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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1925-07-07 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 5000 · 1:37

Boston Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–2. Boston Braves put up 4 in the 6th. Skinny Graham earned the win. Dick Burrus went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7
BSN	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1		8	13

W: Skinny Graham L: Allen Sothoron SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Barry McCormick · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Blades	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Shinners	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Cooney	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Bottomley	3	1	1	1	0	0
Max Flack	3	0	1	1	0	0
Specs Toporcer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Les Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	3	0	1	0	0	1
Allen Sothoron	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Dyer	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Welsh	4	1	1	0	1	0
William Marriott	3	2	1	1	1	0
Dave Bancroft	2	1	0	0	1	1
Dick Burrus	4	1	3	2	0	0
Dave Harris	4	1	2	2	0	0
Gus Felix	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ernie Padgett	4	0	1	0	0	2
Frank Gibson	4	0	2	2	0	0
Skinny Graham	4	1	1	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Allen Sothoron	5.1	8	1	3
Johnny Stuart	1.0	2	2	0
Eddie Dyer	1.2	3	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Skinny Graham	9.0	7	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ray Blades: 8/F
Ralph Shinners: 63
Jimmy Cooney: 63

Bot 1

Jimmy Welsh: W
William Marriott: 64(1)/FO
Dave Bancroft: 46(1)/FO
Dick Burrus: S8.1-2
Dave Harris: S4/G34.2-H;1X3(425)

Top 2

Jim Bottomley: T7
Max Flack: 8/SF.3-H
Specs Toporcer: 7/F
Les Bell: 6/P6MD

Bot 2

Gus Felix: 9/F
Ernie Padgett: S8
Frank Gibson: 5/FL
Skinny Graham: K

Top 3

Walter Schmidt: S7
Allen Sothoron: 8/F
Ray Blades: 3/FL
Ralph Shinners: SB2.1-3(E4)
Ralph Shinners: K/C

Bot 3

Jimmy Welsh: 7/F
William Marriott: 8/L
Dave Bancroft: K

Top 4

Jimmy Cooney: T7
Jim Bottomley: 8/F8S
Max Flack: 5/FL
Specs Toporcer: 6/P

Bot 4

Dick Burrus: 43
Dave Harris: 4/P
Gus Felix: 3/P

Top 5

Les Bell: 2/P
Walter Schmidt: K
Allen Sothoron: 8/F

Bot 5

Ernie Padgett: K
Frank Gibson: 43
Skinny Graham: 13

Top 6

Ray Blades: 53
Ralph Shinners: W
Jimmy Cooney: S9.1-3
Jim Bottomley: 8/SF.3-H
Max Flack: PO1(13)

Bot 6

Jimmy Welsh: T/78
William Marriott: S9.3-H
Dave Bancroft: 13/SH.1-2
Dick Burrus: S6/G.2-3
Dave Harris: S1/G.3-H;1-2
Gus Felix: S7/L.2-H;1-2
Ernie Padgett: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Frank Gibson: D4/P8S.3-H;1XH(412)

Top 7

Max Flack: 5/FL
Specs Toporcer: 43
Les Bell: 13/BG

Bot 7

Skinny Graham: S3/G
Jimmy Welsh: 7/F
William Marriott: W.1-2
Dave Bancroft: W.2-3;1-2
Dick Burrus: S7.3-H;2-H;1X3(75);B-2
Dave Harris: WP.2-3
Dave Harris: 63

Top 8

Walter Schmidt: 8/F
Eddie Dyer: S8
Ray Blades: S9.1-3
Ralph Shinners: 4/P34D
Jimmy Cooney: 4/P

Bot 8

Gus Felix: S8
Ernie Padgett: K
Frank Gibson: D7.1-H
Skinny Graham: K
Jimmy Welsh: 3/G

Top 9

Jim Bottomley: 6/P
Max Flack: S8
Specs Toporcer: 8/F
Les Bell: 8/F

Notes & reviews

Fine play
Fine play
Cooney batted it down as it streaked to RF
High throw but error charged to Padgett
Caromed off Sothoron's leg and rebounded towards the plate; he limped after it, and his throw home was late.
Off Bottomley's glove
Fine catch

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