M, ss 3 0 2 1 Lopez A, c 4 0 1 1 Hopp J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Heintzelman K, p 1 0 0 0 Gumbert H, p 2 0 0 0 Klinger B, p 2 0 0 0 Sanders R, ph 1 0 0 0 Cooper M, p 0 0 0 0 Walker H, ph 1 0 0 0 Krist H, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 5 11 5 33 3 7 3 Pittsburgh 000 201 020 -- 5 St.Louis 010 001 100 -- 3 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Heintzelman K 5.1 3 2 2 6 2 Klinger B (W) 3.2 4 1 0 0 1 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Gumbert H 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 Cooper M (L) 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 Krist H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Marion M, Cooper W, Elliott B LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, St.Louis 10 3B -- Gustine F HR -- Kurowski W, Fletcher E SB -- DiMaggio V, Hopp J CS -- Slaughter E SH -- Coscarart P, Moore T T -- 2:26 A -- 0
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