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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1933-09-23 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 1100 · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Ralph Birkofer earned the win. Freddie Lindstrom went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	9	15
SLN	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	8

W: Ralph Birkofer L: Bill Hallahan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Jensen	5	2	3	1	1	0
Freddie Lindstrom	5	1	2	2	0	0
Paul Waner	5	1	2	0	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	1	1	1	0	0
Arky Vaughan	3	2	2	0	2	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	0	1	0	1
Tommy Thevenow	5	1	3	2	0	0
Tom Padden	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ralph Birkofer	5	0	1	1	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pepper Martin	4	0	1	0	0	3
George Watkins	2	1	1	0	2	1
Frankie Frisch	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ripper Collins	3	1	1	1	1	1
Gene Moore	4	0	2	1	0	1
Leo Durocher	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Lewis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Hallahan	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ethan Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Birkofer	9.0	8	4	7

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Hallahan	9.0	15	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Jensen: W
Freddie Lindstrom: 64(1)3/GDP
Paul Waner: E5/TH
Pie Traynor: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Pepper Martin: S7
George Watkins: K
Frankie Frisch: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Arky Vaughan: W
Gus Suhr: 9
Tommy Thevenow: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 63
Ripper Collins: K/C
Gene Moore: 13/BG

Top 3

Tom Padden: K
Ralph Birkofer: K
Woody Jensen: D9
Freddie Lindstrom: S7.2-H
Paul Waner: 8

Bot 3

Leo Durocher: 6/L
Bill Lewis: 43
Bill Hallahan: 63

Top 4

Pie Traynor: D/89
Arky Vaughan: S9.2-3
Gus Suhr: K/C
Tommy Thevenow: S9.3-H;1-2
Tom Padden: 5/P
Ralph Birkofer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Pepper Martin: K
George Watkins: W
Frankie Frisch: 6/P
Joe Medwick: D/89.1-H
Ripper Collins: WP.2-3
Ripper Collins: T/89.3-H
Gene Moore: S7.3-H
Leo Durocher: CS2(24)

Top 5

Woody Jensen: S1
Freddie Lindstrom: 8
Paul Waner: S9.1-3
Pie Traynor: FC6.3-H;1X2(6E4);B-1
Arky Vaughan: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Gus Suhr: 43

Bot 5

Leo Durocher: W
Bill Lewis: 34/SH.1-2
Bill Hallahan: K/C
Pepper Martin: K

Top 6

Tommy Thevenow: S8
Tom Padden: 99/SH.1-2
Ralph Birkofer: 99/G.2-3
Woody Jensen: S/BG.3-H
Freddie Lindstrom: 99

Bot 6

George Watkins: W
Frankie Frisch: 64(1)3/GDP
Joe Medwick: S
Ripper Collins: 99

Top 7

Paul Waner: E5/TH.B-2
Pie Traynor: 99/SH.2-3
Arky Vaughan: IW
Gus Suhr: 99/F.3-H(UR);1-2
Tommy Thevenow: S.2-H(UR)
Tom Padden: 99

Bot 7

Gene Moore: S
Leo Durocher: 99
Bill Lewis: 99
Bill Hallahan: S.1-2
Pepper Martin: K

Top 8

Ralph Birkofer: K
Woody Jensen: 4/L
Freddie Lindstrom: HR
Paul Waner: S
Pie Traynor: 99

Bot 8

George Watkins: S
Frankie Frisch: 99
Joe Medwick: 99
Ripper Collins: W.1-2
Gene Moore: K

Top 9

Arky Vaughan: S
Gus Suhr: 99/SH.1-2
Tommy Thevenow: E5/TH.2-H(NR);B-2
Tom Padden: S.2XH(99);B-2(TH)
Ralph Birkofer: S.2-H(UR)
Woody Jensen: 99

Bot 9

Leo Durocher: 99
Bill Lewis: 99
Ethan Allen: 99

Notes & reviews

Rain begins
2 hour rain delay
Second game of scheduled doubleheader canceled due to lengthy rain delay in Game One

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