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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1926-08-04 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 4000 · 2:04

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Robins 8–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Sherdel earned the win. Bill Sherdel went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	8	11
BRO	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	8

W: Bill Sherdel L: Burleigh Grimes SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Blades	5	1	0	0	0	1
Billy Southworth	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	5	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Bottomley	3	1	1	1	1	1
Les Bell	4	1	2	1	0	1
Taylor Douthit	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bob O'Farrell	1	1	0	1	1	0
Tommy Thevenow	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Sherdel	4	2	3	3	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rabbit Maranville	5	2	2	0	0	0
Gus Felix	4	0	2	2	0	0
Babe Herman	4	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Fournier	5	0	0	0	0	2
Zack Wheat	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Bohne	2	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Butler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	4	1	1	0	0	0
Burleigh Grimes	3	1	2	1	0	0
Hank DeBerry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Standaert	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Sherdel	9.0	8	4	2

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Burleigh Grimes	6.0	9	1	4
Jesse Barnes	2.0	1	1	0
Rube Ehrhardt	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ray Blades: 9
Billy Southworth: 43
Rogers Hornsby: S
Jim Bottomley: D.1-H
Les Bell: S.2-H
Taylor Douthit: S.1-2
Bob O'Farrell: 13

Bot 1

Rabbit Maranville: 63
Gus Felix: 6
Babe Herman: 3/G

Top 2

Tommy Thevenow: 13
Bill Sherdel: 63
Ray Blades: K

Bot 2

Jack Fournier: 2/FL
Zack Wheat: 6/L
Sam Bohne: W
Johnny Butler: 2/FL

Top 3

Billy Southworth: 63
Rogers Hornsby: 4
Jim Bottomley: K

Bot 3

Charlie Hargreaves: 53
Burleigh Grimes: 3
Rabbit Maranville: S6
Gus Felix: D.1-H
Babe Herman: 9

Top 4

Les Bell: K
Taylor Douthit: D
Bob O'Farrell: 7/SF.2-3
Tommy Thevenow: 63

Bot 4

Jack Fournier: K
Zack Wheat: 4/L
Sam Bohne: W
Johnny Butler: 8

Top 5

Bill Sherdel: T
Ray Blades: E6/G
Billy Southworth: S.3-H;1-3
Rogers Hornsby: CS2(24343)
Rogers Hornsby: 43.3-H(UR)
Jim Bottomley: 43

Bot 5

Charlie Hargreaves: D
Burleigh Grimes: D.2-H
Rabbit Maranville: S/BG.2-3
Gus Felix: S.3-H;1-3
Babe Herman: S.3-H;1-2
Jack Fournier: 9
Zack Wheat: 5
Sam Bohne: 8

Top 6

Les Bell: 53
Taylor Douthit: K
Bob O'Farrell: W
Tommy Thevenow: S.1-3
Bill Sherdel: D.3-H;1-H
Ray Blades: 8

Bot 6

Johnny Butler: 9
Charlie Hargreaves: 43
Burleigh Grimes: S
Rabbit Maranville: 43

Top 7

Billy Southworth: 43
Rogers Hornsby: 53
Jim Bottomley: W
Les Bell: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Gus Felix: 8
Babe Herman: W
Jack Fournier: 2/FL
Zack Wheat: W.1-2
Sam Bohne: 9

Top 8

Les Bell: T
Taylor Douthit: 13
Bob O'Farrell: 8/SF.3-H
Tommy Thevenow: 53

Bot 8

Johnny Butler: 7
Charlie Hargreaves: 63
Hank DeBerry: 53

Top 9

Bill Sherdel: HR/9
Ray Blades: 9
Billy Southworth: 43
Rogers Hornsby: 43

Bot 9

Rabbit Maranville: E4/F
Jerry Standaert: 8
Babe Herman: 43.1-2
Jack Fournier: K

Notes & reviews

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