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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 3, 1927
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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 September 3, 1927 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 3, 1927 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 3, 1927 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jesse Haines |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Carmen Hill |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Barry McCormick 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Klem |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Wattie Holm | Center Fielder |
| Specs Toporcer | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
| Chick Hafey | Left Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| Bob O'Farrell | Catcher |
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| Jesse Haines | Pitcher |
| Bob O'Farrell | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Clyde Barnhart | Left Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Glenn Wright | Shortstop |
| Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
| George Grantham | Second Baseman |
| Joe Harris | First Baseman |
| Earl Smith | Catcher |
| Carmen Hill | Pitcher |
| Donie Bush | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 3, 1927
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Hill
Holm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toporcer vs. Hill
Toporcer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Hill
Frisch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Toporcer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bottomley vs. Hill
Bottomley strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hafey vs. Hill
Hafey is hit by the pitch. Toporcer moves to third. Frisch moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Southworth vs. Hill
Southworth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a line drive into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Haines
Barnhart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Haines
Waner is hit by the pitch. Barnhart moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wright vs. Haines
Wright hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Barnhart scores. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Traynor vs. Haines
Traynor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waner scores. Wright moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grantham vs. Haines
Grantham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wright scores. Traynor moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harris vs. Haines
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Traynor scores. Grantham moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Haines
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grantham scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Haines
There's a wild pitch. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hill vs. Haines
Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Hill
O'Farrell hits a line drive towards short. Wright reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Hill
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blades vs. Hill
Ray Blades pinch hits for Jesse Haines.
Blades hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hill fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Bell
Hi Bell now pitching.
Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Bell
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Toporcer can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Bell
Wright hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Traynor vs. Bell
Traynor takes first base on ball four. Wright moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grantham vs. Bell
Grantham takes first base on ball four. Waner scores. Wright moves to third. Traynor moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Bell
Harris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wright scores. Traynor scores. Grantham moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Bell
Smith hits a popup towards third. Toporcer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Bell
Hill is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holm vs. Hill
Holm hits a popup towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toporcer vs. Hill
Toporcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Hill
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham misplays the ball. That's an error on Grantham. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Bell
Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Bell
Barnhart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Bell
Waner hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Bell
Wright hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Hill
Bottomley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Hill
Hafey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Hill
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Bell
Traynor hits a line drive into center field. Holm picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Holm. Traynor moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grantham vs. Bell
Grantham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Traynor scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Bell
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grantham moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Bell
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Bell
Hill is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Hill
O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Hill
Maranville is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Hill
Johnny Schulte pinch hits for Hi Bell.
Schulte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holm vs. Hill
Holm is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Littlejohn
Carlisle Littlejohn now pitching. Johnny Schulte now catching.
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Littlejohn
Barnhart takes first base on ball four. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waner vs. Littlejohn
Waner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth who is chasing the ball. Waner reaches third base with a triple. Waner scores. Barnhart goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wright vs. Littlejohn
Wright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Traynor vs. Littlejohn
Traynor hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Frisch reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grantham vs. Littlejohn
Grantham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Littlejohn
Harris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toporcer vs. Hill
Toporcer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Hill
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Hill
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hafey vs. Hill
Hafey takes first base on ball four. Bottomley moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Hill
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Littlejohn
Les Bell now playing third base.
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Littlejohn
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hill for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Littlejohn
Waner is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlejohn vs. Hill
Kiki Cuyler now playing left field. George Grantham now playing first base. Hal Rhyne now playing second base.
Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Traynor. Littlejohn moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maranville vs. Hill
Maranville takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schulte vs. Hill
Schulte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Littlejohn moves to third. Maranville moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Holm vs. Hill
Holm hits a fly ball into left field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Hill
Bell hits a line drive into left field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frisch vs. Hill
Frisch hits a line drive into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Littlejohn
Taylor Douthit now playing left field.
Cuyler strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Littlejohn
Waner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Holm. Waner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wright vs. Littlejohn
Wright is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Traynor vs. Littlejohn
Traynor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Waner scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grantham vs. Littlejohn
Grantham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Traynor trying to get to third. Holm throws the ball in to Bell, who tags Traynor for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Hill
Bottomley strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douthit vs. Hill
Douthit hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rhyne settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Hill
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rhyne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhyne vs. Littlejohn
Rhyne takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Littlejohn
Smith hits a line drive towards first. Bottomley catches it and steps on first to double up Rhyne. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Littlejohn
Hill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth. Hill reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Waner vs. Littlejohn
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Hill
Danny Clark pinch hits for Carlisle Littlejohn.
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Hill
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Hill
Schulte hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/3/1927 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Holm W, cf 4 0 0 0 Waner L, cf 6 1 2 0
Toporcer S, 3b 1 0 0 0 Barnhart C, lf 2 2 0 0
Bell L, 3b 1 0 0 0 Cuyler K, lf 1 0 0 0
Frisch F, 2b 4 0 1 0 Waner P, rf 4 4 3 2
Bottomley J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Wright G, ss 5 2 2 1
Hafey C, lf 1 0 1 0 Traynor P, 3b 4 3 3 2
Douthit T, lf 1 0 0 0 Grantham G, 2b-1b 4 1 4 4
Southworth B, rf 4 0 0 0 Harris J, 1b 4 0 1 3
O'Farrell B, c 2 0 0 0 Rhyne H, 2b 0 0 0 0
Littlejohn C, p 1 0 1 0 Smith E, c 5 1 1 1
Clark D, ph 1 0 0 0 Hill C, p 5 0 2 1
Maranville R, ss 3 0 0 0
Haines J, p 0 0 0 0
Blades R, ph 1 0 0 0
Bell H, p 0 0 0 0
Schulte J, ph-c 3 0 2 0
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31 0 5 0 40 14 18 14
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
Pittsburgh 630 130 10x -- 14
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Haines J (L) 1.0 5 6 6 1 0
Bell H 3.0 6 4 3 2 2
Littlejohn C 4.0 7 4 4 2 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Hill C (W) 9.0 5 0 0 4 5
E -- Grantham G, Holm W, Traynor P
DP -- St.Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Waner P, Hill C
3B -- Waner P
HBP -- by Hill C (Hafey C), by Haines J (Waner P)
WP -- Haines J
T -- 2:12
A -- 0
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