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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1924-07-02 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2000 · sunny · 1:48

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Wilbur Cooper earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Wilbur Cooper L: Jesse Haines SV: (none)

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
Carson Bigbee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Carey	3	1	1	0	1	1
Kiki Cuyler	3	1	1	0	0	0
Glenn Wright	3	0	1	2	0	0
Charlie Grimm	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cliff Knox	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wilbur Cooper	3	0	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Ray Blades	4	1	1	0	0
Wattie Holm	4	0	1	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	2	0	1	1	2
Jim Bottomley	4	0	0	0	0
Taylor Douthit	4	1	2	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0
Howard Freigau	4	0	2	1	0
Jimmy Cooney	4	0	1	0	0
Jesse Haines	2	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	9.0	8	3	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Haines	9.0	7	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: 43
Max Carey: S8
Kiki Cuyler: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Ray Blades: 8/F
Wattie Holm: S8
Rogers Hornsby: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Glenn Wright: 63
Charlie Grimm: 7/FL
Pie Traynor: 13

Bot 2

Jim Bottomley: 7/FL
Taylor Douthit: 43
Mike Gonzalez: 43

Top 3

Rabbit Maranville: S7/5
Cliff Knox: 7/F
Wilbur Cooper: K/C
Carson Bigbee: 8/F

Bot 3

Howard Freigau: S/G1
Jimmy Cooney: 64(1)3/GDP
Jesse Haines: 3/P

Top 4

Max Carey: K
Kiki Cuyler: 63
Glenn Wright: 9/F

Bot 4

Ray Blades: S7
Wattie Holm: 2/FL
Rogers Hornsby: PB.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: W
Jim Bottomley: 7/F
Taylor Douthit: S/BR.1X2(3)

Top 5

Charlie Grimm: 43
Pie Traynor: 9/FL
Rabbit Maranville: 53

Bot 5

Mike Gonzalez: 8/L
Howard Freigau: 43
Jimmy Cooney: 8/F

Top 6

Cliff Knox: W
Wilbur Cooper: 3/G.1-2
Carson Bigbee: 13.2-3
Max Carey: W
Kiki Cuyler: HP.1-2
Glenn Wright: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Charlie Grimm: 2/P2

Bot 6

Jesse Haines: W
Ray Blades: 164(1)/FO
Wattie Holm: SB2
Wattie Holm: 43.2-3
Rogers Hornsby: T8/89XDW.3-H
Jim Bottomley: 8/F

Top 7

Pie Traynor: 2/FL
Rabbit Maranville: 7/F
Cliff Knox: 13

Bot 7

Taylor Douthit: S6/G56
Mike Gonzalez: 14/SH.1-2
Howard Freigau: S9.2-H
Jimmy Cooney: S9.1-3
Jesse Haines: 3/FL
Ray Blades: OA.3XH(215)

Top 8

Wilbur Cooper: S8/8S
Carson Bigbee: CS2(26)
Carson Bigbee: 43
Max Carey: 8/F

Bot 8

Ray Blades: 8/F8XD
Wattie Holm: 9/F
Rogers Hornsby: W+WP.B-2
Jim Bottomley: 7/F7S

Top 9

Kiki Cuyler: D8/89XD
Glenn Wright: 13/SH.2-3
Charlie Grimm: S8/G46.3-H
Pie Traynor: 4/P
Rabbit Maranville: S5/G5S.1X3(535)

Bot 9

Taylor Douthit: 63
Mike Gonzalez: 9/F
Howard Freigau: 1E3/BG
Jimmy Cooney: 9/F

Notes & reviews

Weather: cool; rain fell early in the morning
Good running catch
Good running catch
Through Freigau
Infield hit off Cooper's glove
Miraculous stop
Knocked down the wallop
Hit on the left shoulder
Cooper deflected the hot smash
Clever catch near the stands
Failed hit & run
Through the drawn-in infield
Fine stop by Wright; good stretch by Grimm

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