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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-05-06 · Day game · Forbes Field · 13 innings · Att: 7000 · 2:50

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Burleigh Grimes earned the win and Jim Lindsey picked up the save. Jim Bottomley went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	6	16
PIT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	12

W: Burleigh Grimes L: Heinie Meine SV: Jim Lindsey

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Sparky Adams	7	0	2	0	0
Ernie Orsatti	5	2	2	0	0
Frankie Frisch	5	1	2	0	0
Jim Bottomley	5	1	3	2	1
George Watkins	6	1	2	1	0
Charlie Gelbert	5	1	2	0	1
Pepper Martin	6	0	2	2	0
Jimmie Wilson	6	0	1	1	0
Burleigh Grimes	5	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	6	0	1	0	0	0
George Grantham	4	2	1	0	3	0
Paul Waner	6	2	1	0	1	1
Pie Traynor	5	1	3	1	1	0
Adam Comorosky	6	0	2	1	1	0
Bill Regan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Phillips	3	0	0	0	2	1
Tommy Thevenow	6	0	1	0	0	0
Heinie Meine	4	0	1	0	1	2
Erv Brame	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ben Sankey	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Mosolf	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Burleigh Grimes	12.0	12	8	3
Jim Lindsey	1.0	0	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Heinie Meine	13.0	16	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sparky Adams: 63
Ernie Orsatti: 3/G
Frankie Frisch: 63

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 43
George Grantham: D9
Paul Waner: W
Pie Traynor: S/6D.1-2;2-3
Adam Comorosky: S8.3-H;2-H(E2)(NR);1-H(UR)(NR);B-2
Bill Regan: CS3(25)
Bill Regan: W
Eddie Phillips: SB2
Eddie Phillips: 3/FL

Top 2

Jim Bottomley: W
George Watkins: 8
Charlie Gelbert: S9.1-2
Pepper Martin: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Jimmie Wilson: 54(1)/FO

Bot 2

Tommy Thevenow: 8
Heinie Meine: 2/FL
Lloyd Waner: 8/L

Top 3

Burleigh Grimes: 43
Sparky Adams: D7
Ernie Orsatti: 13.2-3
Frankie Frisch: 53

Bot 3

George Grantham: 63
Paul Waner: 4
Pie Traynor: S8
Adam Comorosky: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Jim Bottomley: D7
George Watkins: S8.2-3
Charlie Gelbert: W.1-2
Pepper Martin: 9/F.2-3;3-H
Jimmie Wilson: 9/F.3-H
Burleigh Grimes: 9

Bot 4

Bill Regan: 5/P
Eddie Phillips: K
Tommy Thevenow: 8

Top 5

Sparky Adams: S7
Ernie Orsatti: 53/SH.1-2
Frankie Frisch: HP
Jim Bottomley: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Heinie Meine: K
Lloyd Waner: 63
George Grantham: W
Paul Waner: 2/P

Top 6

George Watkins: S8
Charlie Gelbert: 54(1)3/GDP
Pepper Martin: 53

Bot 6

Pie Traynor: 8
Adam Comorosky: 1/L
Bill Regan: 5/FL

Top 7

Jimmie Wilson: 53
Burleigh Grimes: 7
Sparky Adams: 53

Bot 7

Eddie Phillips: 53
Tommy Thevenow: 63
Heinie Meine: S7
Lloyd Waner: S7.1-2
George Grantham: 3/G

Top 8

Ernie Orsatti: S7
Frankie Frisch: S9.1-2
Jim Bottomley: D9.1-3;2-H
George Watkins: 9/F.2-3;3-H
Charlie Gelbert: 63
Pepper Martin: 53

Bot 8

Paul Waner: S6
Pie Traynor: 3/G/SH.1-2
Adam Comorosky: S9.2-3
Erv Brame: 8/F.3-H;1-2
Eddie Phillips: W
Tommy Thevenow: 9

Top 9

Jimmie Wilson: S9
Burleigh Grimes: 13/SH.1-2
Sparky Adams: 5/P
Ernie Orsatti: 8

Bot 9

Heinie Meine: K/C
Lloyd Waner: 3/G
George Grantham: 3/G

Top 10

Frankie Frisch: 31
Jim Bottomley: 8/78
George Watkins: 7

Bot 10

Paul Waner: 7
Pie Traynor: 53
Adam Comorosky: 63

Top 11

Charlie Gelbert: 7/L
Pepper Martin: S5
Jimmie Wilson: 9
Burleigh Grimes: CS2(26)

Bot 11

Ben Sankey: S9
Eddie Phillips: 163/SH.1-2
Tommy Thevenow: S8.2XH(82);B-2
Heinie Meine: W
Lloyd Waner: 64(1)/FO

Top 12

Burleigh Grimes: 3/FL
Sparky Adams: 7/L
Ernie Orsatti: S/78
Frankie Frisch: S9.1-3
Jim Bottomley: S7.1-2;3-H
George Watkins: 8

Bot 12

George Grantham: W
Paul Waner: 3/G.1-2
Pie Traynor: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Adam Comorosky: IW
Ben Sankey: 31.1-2;2-3
Eddie Phillips: IW
Tommy Thevenow: 64(1)/FO

Top 13

Charlie Gelbert: T/78
Pepper Martin: S8.3-H
Jimmie Wilson: 9
Burleigh Grimes: 3/G.1-2
Sparky Adams: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 13

Jim Mosolf: S9
Lloyd Waner: 53/SH.1-2
George Grantham: W
Paul Waner: K.2-3(E2)
Pie Traynor: W.1-2
Adam Comorosky: 63