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Scores
Standings
WSH
@BOS		5
14
CHW
@CLE		6
4		 
(10)
CHW
@CLE		2
9
SLB
@DET		3
2
CIN
@CHC		13
11		 
(10)
PIT
@STL		5
6		 
(10)
Sunday, May 16, 1948,
, Sportsman's Park III
Attendance: 20,484, Time of Game: 2:12
Pirates
5
12-11
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
 at Cardinals
6
13-7
⇐ Won 3 ⇒
W: Howie Pollet (3-0)
L: Hal Gregg (0-2)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  1  1   0  0  0   0  1  2   0    5 13  2
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  0  1   0  4  0   1    6 11  1

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Stan Rojek SS 5 0 1 1 1 0 .232 .564 0 4
Frankie Gustine 3B 4 1 1 0 2 0 .393 .920 0 5 2B
Johnny Hopp CF 5 1 1 1 1 0 .387 .990 2 0 2B
Ralph Kiner LF 4 2 2 1 1 2 .329 1.102 3 0 HR,2B
Dixie Walker RF 5 0 3 2 0 0 .286 .685 2 0
Ed Stevens 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .159 .497 12 0 SH
   Wally Westlake PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .324 .873
   Max West 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1.017 1 1
Danny Murtaugh 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .827 5 2
Ed Fitz Gerald C 5 1 3 0 0 2 .212 .558 3 0 2B
Kirby Higbe P 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .700 0 1
   Hal Gregg P 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .333 1 0
Team Totals 41 5 13 5 6 7 .317 .892 29 13
2B: E Fitz Gerald (1); R Kiner (5); F Gustine (6); J Hopp (1).
HR: R Kiner (7).
SH: E Stevens (1).
TB: R Kiner 6; E Fitz Gerald 4; D Walker 3; F Gustine 2; J Hopp 2; S Rojek; D Murtaugh; H Gregg.
RBI: D Walker 2 (6); R Kiner (20); J Hopp (6); S Rojek (6).
Team LOB: 13.
Fielding
E: F Gustine (4); S Rojek (9).

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Ralph LaPointe 2B 5 1 3 1 1 0 .265 .653 3 3
Terry Moore CF 4 1 1 1 2 0 .224 .621 4 0
Stan Musial LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .350 1.066 0 0
Enos Slaughter RF 4 1 2 1 1 1 .240 .724 1 0 2B
Whitey Kurowski 3B 4 0 0 0 1 1 .254 .638 2 1
Nippy Jones 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .234 .652 9 0
Marty Marion SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 .250 .632 3 4 2B
Del Rice C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 .611 7 3
   Don Lang PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313 1.039
   Ken Johnson PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 1.500
   Del Wilber C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .259 0 0
Murry Dickson P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .667 1 1
   Ron Northey PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .762
   Red Schoendienst PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 .561
   Al Brazle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .400 0 0
   Erv Dusak PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 .179 .496
   Ted Wilks P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Howie Pollet P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .182 0 1
Team Totals 41 6 11 4 6 3 .268 .679 30 13
2B: E Slaughter (3); M Marion (5).
TB: R LaPointe 3; E Slaughter 3; M Marion 2; R Northey; N Jones; S Musial; T Moore; E Dusak.
RBI: M Marion (4); T Moore (2); R LaPointe (3); E Slaughter (10).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
DP: 1. D Rice-M Marion.
E: M Marion (3).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Kirby Higbe 7.2 8 5 3 5 3 0 2.70 37 45
Hal Gregg, L (0-2) 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 6.27 10
Team Totals 9.2 11 6 4 6 3 0 3.72 47 45

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Murry Dickson 7 6 2 2 4 7 0 3.22 30 60
Al Brazle 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 5.40 6
Ted Wilks 0.1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5.79 4
Howie Pollet, W (3-0) 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.07 8
Team Totals 10 13 5 5 6 7 1 4.50 48 60
Balks: None.
WP: K Higbe (1); T Wilks (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Lee Ballanfant, 1B - Al Barlick, 2B - (none), 3B - George Barr.
Time of Game: 2:12.
Attendance: 20,484.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Pittsburgh Pirates         St.Louis Cardinals
1 Stan Rojek SS 1 Ralph LaPointe 2B
2 Frankie Gustine 3B 2 Terry Moore CF
3 Johnny Hopp CF 3 Stan Musial LF
4 Ralph Kiner LF 4 Enos Slaughter RF
5 Dixie Walker RF 5 Whitey Kurowski 3B
6 Ed Stevens 1B 6 Nippy Jones 1B
7 Danny Murtaugh 2B 7 Marty Marion SS
8 Ed Fitz Gerald C 8 Del Rice C
9 Kirby Higbe P 9 Murry Dickson P

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