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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1925-06-26 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 3500 · 1:31

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 3–2. Flint Rhem earned the win. Ray Blades went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
SLN	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		3	10

W: Flint Rhem L: Pete Alexander SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: Frank Wilson · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Quigley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rabbit Maranville	4	1	2	0	0	2
Howard Freigau	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mandy Brooks	4	1	1	1	0	0
Butch Weis	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Gonzalez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pinky Pittenger	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Griffith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Alexander	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Ray Blades	3	1	2	1	0
Jack Smith	4	1	1	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	0	1	1	0
Jim Bottomley	4	0	2	0	0
Max Flack	4	0	1	0	0
Specs Toporcer	4	1	1	0	0
Les Bell	3	0	1	1	0
Bob O'Farrell	3	0	0	0	1
Flint Rhem	3	0	1	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	8.0	10	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Flint Rhem	9.0	7	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: K/C
Rabbit Maranville: K
Howard Freigau: S5/G5L
Mandy Brooks: PO1(136)

Bot 1

Ray Blades: S8
Jack Smith: 46(1)3/GDP
Rogers Hornsby: 63

Top 2

Mandy Brooks: 5/L
Butch Weis: W
Mike Gonzalez: CS2(26)
Mike Gonzalez: 2/P2

Bot 2

Jim Bottomley: 3/P
Max Flack: 43
Specs Toporcer: 8/F

Top 3

Pinky Pittenger: 13/BG
Tommy Griffith: W
Pete Alexander: 346(1)/FO#
Sparky Adams: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Les Bell: 8/F
Bob O'Farrell: 53
Flint Rhem: K

Top 4

Rabbit Maranville: D9/G3L
Howard Freigau: 8/F8S
Mandy Brooks: D7/G5L.2-H
Butch Weis: K
Mike Gonzalez: S8/G46.2-H
Pinky Pittenger: 8/F

Bot 4

Ray Blades: 63
Jack Smith: T7/F78D
Rogers Hornsby: D/89.3-H
Jim Bottomley: 43.2-3
Max Flack: 7/F7S

Top 5

Tommy Griffith: 7/F
Pete Alexander: 7/F
Sparky Adams: 9/F#

Bot 5

Specs Toporcer: S8
Les Bell: D7/78.1-H
Bob O'Farrell: K/C
Flint Rhem: 8/LDP.2X2(86)

Top 6

Rabbit Maranville: K
Howard Freigau: 53/BG
Mandy Brooks: E5/TH1
Butch Weis: S7.1-2
Mike Gonzalez: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Ray Blades: HR/F9D
Jack Smith: 63
Rogers Hornsby: 13
Jim Bottomley: S6/G
Max Flack: S9.1-3
Specs Toporcer: 63

Top 7

Pinky Pittenger: HP
Tommy Griffith: 7/F
Pete Alexander: 2/FL
Sparky Adams: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Les Bell: 53
Bob O'Farrell: 9/L
Flint Rhem: S9
Ray Blades: HP.1-2
Jack Smith: 8/F

Top 8

Sparky Adams: 43
Rabbit Maranville: S8
Howard Freigau: 63.1-2
Mandy Brooks: 53

Bot 8

Rogers Hornsby: 3/P
Jim Bottomley: S9
Max Flack: 6(1)/FO
Specs Toporcer: 3/G

Top 9

Butch Weis: 6/L
Mike Gonzalez: 63
Pinky Pittenger: T/78
Tommy Griffith: 3#

Notes & reviews

CDT=4000
Great stop back of 3B but the ball stuck in his glove
1-handed catch
CDN: Bottomley deflected to Hornsby SLS: 46(1)/FO
CDN: 5/P
CDN coverage ended here
Low throw pulled Bottomley off the bag
High fly into RF seats
1st in NL reach 100 hits this year
Missing play deduced from EBN/box scores; trajectory unknown Updated by Wayne Townsend, 4/23/11.

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