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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1926-06-27 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 10 innings · 1:48

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 3–2. Pete Alexander earned the win. Charlie Grimm went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Pete Alexander L: Bob Osborn SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cliff Heathcote	3	0	0	0	1	1
Howard Freigau	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hack Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Riggs Stephenson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Grimm	4	1	2	2	0	0
Jimmy Cooney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gabby Hartnett	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Osborn	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Osborn	9.2	9	10	6

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	10.0	4	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: K
Cliff Heathcote: 99
Howard Freigau: K

Bot 1

Ray Blades: K
Taylor Douthit: W
Rogers Hornsby: CS2(24)
Rogers Hornsby: K

Top 2

Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: 99
Charlie Grimm: S
Jimmy Cooney: 99

Bot 2

Jim Bottomley: 99
Billy Southworth: K
Les Bell: S
Bob O'Farrell: CS2(26)

Top 3

Gabby Hartnett: K
Bob Osborn: 99
Sparky Adams: S
Cliff Heathcote: 99

Bot 3

Bob O'Farrell: W
Tommy Thevenow: 99
Pete Alexander: K
Ray Blades: 99

Top 4

Howard Freigau: 99
Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: 99

Bot 4

Taylor Douthit: 99
Rogers Hornsby: S
Jim Bottomley: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Charlie Grimm: 99
Jimmy Cooney: 99
Gabby Hartnett: 99

Bot 5

Billy Southworth: HR/9
Les Bell: K
Bob O'Farrell: 99
Tommy Thevenow: D
Pete Alexander: 99

Top 6

Bob Osborn: 99
Sparky Adams: 99
Cliff Heathcote: W
Howard Freigau: 99

Bot 6

Ray Blades: 99
Taylor Douthit: 99
Rogers Hornsby: W
Jim Bottomley: S.1-3
Billy Southworth: 99

Top 7

Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: S8
Charlie Grimm: HR/9.1-H
Jimmy Cooney: 99
Gabby Hartnett: K

Bot 7

Les Bell: S7
Bob O'Farrell: 99/G.1-2
Tommy Thevenow: S9.2-H
Pete Alexander: 99
Ray Blades: W.1-2
Taylor Douthit: 99

Top 8

Bob Osborn: 99
Sparky Adams: 99
Cliff Heathcote: K

Bot 8

Rogers Hornsby: 99
Jim Bottomley: S
Billy Southworth: W.1-2
Les Bell: 99
Bob O'Farrell: 99

Top 9

Howard Freigau: 99
Hack Wilson: 99
Riggs Stephenson: 99

Bot 9

Tommy Thevenow: W
Pete Alexander: 99/SH.1-2
Ray Blades: IW
Taylor Douthit: 5/P
Rogers Hornsby: IW.2-3;1-2
Jim Bottomley: 3/G

Top 10

Charlie Grimm: 99
Jimmy Cooney: 99
Gabby Hartnett: 99

Bot 10

Billy Southworth: W
Les Bell: 99/SH.1-2
Bob O'Farrell: IW
Tommy Thevenow: E5.2-3;1-2
Pete Alexander: K
Ray Blades: S3.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2