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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 8, 1950
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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 July 8, 1950 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 8, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 8, 1950 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Red Munger |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Cliff Chambers |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 15,224 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Augie Donatelli 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: (none) 3B: Al Barlick |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chuck Diering | Center Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Kazak | Third Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Rocky Nelson | First Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Red Munger | Pitcher |
| Eddie Dyer | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stan Rojek | Shortstop |
| Johnny Hopp | First Baseman |
| Gus Bell | Right Fielder |
| Ralph Kiner | Left Fielder |
| Wally Westlake | Center Fielder |
| Danny Murtaugh | Second Baseman |
| Pete Castiglione | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mueller | Catcher |
| Cliff Chambers | Pitcher |
| Billy Meyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
July 8, 1950
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diering vs. Chambers
Diering hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Chambers
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Chambers
Musial hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kazak vs. Chambers
Kazak hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Westlake who is chasing the ball. Kazak reaches third base with a triple. Schoendienst goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Slaughter vs. Chambers
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kazak scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Chambers
Marion strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Munger
Rojek hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Munger
Hopp hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Hopp reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Munger
Bell hits a line drive into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner vs. Munger
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Munger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Chambers
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chambers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Chambers
Rice takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munger vs. Chambers
Munger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diering vs. Chambers
Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Munger
Westlake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Munger
Murtaugh hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castiglione vs. Munger
Castiglione hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Munger
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Munger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Chambers
Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kiner. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Chambers
Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kazak vs. Chambers
Kazak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to home to get Schoendienst. Musial moves to third. Kazak moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Slaughter vs. Chambers
Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Kazak scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Chambers
Marion hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Mueller races back for the ball and makes the catch. There goes Slaughter. The throw to the second, AND Slaughter is out, for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambers vs. Munger
Chambers hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Munger
Rojek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Munger
Hopp hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Chambers
Nelson hits a line drive into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Chambers
Rice hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munger vs. Dickson
Murry Dickson now pitching.
Munger bunts towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howerton vs. Dickson
Bill Howerton pinch hits for Chuck Diering.
Howerton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Munger
Bill Howerton now playing center field.
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Munger
Kiner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Munger
Westlake hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Munger
Murtaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Dickson
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Dickson
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dickson. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kazak vs. Dickson
Kazak bunts towards the mound. Dickson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Dickson
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schoendienst moves to third. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Marion vs. Dickson
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Munger
Castiglione hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Munger
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickson vs. Munger
Dickson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Castiglione moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojek vs. Munger
Rojek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Castiglione scores. There goes Dickson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Rojek moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hopp vs. Munger
Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rojek scores. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Brecheen
Harry Brecheen now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Dickson
Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Kiner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Dickson
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brecheen vs. Dickson
Brecheen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howerton vs. Dickson
Howerton hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Dickson
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rice scores. Brecheen moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Dickson
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rojek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brecheen scores. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kazak vs. Dickson
Kazak is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner vs. Brecheen
Kiner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kazak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Brecheen
Westlake strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murtaugh vs. Brecheen
Murtaugh hits a fly ball into left field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Dickson
Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Dickson
Marion hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Dickson
Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. Westlake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Dickson
Rice hits a popup towards third. Castiglione settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castiglione vs. Brecheen
Castiglione hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Brecheen
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kazak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Brecheen
Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brecheen vs. Dickson
Brecheen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howerton vs. Dickson
Howerton strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Dickson
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Westlake who is chasing the ball. Schoendienst reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Dickson
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murtaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojek vs. Brecheen
Rojek hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Brecheen
Hopp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Brecheen
Nanny Fernandez pinch hits for Gus Bell.
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiner vs. Brecheen
Kiner hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kazak vs. Dickson
Ted Beard now playing right field.
Kazak hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mueller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Dickson
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castiglione fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Dickson
Marion hits a fly ball into right field. Beard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westlake vs. Brecheen
Westlake takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murtaugh vs. Brecheen
Murtaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Howerton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castiglione vs. Brecheen
Castiglione hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Westlake moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schenz vs. Brecheen
Hank Schenz pinch hits for Ray Mueller.
Schenz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Westlake moves to third. Castiglione moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Phillips vs. Brecheen
Jack Phillips pinch hits for Murry Dickson.
Phillips hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/8/1950 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Diering C, cf 2 0 0 0 Rojek S, ss 4 1 1 1
Howerton B, ph-cf 3 0 0 0 Hopp J, 1b 4 0 3 1
Schoendienst R, 2b 5 1 5 1 Bell G, rf 3 0 0 0
Musial S, lf 5 1 2 1 Fernandez N, ph 1 0 0 0
Kazak E, 3b 5 2 1 1 Beard T, rf 0 0 0 0
Slaughter E, rf 5 0 2 3 Kiner R, lf 4 1 1 1
Marion M, ss 5 0 1 0 Westlake W, cf 3 1 0 0
Nelson R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Murtaugh D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Rice D, c 3 1 2 0 Castiglione P, 3b 4 2 3 0
Munger R, p 2 0 0 0 Mueller R, c 3 0 0 0
Brecheen H, p 2 1 1 0 Schenz H, ph 1 1 1 0
Chambers C, p 1 0 0 0
Dickson M, p 2 0 1 0
Phillips J, ph 1 1 1 4
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 6 14 6 35 7 11 7
St.Louis 202 002 000 -- 6
Pittsburgh 000 120 004 -- 7
1 out when winning run was scored.
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Munger R 4.2 6 3 3 0 1
Brecheen H (L) 3.2 5 4 4 1 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Chambers C 3.1 7 4 4 1 1
Dickson M (W) 5.2 7 2 2 0 2
E -- Nelson R, Dickson M
DP -- St.Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Pittsburgh 4
2B -- Hopp J, Schoendienst R
3B -- Kazak E, Schoendienst R
HR -- Kiner R, Phillips J
T -- 2:02
A -- 15224
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