Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – 8 St. Louis Cardinals
28 April 1931 · STL07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 8-5-4 runs-hits-errors line | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 55,982 games |
| 24 | final score 8–2 | 1 in 85 games | |
| 14 | 3 walks | Ray Blades | 1 in 192 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| George Grantham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Waner | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pie Traynor | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Adam Comorosky | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gus Suhr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Phillips | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Tommy Thevenow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spades Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mosolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spades Wood | 5.0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Glenn Spencer | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Grant | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparky Adams | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Ray Blades | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Frankie Frisch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Bottomley | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| George Watkins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gelbert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepper Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Wilson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Burleigh Grimes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 28 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh Grimes | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |