St. Louis Cardinals 3 – 5 Pittsburgh Pirates
25 April 1946 · PIT06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | final score 5–3 | 1 in 31 games | |
| 10 | 2 doubles | Frankie Gustine | 1 in 99 player-games |
| 6 | 4 walks allowed | Ken Heintzelman | 1 in 13 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Klein | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Red Schoendienst | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Stan Musial | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enos Slaughter | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buster Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dick Sisler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Marion | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Del Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Del Wilber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Brecheen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Whitey Kurowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Erv Dusak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Brecheen | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Murry Dickson | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Howie Krist | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Gustine | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Maurice Van Robays | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ralph Kiner | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Bob Elliott | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Elbie Fletcher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Cox | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Guintini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Barrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vinnie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Colman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hank Camelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Heintzelman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preacher Roe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Heintzelman | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Preacher Roe | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |