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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1939-08-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 7855 · 1:53

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 7th. Bill McGee earned the win. Johnny Mize went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill McGee L: Max Butcher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Brown	5	1	2	0	0	1
Enos Slaughter	3	1	2	1	1	0
Johnny Mize	4	1	3	1	0	0
Pepper Martin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Gutteridge	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill McGee	4	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	4	0	0	0
Paul Waner	3	1	1	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	0	0
Chuck Klein	4	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	1	1	0
Bill Brubaker	3	0	0	0
Pep Young	3	0	0	1
George Susce	2	0	1	0
Max Butcher	2	0	0	1
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	9.0	3	3	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Butcher	6.1	9	2	3
Cy Blanton	1.2	0	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: K
Jimmy Brown: 13
Enos Slaughter: W
Johnny Mize: 7/F

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 8/F8D
Paul Waner: W
Arky Vaughan: 36(1)/FO
Chuck Klein: S8.1-3;BX2(8E4)
Elbie Fletcher: IW
Bill Brubaker: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Pepper Martin: S8
Terry Moore: 8/F
Don Gutteridge: S8.1-2
Mickey Owen: 4/P
Bill McGee: 13

Bot 2

Pep Young: 53
George Susce: 43
Max Butcher: K

Top 3

Lyn Lary: 4/L
Jimmy Brown: K
Enos Slaughter: S8
Johnny Mize: S9.1-3
Pepper Martin: 8/F

Bot 3

Lloyd Waner: 63
Paul Waner: 5/P
Arky Vaughan: 63

Top 4

Terry Moore: 43
Don Gutteridge: 63
Mickey Owen: 43

Bot 4

Chuck Klein: 8/F
Elbie Fletcher: 43
Bill Brubaker: 9/F

Top 5

Bill McGee: K
Lyn Lary: 63
Jimmy Brown: S8
Enos Slaughter: 9/L

Bot 5

Pep Young: K
George Susce: W
Max Butcher: PO1(23)
Max Butcher: 63

Top 6

Johnny Mize: T/F9D
Pepper Martin: E6/G.3-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Terry Moore: SB2
Terry Moore: 2/FL
Don Gutteridge: FC1.2-2;BX2(15)
Mickey Owen: IW
Bill McGee: 5/P

Bot 6

Lloyd Waner: 8/F
Paul Waner: 9/F
Arky Vaughan: 43

Top 7

Lyn Lary: 3/FL
Jimmy Brown: S7
Enos Slaughter: T/89.1-H
Johnny Mize: S9.3-H
Pepper Martin: 54(1)/FO
Terry Moore: PO1(13)

Bot 7

Chuck Klein: 8/F
Elbie Fletcher: S9
Bill Brubaker: 8/F
Pep Young: 13

Top 8

Terry Moore: 13/BG
Don Gutteridge: 4/F
Mickey Owen: 53

Bot 8

George Susce: 8/F
Jim Tobin: 43
Lloyd Waner: 4/L

Top 9

Bill McGee: E4/G.B-1
Lyn Lary: 36(1)/BG/FO
Jimmy Brown: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Paul Waner: S7
Arky Vaughan: 46(1)/FO
Chuck Klein: 5/FL
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Base running mistake, both runners ended up on second.

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