Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 6 St. Louis Cardinals
23 April 1918 · STL05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | final score 6–5 | 1 in 32 games | |
| 13 | 7 scoreless innings | Jakie May | 1 in 41 pitcher-games |
| 4 | 1 triple | Doug Baird | 1 in 39 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howdy Caton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fritz Mollwitz | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Max Carey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Casey Stengel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Hinchman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Cutshaw | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee King | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill McKechnie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Walter Schmidt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Steele | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roy Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Steele | 2.1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Sanders | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Betzel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Baird | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Rogers Hornsby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walton Cruise | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gene Paulette | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bert Niehoff | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Snyder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jakie May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 |