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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1928-09-09 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 34000 · 2:23

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–7. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 8th. Joe Dawson earned the win. Jim Bottomley went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Dawson L: Art Reinhart SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Quigley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sparky Adams	4	2	0	0	1	0
Lloyd Waner	4	2	3	1	0	0
Paul Waner	5	0	4	2	0	0
Pie Traynor	5	0	2	1	0	0
Adam Comorosky	5	0	0	0	0	1
Glenn Wright	5	1	2	0	0	2
George Grantham	4	1	1	1	1	0
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Fussell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Erv Brame	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Brickell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Pete Scott	1	1	1	2	0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Taylor Douthit	3	1	0	0	2	0
Ernie Orsatti	5	1	1	2	0	1
Frankie Frisch	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Bottomley	4	2	2	2	0	0
Chick Hafey	3	1	1	1	1	0
Wattie Holm	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jimmie Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Maranville	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Alexander	2	1	0	0	1	0
Andy High	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Harper	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Fussell	6.1	5	4	1
Burleigh Grimes	0.1	2	0	0
Walt Tauscher	0.1	0	0	0
Joe Dawson	2.0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Alexander	7.1	11	3	1
Art Reinhart	0.0	2	0	0
Syl Johnson	1.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: D
Paul Waner: S.2-3;BX2(99)#
Pie Traynor: 43

Bot 1

Taylor Douthit: 99
Ernie Orsatti: 99
Frankie Frisch: 99

Top 2

Adam Comorosky: 99
Glenn Wright: S
George Grantham: 99
Rollie Hemsley: 99

Bot 2

Jim Bottomley: T/F9D
Chick Hafey: W
Wattie Holm: PB.3-H;1-2
Wattie Holm: K
Jimmie Wilson: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Top 3

Fred Fussell: 99
Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: S
Paul Waner: S.1-2
Pie Traynor: S.2-H;1-2
Adam Comorosky: 99

Bot 3

Pete Alexander: 99
Taylor Douthit: W
Ernie Orsatti: 99
Frankie Frisch: S.1-2
Jim Bottomley: 99

Top 4

Glenn Wright: K
George Grantham: 99
Rollie Hemsley: 99

Bot 4

Chick Hafey: 99
Wattie Holm: S
Jimmie Wilson: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Top 5

Fred Fussell: 99
Sparky Adams: 99
Lloyd Waner: 99

Bot 5

Pete Alexander: 99
Taylor Douthit: 99
Ernie Orsatti: 99

Top 6

Paul Waner: 63
Pie Traynor: S4/G
Adam Comorosky: 99
Glenn Wright: FC.1-2#
George Grantham: W.2-3;1-2
Rollie Hemsley: 99

Bot 6

Frankie Frisch: 99
Jim Bottomley: 99
Chick Hafey: HR/F7D
Wattie Holm: 99

Top 7

Fred Fussell: 99
Sparky Adams: W
Lloyd Waner: T.1-H
Paul Waner: S.3-H
Pie Traynor: 99
Adam Comorosky: 99

Bot 7

Jimmie Wilson: 99/F
Rabbit Maranville: S8
Pete Alexander: W.1-2
Taylor Douthit: W.2-3;1-2
Ernie Orsatti: DGR7/G5.3-H;2-H;1-3
Frankie Frisch: 99/SF.3-H
Jim Bottomley: HR/89.2-H
Chick Hafey: 5/P

Top 8

Glenn Wright: S
George Grantham: D/78.1-H
Erv Brame: W
Fred Brickell: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Sparky Adams: FC5.3-H(NR);1-3;B-2(E5/TH)
Pete Scott: DGR/7.3-H;2-H(UR)
Paul Waner: S8.2-H
Pie Traynor: 99
Adam Comorosky: K

Bot 8

Andy High: 99
Jimmie Wilson: 99
Rabbit Maranville: 99

Top 9

Glenn Wright: K
George Grantham: 99
Charlie Hargreaves: 99

Bot 9

George Harper: K
Taylor Douthit: 99
Ernie Orsatti: K

Notes & reviews

Special ground rules set up for over-flow crowd on field.
Grimes threw fourth ball to Douthit; Fussell left with 3-0 count on the batter; walk charged to Fussell
Orsatti's hit rolled down foul line and into the crowd.
Scott's hit rolled into the crowd.

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