Baseball Historians

August 31, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 6, Pirates 1  (74-54)
Bill Sherdel was phenomonal in the first game of the Cardinals doubleheader with the Pirates.  He gave up only one run in the fourth inning and the Pirates were able to get only seven hits off him the entire game.  He walked none and struck out [...]

August 30, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Pirates 3, Cardinals 0  (72-54)
The Cardinals were held to two hits in the opener of their first of two doubleheader against the Pirates.  Les Bell and Bob O’Farrell singled, and that was the extent of the Cardinals offense.
Flint Rhem gave up three runs on eight hits in eight innings of [...]

August 29, 2006 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 2, Pirates 2  (72-53)

The game only took an hour and fifty three minutes, but the fans who sat through the entire game were there for almost five hours.  After two different rain delays and ten innings of play, the big series opener between the Pirates and the Cardinals ended [...]

August 28, 1926 at Sportman’s Park
Cardinals 9, Phillies 3  (72-53)
The Cardinals really turned on the offense in their win over the Phillies.  Jim Bottomley, Taylor Douthit and Tommy Thevenow all scored twice.  Thevenow led the way and he finished a homerun short of hitting for the cycle.
Art Reinhart cruised to an easy win.  He gave up [...]

August 27, 1926 at Sportman’s Park
Phillies 9, Cardinals 7  (71-53)
Vic Keen and Bill Sherdel were knocked around to the tune of nine runs in the first six innings.  The Cardinals tried to mount a comeback but they fell two runs short.  Neither team scored in the final three frames and Bill Sherdel walked away with [...]

August 26, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Phillies 3, Cardinals 2  (71-52)
With a month left in the season, the National League pennant race was really heating up.  The Cardinals loss today put them into a virtual three team tie with the Reds and Pirates for first place in the National League.  The Pirates actually got the nod [...]

August 25, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 4, Braves 3  (71-51)
Flint Rhem gave up two one run leads, including allowing the tying run to score in the ninth inning.  Fortunately Pete Alexander was on his game and he gave up only a single hit in 2 2/3 innings.
Chick Hafey had the big hit.  He singled with [...]

August 24, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Braves 2, Cardinals 1  (69-51)
The Cardinals lost a tough after a very strong outing by Bill Sherdel.  He had a 1-0 lead until he gave up single runs in the seventh and eighth to take the loss.  He gave up eight hits, one walk and he struck out one.
The Cardinals [...]

August 22, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 4, Giants 2  (69-50)
The Cardinals won their eighth straight game as they continue to keep pace with the Pittsburgh Pirates. This time is was Jesse Haines with the great pitching performance.  He gave up two runs on five hits and three walks.
Les Bell had a big game.  He homered, [...]

August 21, 1926 at Sportman’s Park
Cardinals 3, Giants 1  (68-50)
Pete Alexander held the Cardinals in check in a great outing for the Cardinals.  He held the Giants to one run on five hits and four walks with three strikeouts.
Les Bell tripled and scored a run in the win.  Jim Bottomley and Bob O’Farrell each had [...]

August 20, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 6, Giants 2  (67-50)
The Cardinals moved into a virtual tie for first place with the defending champs, the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Flint Rhem held the New York Giants at bat and gave up two runs on ten hits and one walk with six strikeouts in the win.
Billy Southworth and Taylor [...]

August 19, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 6, Robins 2  (66-50)

The Cardinals made it five straight wins as they finished up a sweep over the Robins.  Bill Sherdel was very sharp on the mound.  He gave up two early runs in the second inning but held the Robins scoreless the rest of the way.  He gave [...]

August 18, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 6, Robins 2  (65-50)
Art Reinhart pitched the Cardinals to their fourth straight win.  He held the Brooklyn Robins to two runs on eight hits and three walks.
Bob O’Farrell had two hits including the only homerun of the game.  Billy Southworth scored twice and Jim Bottomley doubled twice in the [...]

August 17, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 8, Robins 7  (64-50)
Bill Sherdel got knocked around and didn’t even make it through three innings in this one.  Fortunately the Cardinals stormed back late in the game and won by a single run.  Down 7-3, the Cardinals scored five runs in the seventh inning to beat the Robins [...]

August 16, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 5, Cubs 4  (63-50)
Yesterday, Jim Bottomley came up with a huge game to help push the Cardinals over the Cubs.  Today, Bottomley singled with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie and win the game for the Cards.
Jesse Haines [...]

August 15, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cardinals 7, Cubs 2  (62-50)
The Cardinals got back on track behind a huge game by Jim Bottomley.  Bottomley finished three for three with a homerun, a triple and three runs scored.  Les Bell went two for four with a homerun of his own.
Flint Rhem won his sixteenth game of the [...]

August 14, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park
Cubs 3, Cardinals 2  (61-50)
The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-0 lead on the Cubs before Pete Alexander fell apart in the later innings.  He was tagged for two runs in the sixth to tie the game, and then he Cubs go to him for a single, but important, run [...]

August 11, 1926 at Braves Field
Cardinals 2, Braves 0  (61-49)
Jesse Haines completely shut down the Boston Braves in his second shutout of the season.  This one was a five hit shutout in which he struck out one.
The Cardinals didn’t score their two runs until the eighth inning.  Jim Bottomley and Taylor Douthit singled in the [...]

August 10, 1926 at Braves Field
Cardinals 3, Braves 1  (60-49)
Flint Rhem held the Braves to a single run on five hits in the Cardinals win.  He walked two in the game.
Rogers Hornsby had a big game.  He had two hits and scored the go ahead run in the ninth inning.  Les Bell had two singles [...]

August 9, 1926 at Braves Field
Braves 5, Cardinals 0  (59-49)
Art Reinhart got the start against the Braves, and after four runs in the first innings, he got pulled in the fifth.  He would have needed a perfect outing though, because the Cardinals couldn’t muster anything against Braves starter Larry Benton.
The Cardinals scattered five hits against Benton.  [...]

August 8, 1926 at Ebbets Field
Cardinals 3, Robins 2  (59-48)
The Cardinals finished a huge six game series against the Robins with six consecutive wins.  Bill Sherdel gave a up run in each of the first two innings, but held the Robins scoreless through the next eight frames.
Ray Blades led off the tenth inning with a [...]

August 7, 1926 at Ebbets Field
Cardinals 6, Robins 3  (57-48)
Bill Hallahan was pulled in the fifth inning before he could give up the lead to the Robins, but Hi Bell came in and threw 4 1/3 innings of nearly flawless ball.  He gave up only a single hit and one walk with one strikeout.
Ray Blades [...]

August 6, 1926 at Ebbets Field
Cardinals 7, Robins 3  (56-48)
The Cardinals made it three straight wins in a comeback win over the Robins.  Art Reinhart was knocked around for three runs in the third, but he bounced back and threw a shutout the rest of the way.  A four run fifth inning game the Cardinals [...]

August 2, 1926 at The Polo Grounds
Giants 4, Cardinals 2  (53-48)
The Cardinals continued their skid at the hands of the Giants in a series in which they lost four of five games.  Vic Keen had a shutout through five innings before he gave up a single run in the sixth and then three in the [...]

August 2, 1926 at The Polo Grounds
Giants 4, Cardinals 2  (53-48)
The Cardinals continued their skid at the hands of the Giants in a series in which they lost four of five games.  Vic Keen had a shutout through five innings before he gave up a single run in the sixth and then three in the [...]

August 1, 1926 at The Polo Grounds
Giants 7, Cardinals 2  (53-47)
Grover Alexander was beat up the New York Giants and he gave up three homeruns in the Cardinals third straight loss.  Alexander gave up seven runs on seven hits and three walks with one strikeout.
Jim Bottomley homered in the loss and Specs Toporcer had three [...]