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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1925-09-10 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:50

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 5th. Vic Aldridge earned the win and Tom Sheehan picked up the save. Jim Bottomley went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vic Aldridge L: Allen Sothoron SV: Tom Sheehan

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	4	2	0	0	1	0
Eddie Moore	3	2	0	0	2	0
Kiki Cuyler	4	1	0	1	0	1
Clyde Barnhart	5	1	3	3	0	0
Pie Traynor	3	0	1	2	0	0
Glenn Wright	4	1	2	2	0	0
George Grantham	3	1	0	0	1	1
Earl Smith	4	1	1	0	0	0
Vic Aldridge	4	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Blades	4	2	2	0	0	0
Heinie Mueller	2	1	1	1	2	0
Rogers Hornsby	2	1	0	0	2	2
Jim Bottomley	3	1	1	4	1	0
Chick Hafey	4	0	0	0	0	2
Les Bell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob O'Farrell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Thevenow	3	0	0	0	1	0
Allen Sothoron	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Clough	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Warwick	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Aldridge	8.1	4	7	6
Tom Sheehan	0.2	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Allen Sothoron	4.2	3	3	0
Leo Dickerman	1.1	3	0	0
Ed Clough	3.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Carey: 43
Eddie Moore: 6/L
Kiki Cuyler: 13/BG

Bot 1

Ray Blades: 53
Heinie Mueller: W
Rogers Hornsby: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 2

Clyde Barnhart: 63
Pie Traynor: 3/P/FL
Glenn Wright: 8/F

Bot 2

Jim Bottomley: 3/FL
Chick Hafey: K
Les Bell: K

Top 3

George Grantham: 13
Earl Smith: 53
Vic Aldridge: 4/P

Bot 3

Bob O'Farrell: 63
Tommy Thevenow: W
Allen Sothoron: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Max Carey: E4/G+
Eddie Moore: 4/L
Kiki Cuyler: 23/G.1-2
Clyde Barnhart: D7.2-H(UR)
Pie Traynor: 3/FL

Bot 4

Ray Blades: 9/F
Heinie Mueller: 6/P
Rogers Hornsby: K

Top 5

Glenn Wright: 63
George Grantham: W
Earl Smith: S9/9S.1-3
Vic Aldridge: 3/FL
Max Carey: OA.3XH(26E2)(UR);1-2
Max Carey: W
Eddie Moore: W.2-3;1-2
Kiki Cuyler: HP.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Clyde Barnhart: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Pie Traynor: S7.3-H(UR);1X3(75)

Bot 5

Jim Bottomley: 4/L+
Chick Hafey: E5/G
Les Bell: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Glenn Wright: HR/F7D
George Grantham: 8/F
Earl Smith: 7/F
Vic Aldridge: S/G
Max Carey: 43

Bot 6

Bob O'Farrell: K/C
Tommy Thevenow: 63
Ed Clough: 7/F/FL

Top 7

Eddie Moore: W
Kiki Cuyler: K/C
Clyde Barnhart: D/89.1-3
Pie Traynor: 7/F7D/SF.3-H;2-3
Glenn Wright: S7.3-H
George Grantham: K

Bot 7

Ray Blades: D7
Heinie Mueller: S8.2-H
Rogers Hornsby: W.1-2
Jim Bottomley: W.2-3;1-2
Chick Hafey: K
Les Bell: 46(1)3/GDP/G+

Top 8

Earl Smith: 1/L
Vic Aldridge: 63
Max Carey: 6/P

Bot 8

Bill Warwick: 8/F8XD
Tommy Thevenow: 43
Ed Clough: 3/G

Top 9

Eddie Moore: 53
Kiki Cuyler: 3/P
Clyde Barnhart: 63

Bot 9

Ray Blades: S8
Heinie Mueller: W.1-2
Rogers Hornsby: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Bottomley: HR/F9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Chick Hafey: 63
Les Bell: W
Bill Warwick: 64(1)/FO
Tommy Thevenow: 3/P/FL

Notes & reviews

Fast assist
Sensational catch
Hit & run
Attempted double steal; Grantham knocked the ball loose. DWS: no CS on error in 1925
Pretty catch
Tough grounder but scored E5
Over LF fence
Infield hit
Fast play
Pretty running catch
Into RF bleachers

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