St. Louis Cardinals 7 – 12 Pittsburgh Pirates
16 August 1947 · PIT06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Ralph Kiner | 1 in 321 games |
| 40 | final score 12–7 | 1 in 633 games | |
| 23 | 9 total bases | Billy Cox | 1 in 419 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 12 | 16 | 1 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Terry Moore | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Stan Musial | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Enos Slaughter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ron Northey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Whitey Kurowski | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Marty Marion | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Garagiola | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Ken Burkhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Wilks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Al Brazle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Medwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Burkhart | 2.1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Wilks | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Brazle | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnny Grodzicki | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culley Rikard | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Russell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frankie Gustine | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kiner | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Hank Greenberg | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Billy Cox | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Dixie Howell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2B |
| Jim Bagby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Wolff | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Bagby | 8.1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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