St. Louis Cardinals 8 – 1 Pittsburgh Pirates
7 August 1946 · PIT06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | final score 8–1 | 1 in 108 games | |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Erv Dusak | 1 in 65 player-games |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Ralph Kiner | 1 in 65 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Walker | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Musial | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3B |
| Whitey Kurowski | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Enos Slaughter | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erv Dusak | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Del Rice | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Marty Marion | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Harry Brecheen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Brecheen | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cox | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Elbie Fletcher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frankie Gustine | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Elliott | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ralph Kiner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jim Russell | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Maurice Van Robays | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Al Lopez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Baker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Handley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Ostermueller | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Hallett | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ed Bahr | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Al Gerheauser | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |