1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

May 26. Gm# 35 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 9 Pittsburgh 4

RECURRING THEME. KINER HOMERS; PIRATES LOSE

In what is becoming a redundant theme for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ralph Kiner managed to hit a home run, and the Pirates managed to lose another game.

Kiner(16)homered in the top of the sixth, but the Buccos were dominated by the Cardinals, who pounded out 17 hits in the 9-4 win.

Red Schoendiest and Marty Marion had four hits apiece. Nippy Jones had a home run.

Bob Chesnes lost, falling to (1-4),

National League scores: No other games scheduled

Standing of the Clubs

Brooklyn 34/20/14/.588

Boston 35/20/14/1/.586

New York 34/19/14/1/.574

Philadelphia 32/17/15/.531

Cincinnati 33/17/16/.515

St. Louis 35/16/16/.500

Pittsburgh 35/13/22/.371

Chicago 31/10/21/.321


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