St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander opens his 18th season by shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 – 0.
On April 12, 1928 — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander opens his 18th season by shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 – 0. Frankie Frisch lead the offense for the Cardinals going 2-3 with a homerun and 3 RBI’s. Old Pete helped himself with a hit in a run scored. On the Mound Alexander scatter 7 hits, and the Pirates never really mounted a score threat, only 1 man got to second. Burliegh Grimes a subject of a Podcast we did, did the most damage collecting 2 hits.
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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Game Played on Thursday, April 12, 1928 (D) at Sportsman’s Park III
PIT N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1
STL N 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 5 10 0
BOX+PBP WP: Alexander (1-0) LP: Grimes (0-1) HR: Frisch (2)
Play by Play
PIRATES 1ST: L. Waner grounded out (third to first); Adams was called out on strikes; P. Waner walked; Wright flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Douthit doubled to left; Holm reached on an error by Grimes [Douthit to third]; Frisch out on a sacrifice fly (right unassisted) [Douthit scored (unearned)]; Bottomley popped to shortstop; Hafey grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 2ND: Traynor singled to right; Grantham grounded out (second to first) [Traynor to second]; Barnhart flied to center; Gooch popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Roettger flied to center; Thevenow singled to left; O'Farrell struck out; Alexander singled to left [Thevenow to second]; Douthit singled to center [Thevenow scored, Alexander to second]; Holm singled to right [Alexander scored, Douthit to third]; Frisch grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. PIRATES 3RD: Grimes singled to right; L. Waner forced Grimes (second unassisted); Adams flied to center; P. Waner flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Bottomley grounded out (second to first); Hafey singled to center; Roettger grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hafey to second]; Gooch allowed a passed ball [Hafey to third]; Thevenow grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. PIRATES 4TH: Wright grounded out (pitcher to first); Traynor grounded out (second to first); Grantham grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 4TH: O'Farrell grounded out (shortstop to first); Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Douthit flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. PIRATES 5TH: Barnhart was called out on strikes; Gooch grounded out (third to first); Grimes singled to left; L. Waner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Holm tripled to right; Frisch homered [Holm scored]; Bottomley grounded out (first unassisted); Hafey grounded out (third to first); Roettger grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. PIRATES 6TH: Adams flied to center; P. Waner grounded out (second to first); Wright grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 6TH: Thevenow grounded out (first unassisted); O'Farrell flied to left; Alexander flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. PIRATES 7TH: Traynor grounded out (third to first); Grantham singled to center; Barnhart singled to center [Grantham to third]; Gooch struck out while Barnhart stole second; Grimes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: Douthit struck out; Holm flied to left; Frisch singled to right; Bottomley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. PIRATES 8TH: L. Waner singled to left; Adams grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [L. Waner out at second]; P. Waner singled to center; Wright grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: Hafey popped to catcher in foul territory; Roettger doubled to left; Thevenow walked; O'Farrell flied to center; Alexander forced Thevenow (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5. PIRATES 9TH: Traynor popped to third; Grantham grounded out (second to first); Barnhart grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 5.