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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1924-06-29 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:35

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 4th. Lee Meadows earned the win and Johnny Morrison picked up the save. Ray Blades went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	7
SLN	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	6

W: Lee Meadows L: Leo Dickerman SV: Johnny Morrison

Umpires — HP: Monroe Sweeney · 1B: Ernie Quigley · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hank O'Day · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Moore	3	2	1	0	1	0
Max Carey	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kiki Cuyler	4	1	2	1	0	0
Glenn Wright	4	1	2	2	0	0
Charlie Grimm	4	1	1	0	0	0
Carson Bigbee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	3	1	0	0	1	1
Johnny Gooch	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lee Meadows	4	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wattie Holm	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	3	1	1	0	1	0
Heinie Mueller	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ray Blades	4	1	1	3	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	3	1	0	0	1	0
Specs Toporcer	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jimmy Cooney	3	0	1	2	0	0
Leo Dickerman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Bottomley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Max Flack	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lee Meadows	8.0	6	2	1
Johnny Morrison	1.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Leo Dickerman	8.0	7	2	1
Hi Bell	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Moore: S/G46
Max Carey: 9/F
Kiki Cuyler: S9.1-3
Glenn Wright: 43.3-H;1-2
Charlie Grimm: 8/F

Bot 1

Jack Smith: 43
Wattie Holm: 13
Rogers Hornsby: 43

Top 2

Carson Bigbee: 43
Rabbit Maranville: W
Johnny Gooch: PO1(16)
Johnny Gooch: T7/7L
Lee Meadows: 5/FL

Bot 2

Heinie Mueller: S7
Ray Blades: PB.1-2
Ray Blades: 8/F
Mike Gonzalez: FC6.2X3(65)
Specs Toporcer: D9.1-3
Jimmy Cooney: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(THH)
Leo Dickerman: 31

Top 3

Eddie Moore: 53
Max Carey: 8/F
Kiki Cuyler: 7/L

Bot 3

Jack Smith: 43
Wattie Holm: 43
Rogers Hornsby: 63/G56

Top 4

Glenn Wright: HR/F9D
Charlie Grimm: S8/G46
Carson Bigbee: 7/F
Rabbit Maranville: FC3.1-H(E3/TH2)(NR)(UR);B-3(E7)
Johnny Gooch: 43.3-H(UR)
Lee Meadows: 2/FL

Bot 4

Heinie Mueller: 8/F
Ray Blades: 63
Mike Gonzalez: W
Specs Toporcer: 9/F

Top 5

Eddie Moore: 9/F
Max Carey: 3/G
Kiki Cuyler: 9/F

Bot 5

Jimmy Cooney: 43
Leo Dickerman: 3/P
Jack Smith: 63

Top 6

Glenn Wright: 2/FL
Charlie Grimm: 63
Carson Bigbee: 6/P

Bot 6

Wattie Holm: 63/G56
Rogers Hornsby: W
Heinie Mueller: 6/P5D
Ray Blades: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Rabbit Maranville: K/C
Johnny Gooch: 8/F89XD
Lee Meadows: 7/L7S

Bot 7

Mike Gonzalez: 43
Specs Toporcer: K
Jimmy Cooney: 13

Top 8

Eddie Moore: W
Max Carey: 53/SH.1-3
Kiki Cuyler: S7.3-H
Glenn Wright: D9/F9LS.1-H(E9/TH)(NR)
Charlie Grimm: 8/F
Carson Bigbee: 31

Bot 8

Jim Bottomley: 8/L
Jack Smith: 43
Wattie Holm: 4/P

Top 9

Rabbit Maranville: 53
Johnny Gooch: 43
Lee Meadows: 7/F

Bot 9

Rogers Hornsby: S6/G6S
Heinie Mueller: S5/G5S.1-2
Ray Blades: HR/F9D.2-H;1-H
Mike Gonzalez: 63
Specs Toporcer: 3/G
Max Flack: K/C

Notes & reviews

Clever shoestring catch
Close play
Nice play
Toporcer's wild throw was cleverly handled by Mueller who tagged Rabbit as he dove into the bag.
Into RF bleachers
NYT reported 2 errors on Mueller

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