Five Hits For Hornsby

Rogers Hornsby laced five hits on the afternoon as the Cardinals improved their record to 5-0.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1924 St. Louis Cardinals       4/19/1924
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Bigbee LF         4  2  3  0 .438     J.Gardner RF        5  1  1  0 .192  
  M.Carey CF          4  1  1  0 .067     R.Blades LF         4  1  3  1 .261  
  K.Cuyler RF         4  0  3  2 .529     R.Hornsby 2B        5  2  5  1 .520  
  G.Wright SS         4  0  1  1 .143     J.Bottomley 1B      4  1  1  0 .478  
  P.Traynor 3B        4  0  0  0 .400     H.Freigau SS        4  0  1  2 .364  
  R.Maranville 2B     2  0  0  0 .231     H.Mueller CF        4  0  2  1 .353  
  C.Grimm 1B          4  0  0  0 .000   A-T.Douthit CF        0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Gooch C           4  0  0  0 .267     W.Holm 3B           4  0  0  0 .318  
  L.Meadows P         3  0  0  0 .000     C.Niebergall C      4  0  2  0 .500  
B-E.Moore PH          1  0  0  0 .000     J.Pfeffer P         3  0  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3  8  3                 Totals      37  5 16  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Mueller In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Meadows In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 1 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
Cardinals....... 1 0 0  0 2 0  2 0    -  5 16  1
 
Pirates (2-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Meadows LOSS(0-1)       8      16   5   5   1   2   0   5.63  A1
Totals                    8      16   5   5   1   2   0
 
Cardinals (5-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Pfeffer WIN(1-0)        9       8   3   3   4   2   0   3.00  A1
Totals                    9       8   3   3   4   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 5,207 DATE- Saturday, April 19th 1924 TIME- Day 
T- 1:56
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 8  Cardinals:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- J.Pfeffer
DOUBLES- J.Gardner(2nd), R.Hornsby(2nd), J.Bottomley(1st), C.Niebergall(1st)
TRIPLES- R.Blades(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Bigbee-2(3rd), M.Carey(2nd), K.Cuyler(4th), G.Wright-2(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Carey
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Pfeffer
WALKS- C.Bigbee, M.Carey, R.Maranville-2, R.Blades
STRIKE OUTS- C.Grimm, L.Meadows, C.Niebergall, J.Pfeffer
GIDP- H.Mueller
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Rabbit Maranville robbed Jim Bottomley of a base hit.
          Bot 7th: Rabbit Maranville robbed Heinie Mueller of a base hit.
 
Jeff Pfeffer completed the game without help from the bullpen and Rogers
Hornsby had 5 hits at Sportsman's Park as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 to 3.
 
St. Louis came up with 2 runs in the 7th inning when they had 3 base hits.
Hornsby led off and started the attack as he hit a single.  Jim Bottomley was
next and he doubled.  Howard Freigau then banged out a single.  Heinie
Mueller came up and he grounded into a double play.  St. Louis banged out 16
hits on the afternoon.  
 
The victory went to Pfeffer(1-0) who went the distance allowing 3 runs. Lee
Meadows(0-1) was charged with the loss.  He allowed 5 runs and 16 hits in 8
innings.  
 
'I didn't have my best stuff but sometimes you just get lucky,' Pfeffer said,
'this was one of those times.'

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