St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Yankees
October 4, 1928 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1928 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 1, New York Yankees 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 3 0 0 0
High 3b 4 0 0 0
Frisch 2b 4 0 0 0
Bottomley 1b 3 1 2 1
Hafey lf 4 0 0 0
Harper rf 3 0 1 0
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Maranville ss 2 0 0 0
  Orsatti ph 0 0 0 0
  Thevenow ss 0 0 0 0
Sherdel p 2 0 0 0
  Holm ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Paschal cf 4 0 0 0
  Durst cf 0 0 0 0
Koenig ss 4 1 1 0
Ruth rf 4 2 3 0
Gehrig 1b 4 0 2 2
Meusel lf 4 1 1 2
Lazzeri 2b 2 0 0 0
  Durocher 2b 1 0 0 0
Dugan 3b 3 0 0 0
Bengough c 3 0 0 0
Hoyt p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
St. Louis 000 000 100131
New York 100 200 01x470
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sherdel  L (0-1) 7.0 4 3 3 0 2
  Johnson   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
0
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
6

  E–Maranville (1).  2B–New York Ruth 2 (2,off Sherdel 2); Gehrig (1,off Sherdel).  HR–St. Louis Bottomley (1,7th inning off Hoyt 0 on, 1 out), New York Meusel (1,4th inning off Sherdel 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Wilson (1,2nd base by Hoyt/Bengough).  U-HP–Brick Owens (AL), 1B–Cy Rigler (NL), 2B–Bill McGowan (AL), 3B–Cy Pfirman (NL).  T–1:49.  A–61,425.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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