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Pirates 5 @ Cardinals 6
Sportsman's Park
May 16, 1948

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 16, 1948 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Cardinals beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 16, 1948 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 6 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherHowie Pollet  
Losing PitcherHal Gregg  
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Game Winning RBITerry Moore 

Game Info

DateMay 16, 1948 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Visiting Starting PitcherKirby Higbe  
Home Starting PitcherMurry Dickson  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance20,484 
Time of Game2 hours 12 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Al Barlick
2B: (none)
3B: George Barr

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Stan Rojek  Shortstop 
Frankie Gustine  Third Baseman 
Johnny Hopp  Center Fielder 
Ralph Kiner  Left Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Ed Stevens  First Baseman 
Danny Murtaugh  Second Baseman 
Ed Fitz Gerald  Catcher 
Kirby Higbe  Pitcher 
Billy Meyer  Manager 

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ralph LaPointe  Second Baseman 
Terry Moore  Center Fielder 
Stan Musial  Left Fielder 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Whitey Kurowski  Third Baseman 
Nippy Jones  First Baseman 
Marty Marion  Shortstop 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Murry Dickson  Pitcher 
Eddie Dyer  Manager 

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Pirates 5 @ Cardinals 6
Sportsman's Park
May 16, 1948

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         Game of 5/16/1948 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Rojek S, ss           5  0  1  1   LaPointe R, 2b        5  1  3  1   
Gustine F, 3b         4  1  1  0   Moore T, cf           4  1  1  1   
Hopp J, cf            5  1  1  1   Musial S, lf          5  0  1  0   
Kiner R, lf           4  2  2  1   Slaughter E, rf       4  1  2  1   
Walker D, rf          5  0  3  2   Kurowski W, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Stevens E, 1b         3  0  0  0   Jones N, 1b           5  0  1  0   
Westlake W, ph        1  0  0  0   Marion M, ss          5  1  1  1   
West M, 1b            0  0  0  0   Rice D, c             3  0  0  0   
Murtaugh D, 2b        4  0  1  0   Lang D, ph            0  0  0  0   
Fitz Gerald E, c      5  1  3  0   Johnson K, pr         0  1  0  0   
Higbe K, p            4  0  0  0   Wilber D, c           1  0  0  0   
Gregg H, p            1  0  1  0   Dickson M, p          2  0  0  0   
                                   Northey R, ph         1  0  1  0   
                                   Schoendienst R, pr    0  0  0  0   
                                   Brazle A, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Dusak E, ph           1  1  1  0   
                                   Wilks T, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Pollet H, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  5 13  5                        41  6 11  4

Pittsburgh       011 000 012 0 --  5
St.Louis         000 001 040 1 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Higbe K               7.2  8  5  3  5  3
Gregg H (L)           2.0  3  1  1  1  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dickson M             7.0  6  2  2  4  7
Brazle A              1.0  3  1  1  0  0
Wilks T               0.1  1  2  2  2  0
Pollet H (W)          1.2  3  0  0  0  0

E -- Rojek S, Marion M, Gustine F
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 13, St.Louis 12
2B -- Kiner R, Fitz Gerald E, Gustine F, Slaughter E, Marion M, Hopp J
HR -- Kiner R
CS -- Rojek S, Gustine F, Walker D
SH -- Stevens E
WP -- Higbe K, Wilks T
PB -- Fitz Gerald E 2
T -- 2:12
A -- 20484

    

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