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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 29, 1918
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 29, 1918 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Sherdel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Erskine Mayer |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Bill Klem 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Anderson | Right Fielder |
| Cliff Heathcote | Center Fielder |
| Gene Paulette | First Baseman |
| Rogers Hornsby | Shortstop |
| Bob Fisher | Second Baseman |
| Austin McHenry | Left Fielder |
| Bruno Betzel | Third Baseman |
| John Brock | Catcher |
| Bill Sherdel | Pitcher |
| Jack Hendricks | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Leach | Left Fielder |
| Luke Boone | Shortstop |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Fritz Mollwitz | First Baseman |
| Bill McKechnie | Third Baseman |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Erskine Mayer | Pitcher |
| Hugo Bezdek | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 29, 1918
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Mayer
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. Mayer
Heathcote hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paulette vs. Mayer
Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Sherdel
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betzel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Sherdel
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Sherdel
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sherdel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Mayer
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Mayer
Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McHenry vs. Mayer
McHenry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Sherdel
Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Sherdel
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mollwitz vs. Sherdel
Mollwitz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKechnie vs. Sherdel
McKechnie hits a fly ball into left field. McHenry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Sherdel
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Betzel vs. Mayer
Betzel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Betzel reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brock vs. Mayer
Brock strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sherdel vs. Mayer
Sherdel hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth who is chasing the ball. Sherdel reaches third base with a triple. Betzel scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Anderson vs. Mayer
Anderson hits a popup towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heathcote vs. Mayer
Heathcote hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayer vs. Sherdel
Mayer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Sherdel
Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Sherdel
Boone hits a popup towards first. Paulette settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paulette vs. Mayer
Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Mayer
Hornsby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisher vs. Mayer
Fisher takes first base on ball four. Hornsby moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McHenry vs. Mayer
McHenry strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Betzel vs. Mayer
Betzel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Hornsby trying to get to home. Southworth throws the ball in to Schmidt who tags Hornsby who's trying to score from second, for the out. Fisher moves to second. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Sherdel
Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Sherdel
Southworth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Anderson who is chasing the ball. Southworth reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cutshaw vs. Sherdel
Cutshaw takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mollwitz vs. Sherdel
Mollwitz hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Anderson. Southworth tags and scores. Cutshaw moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McKechnie vs. Sherdel
McKechnie hits a popup towards first. Paulette settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Mayer
Brock hits a line drive into left field. Leach picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Leach. Brock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sherdel vs. Mayer
Sherdel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brock moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Anderson vs. Mayer
Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heathcote vs. Mayer
Heathcote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. Brock scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paulette vs. Mayer
There goes Heathcote. The throw from Schmidt and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Sherdel
Schmidt hits a popup towards short. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayer vs. Sherdel
Mayer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Sherdel
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fisher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paulette vs. Mayer
Paulette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Mayer
Hornsby hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Mayer
Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Sherdel
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Sherdel
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Sherdel
Southworth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Sherdel
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into left field. McHenry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McHenry vs. Mayer
McHenry hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Betzel vs. Mayer
Betzel strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Mayer
Brock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sherdel vs. Mayer
Sherdel hits a line drive into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Sherdel
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fisher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Sherdel
McKechnie hits a fly ball towards center. Heathcote settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Heathcote. McKechnie moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Sherdel
Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayer vs. Sherdel
Mayer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sherdel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Mayer
Anderson hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heathcote vs. Mayer
Heathcote bunts towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out. Anderson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Paulette vs. Mayer
Paulette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leach. Paulette reaches second base with a double. Anderson scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hornsby vs. Mayer
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out. Paulette moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fisher vs. Mayer
Fisher hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Sherdel
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fisher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sherdel
Red Smith pinch hits for Luke Boone.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betzel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Sherdel
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McHenry vs. Mayer
Roy Ellam now playing shortstop.
McHenry hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Betzel vs. Mayer
Betzel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brock vs. Mayer
Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Leach. Brock reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sherdel vs. Mayer
There goes Brock. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Brock steals third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sherdel vs. Mayer
Sherdel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brock scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Mayer
Anderson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Sherdel
Southworth hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Sherdel
Cutshaw hits a popup towards short. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Sherdel
Mollwitz hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/29/1918, game 2 -- SLN at PIT (D)
SLN AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
George Anderson, rf 5 1 1 0 Tommy Leach, lf 4 0 0 0
Cliff Heathcote, cf 3 0 0 1 Luke Boone, ss 3 0 0 0
Gene Paulette, 1b 4 0 1 1 Red Smith, ph 1 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby, ss 4 0 1 0 Roy Ellam, ss 0 0 0 0
Tom Fisher, 2b 3 0 0 0 Max Carey, cf 4 0 0 0
Austin McHenry, lf 4 0 0 0 Billy Southworth, rf 4 1 3 0
Bruno Betzel, 3b 4 1 2 0 George Cutshaw, 2b 3 0 0 0
John Brock, c 3 2 2 0 Fritz Mollwitz, 1b 3 0 1 1
Bill Sherdel, p 4 0 3 2 Bill McKechnie, 3b 3 0 0 0
Walter Schmidt, c 3 0 0 0
Erskine Mayer, p 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 10 4 31 1 4 1
SLN 001 010 011 -- 4
PIT 000 100 000 -- 1
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Bill Sherdel (W) 9.0 4 1 1 1 1
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine Mayer (L) 9.0 10 4 3 2 3
E -- George Anderson, Tommy Leach, Cliff Heathcote
LOB -- SLN 6, PIT 5
2B -- Gene Paulette, John Brock
3B -- Bruno Betzel, Bill Sherdel, Billy Southworth
SB -- John Brock
CS -- Cliff Heathcote
SH -- Cliff Heathcote
SF -- Fritz Mollwitz
T -- 1:31
A -- 0
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