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Cincinnati Reds @ St. Louis Cardinals

1916-09-08 · Day game · Robison Field · Att: 500 · 1:30

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 7th. Lee Meadows earned the win. Bob Bescher went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lee Meadows L: Fred Toney SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank O'Day · 1B: Pete Harrison · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Greasy Neale	4	0	1	0	0
Heinie Groh	4	0	0	0	0
Edd Roush	3	1	1	0	0
Hal Chase	3	0	0	1	0
Tommy Griffith	3	0	0	0	0
Ivey Wingo	3	0	1	0	0
Bill McKechnie	3	0	1	0	0
Baldy Louden	3	0	0	0	0
Fred Toney	3	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bruno Betzel	4	0	1	0	0
Mike Gonzalez	5	1	2	0	0
Dots Miller	5	0	1	0	2
Jack Smith	4	1	1	1	1
Rogers Hornsby	4	2	3	2	1
Bob Bescher	4	1	1	2	0
Chief Wilson	4	0	2	1	0
Frank Snyder	4	0	2	0	0
Lee Meadows	4	1	2	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Toney	8.0	15	0	4

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lee Meadows	9.0	4	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Greasy Neale: S7
Heinie Groh: 36(1)4/BG/GDP
Edd Roush: HP
Hal Chase: 99(1)/FO

Bot 1

Bruno Betzel: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 99
Dots Miller: S
Jack Smith: K

Top 2

Tommy Griffith: 99
Ivey Wingo: 99
Bill McKechnie: 7

Bot 2

Rogers Hornsby: K/C
Bob Bescher: 99
Chief Wilson: 99

Top 3

Baldy Louden: 99
Fred Toney: K
Greasy Neale: 5/L

Bot 3

Frank Snyder: S
Lee Meadows: S.1-2
Bruno Betzel: 3(B)6(2)/BP/DP
Mike Gonzalez: S8.1-2
Dots Miller: K

Top 4

Heinie Groh: 99
Edd Roush: 99
Hal Chase: 99

Bot 4

Jack Smith: 99/P
Rogers Hornsby: D9
Bob Bescher: 9.2-3
Chief Wilson: S3.3-H
Frank Snyder: S.1-3
Lee Meadows: 99(1)/FO

Top 5

Tommy Griffith: 99
Ivey Wingo: 99
Bill McKechnie: S8
Baldy Louden: CS2(99)

Bot 5

Bruno Betzel: 99
Mike Gonzalez: 99
Dots Miller: 99

Top 6

Baldy Louden: 53
Fred Toney: 53
Greasy Neale: 53

Bot 6

Jack Smith: 99
Rogers Hornsby: S
Bob Bescher: 99
Chief Wilson: S.1-2
Frank Snyder: 99

Top 7

Heinie Groh: 63
Edd Roush: T/89
Hal Chase: 63.3-H
Tommy Griffith: 99

Bot 7

Lee Meadows: S3
Bruno Betzel: 34/SH.1-2
Mike Gonzalez: S5/BG.2-3
Dots Miller: 7
Jack Smith: S3/BG.3-H;1-3(E3);B-2
Rogers Hornsby: S7.3-H;2-H
Bob Bescher: HR/9.1-H
Chief Wilson: 8

Top 8

Ivey Wingo: S
Bill McKechnie: 99/G.1-2
Baldy Louden: 99/G.2-3
Fred Toney: K

Bot 8

Frank Snyder: 99
Lee Meadows: 99
Bruno Betzel: S
Mike Gonzalez: E6.1-2
Dots Miller: K

Top 9

Greasy Neale: 99
Heinie Groh: 99
Edd Roush: 99

Notes & reviews

Cardinals Zinn Beck, not in game, ejected by HP umpire O'Day for bench jockeying
1bman Chase was sure he tagged Smith for the third out and rolled the ball to the pitcher's mound allowing both runners to advance a base (umpire ruled he missed the tag)

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