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Cardinals 4 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
May 15, 1949

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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 May 15, 1949 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 15, 1949 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherGerry Staley  
Losing PitcherBill Werle  
SaveTed Wilks  
Game Winning RBIRed Schoendienst 

Game Info

DateMay 15, 1949 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherJim Hearn  
Home Starting PitcherBill Werle  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance26,909 
Time of Game2 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Stewart
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: (none)
3B: Lon Warneke

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Chuck Diering  Center Fielder 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Right Fielder 
Eddie Kazak  Third Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Left Fielder 
Marty Marion  Shortstop 
Rocky Nelson  First Baseman 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Jim Hearn  Pitcher 
Eddie Dyer  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Wally Westlake  Center Fielder 
Ed Stevens  First Baseman 
Ed Fitz Gerald  Catcher 
Eddie Bockman  Third Baseman 
Monty Basgall  Second Baseman 
Bill Werle  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

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Cardinals 4 @ Pirates 3
Forbes Field
May 15, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/15/1949 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Diering C, cf         5  1  1  1   Rojek S, ss           3  1  0  0   
Schoendienst R, 2b    5  0  2  1   Fleming L, ph         1  0  0  0   
Musial S, rf          5  0  0  1   Walker D, rf          3  1  0  0   
Kazak E, 3b           4  1  1  1   Kiner R, lf           3  0  2  1   
Slaughter E, lf       3  0  2  0   Westlake W, cf        3  0  1  0   
Marion M, ss          3  0  0  0   Stevens E, 1b         4  1  1  1   
Nelson R, 1b          4  0  1  0   Fitz Gerald E, c      3  0  1  0   
Rice D, c             3  1  2  0   Bockman E, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Johnson K, pr         0  1  0  0   Basgall M, 2b         3  0  1  1   
Garagiola J, c        0  0  0  0   Werle B, p            3  0  0  0   
Hearn J, p            1  0  0  0   Hopp J, ph            1  0  0  0   
Staley G, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Sauer E, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Wilks T, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  4  9  4                        31  3  6  3

St.Louis         010 010 002 --  4
Pittsburgh       002 000 010 --  3

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hearn J               2.2  2  2  2  5  1
Staley G (W)          5.1  4  1  1  2  1
Wilks T (S)           1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Werle B (L)           9.0  9  4  3  2  4

E -- Fitz Gerald E
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Nelson R, Kiner R, Diering C
HR -- Kazak E
SB -- Westlake W
SH -- Marion M
T -- 2:21
A -- 26909

    

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