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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1947-08-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 6435 · 2:09

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 12–7. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 4th. Jim Bagby earned the win. Ralph Kiner went 3-for-3 with 3 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim Bagby L: Ken Burkhart SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	1	2	0	0	0
Terry Moore	4	1	2	1	1	0
Stan Musial	5	1	1	1	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Northey	3	1	0	0	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	3	2	4	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Garagiola	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Burkhart	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Brazle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Culley Rikard	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jim Russell	4	1	1	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	3	4	3	5	2	0
Hank Greenberg	2	3	2	4	3	0
Billy Cox	5	2	3	3	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	5	0	2	0	0	0
Dixie Howell	3	0	1	0	2	1
Jim Bagby	2	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Burkhart	2.1	6	2	0
Ted Wilks	1.0	5	2	0
Al Brazle	3.2	3	3	2
Johnny Grodzicki	1.0	2	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	0.2	3	1	0
Jim Bagby	8.1	6	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 9
Terry Moore: HR/7
Stan Musial: T9
Enos Slaughter: 4/P
Ron Northey: W
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Marty Marion: K

Bot 1

Culley Rikard: S8
Jim Russell: S9.1X3(95)
Frankie Gustine: 3/FL
Ralph Kiner: W.1-2
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Billy Cox: HR/7
Jimmy Bloodworth: 63

Top 2

Joe Garagiola: 2/FL
Ken Burkhart: 63
Red Schoendienst: 3/G

Bot 2

Dixie Howell: W
Jim Bagby: 13/SH.1-2
Culley Rikard: 43
Jim Russell: 43

Top 3

Terry Moore: 9
Stan Musial: 5/P
Enos Slaughter: D7
Ron Northey: 8

Bot 3

Frankie Gustine: 3/P
Ralph Kiner: HR/7
Hank Greenberg: HR/7
Billy Cox: 63
Jimmy Bloodworth: D9
Dixie Howell: IW
Jim Bagby: 8

Top 4

Whitey Kurowski: HR/7
Marty Marion: 6/P
Joe Garagiola: 63
Ted Wilks: K

Bot 4

Culley Rikard: S7
Jim Russell: 9
Frankie Gustine: S8.1-2
Ralph Kiner: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Hank Greenberg: W
Billy Cox: HR/7.1-H
Jimmy Bloodworth: S7
Dixie Howell: CS2(24)
Dixie Howell: K

Top 5

Red Schoendienst: T/89
Terry Moore: W
Stan Musial: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Enos Slaughter: 9
Ron Northey: 4/P

Bot 5

Jim Bagby: S4
Culley Rikard: 1(B)3(1)/P/DP
Jim Russell: 63

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: 7/FL
Marty Marion: 63
Joe Garagiola: 9

Bot 6

Frankie Gustine: 13
Ralph Kiner: W
Hank Greenberg: W.1-2
Billy Cox: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Jimmy Bloodworth: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Al Brazle: 43
Red Schoendienst: S9
Terry Moore: S6/6D.1-2
Stan Musial: 7
Enos Slaughter: 9

Bot 7

Dixie Howell: D7
Jim Bagby: HP
Culley Rikard: K
Jim Russell: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Ron Northey: 31
Whitey Kurowski: E6
Marty Marion: 7
Joe Garagiola: T9.1-H(UR)
Joe Medwick: 13

Bot 8

Ralph Kiner: HR/7
Hank Greenberg: W
Billy Cox: S.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 5(2)4(1)/GDP
Dixie Howell: 6/L

Top 9

Red Schoendienst: 8/8D
Terry Moore: 8
Stan Musial: 63