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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1940-08-06 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 8582 · rain · 1:53

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–1. Ken Heintzelman earned the win. Ernie Koy went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ken Heintzelman L: Mort Cooper SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	4	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Moore	3	1	1	0	1	0
Pepper Martin	4	0	2	0	0	1
Johnny Mize	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	3	1	0	1
Don Gutteridge	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Orengo	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mickey Owen	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mort Cooper	3	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Waner	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Debs Garms	4	2	2	0	0	0
Arky Vaughan	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	0	1	0	0	3	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	1	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Heintzelman	4	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	8.0	7	4	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	9.0	9	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 6/P
Terry Moore: W
Pepper Martin: S7.1-2
Johnny Mize: 8
Ernie Koy: S9.2-H;1-3
Don Gutteridge: 4/P/9

Bot 1

Lloyd Waner: 9
Bob Elliott: 5/FL
Debs Garms: S7
Arky Vaughan: D/9.1-H
Elbie Fletcher: W
Maurice Van Robays: K/C

Top 2

Joe Orengo: 53
Mickey Owen: 5/P
Mort Cooper: 3/FL

Bot 2

Frankie Gustine: 63
Al Lopez: 3/P
Ken Heintzelman: 8

Top 3

Jimmy Brown: 63
Terry Moore: 8
Pepper Martin: S8
Johnny Mize: 43

Bot 3

Lloyd Waner: S8
Bob Elliott: 14/SH.1-2
Debs Garms: E6/TH
Arky Vaughan: 9/9D.2-3
Elbie Fletcher: HP.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: 3/P

Top 4

Ernie Koy: K
Don Gutteridge: 13
Joe Orengo: K/C

Bot 4

Frankie Gustine: 43
Al Lopez: 9/78
Ken Heintzelman: S8
Lloyd Waner: 53

Top 5

Mickey Owen: 6/FL
Mort Cooper: 9
Jimmy Brown: E3
Terry Moore: S9.1-3
Pepper Martin: SB2
Pepper Martin: 9

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: 7
Debs Garms: 5/P
Arky Vaughan: 43

Top 6

Johnny Mize: 9
Ernie Koy: S8
Don Gutteridge: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 6

Elbie Fletcher: W
Maurice Van Robays: 43.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 3/P
Al Lopez: IW
Ken Heintzelman: E5/TH.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3(E4);B-2#
Lloyd Waner: 7

Top 7

Joe Orengo: K
Mickey Owen: S8
Mort Cooper: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: 63
Debs Garms: D/9
Arky Vaughan: 6/P
Elbie Fletcher: IW
Maurice Van Robays: S8.2-H;1-2
Frankie Gustine: 5(2)/FO

Top 8

Jimmy Brown: S8
Terry Moore: 4/P
Pepper Martin: K
Johnny Mize: 9

Bot 8

Al Lopez: 63
Ken Heintzelman: 13
Lloyd Waner: S7
Bob Elliott: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Ernie Koy: S7
Don Gutteridge: S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Joe Orengo: K
Mickey Owen: K
Enos Slaughter: 3/P

Notes & reviews

It started to rain
It was raining hard and play was stopped for 39 minutes
Started to rain hard and again play was stopped for 64 min.
Started to rain again
Slow roller to 3B who threw over 1B head RF/2B threw wild to the plate allowing runners to advance

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