Chicago Cubs 6 – 5 St. Louis Cardinals
28 April 1897 · STL05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 7 stolen bases | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 460 games |
| 42 | 6-10-5 runs-hits-errors line | Chicago Cubs | 1 in 4,225 games |
| 23 | 5-10-2 runs-hits-errors line | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 185 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 10 | 2 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Everitt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Dahlen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Bill Lange | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Walter Thornton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Jimmy Ryan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fred Pfeffer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Clark Griffith | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cap Anson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Griffith | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Douglass | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Dowd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuck Turner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Connor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hartman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte Cross | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed McFarland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Bill Hart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hart | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 |