The Gas House Gang

April 14, 1926 at Sportsman’s Park

Pirates 10, Cardinals 3  (1-1)

The Pirates ran up the score on four different Cardinals pitchers in the Cardinals’ first loss of the season.  The Pirates scored their runs in bunches.  They scored four in the fifth then five in the eighth to complete the blowout.

Les Bell had two singles and he stole a base.  Heinie Mueller, Jim Bottomley and Chick Hafey all singled and scored runs. 

The scariest moment of the game came in the third inning, when Pirates catcher Earl Smith hit a comebacker at Cardinals starter Jesse Haines and hit him on the instep  of his foot.  Fortunately x-rays were negative but it looked like the starter would be out for two to the weeks while the severe contusion healed.