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Boston Red Sox @ St. Louis Cardinals

1946-10-06 · 1946 World Series · Game 1 of 7 Game 2 ▶ · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 10 innings · Att: 36218 · 2:39

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Earl Johnson earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7

W: Earl Johnson L: Howie Pollet SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Charlie Berry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom McBride	5	0	1	1	0	1
Johnny Pesky	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dom DiMaggio	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	0	1	0	2	0
Rudy York	4	2	1	1	0	0
Bobby Doerr	4	0	1	0	1	1
Pinky Higgins	4	0	2	1	0	0
Hal Wagner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tex Hughson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rip Russell	1	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Partee	1	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	1	2	0	0	0
Terry Moore	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Musial	5	0	1	1	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	0	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Garagiola	4	0	1	1	0	1
Harry Walker	2	0	1	0	1	1
Marty Marion	3	0	0	0	0	1
Howie Pollet	4	0	0	0	0	1
Erv Dusak	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Hughson	8.0	7	2	5
Earl Johnson	2.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Howie Pollet	10.0	9	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom McBride: 53
Johnny Pesky: 7/P
Dom DiMaggio: 53

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: 8
Terry Moore: 63
Stan Musial: 43

Top 2

Ted Williams: 43
Rudy York: HP
Bobby Doerr: W.1-2
Pinky Higgins: S8.2-H;1-3
Hal Wagner: 8
Tex Hughson: 53

Bot 2

Enos Slaughter: 4/P
Whitey Kurowski: K
Joe Garagiola: 7/L

Top 3

Tom McBride: 53
Johnny Pesky: 9
Dom DiMaggio: S7
Ted Williams: W.1-2
Rudy York: 7/FL

Bot 3

Harry Walker: S8
Marty Marion: 13/G1.1-2
Howie Pollet: 43.2-3
Red Schoendienst: 63

Top 4

Bobby Doerr: 8/F8XDW
Pinky Higgins: 7
Hal Wagner: 4/P

Bot 4

Terry Moore: K/C
Stan Musial: 4/P
Enos Slaughter: T8/78D
Whitey Kurowski: 9

Top 5

Tex Hughson: 63
Tom McBride: K/C
Johnny Pesky: 43

Bot 5

Joe Garagiola: 7
Harry Walker: K
Marty Marion: 3/G

Top 6

Dom DiMaggio: 3/L
Ted Williams: S9/89
Rudy York: 8
Bobby Doerr: 5/FL

Bot 6

Howie Pollet: 2/FL
Red Schoendienst: S6/G6S
Terry Moore: 43.1-2
Stan Musial: D9/F9DW.2-H;B-3(E9/TH2)
Enos Slaughter: IW
Whitey Kurowski: HP.1-2
Joe Garagiola: K

Top 7

Pinky Higgins: 63
Hal Wagner: 43
Tex Hughson: W
Tom McBride: 43

Bot 7

Harry Walker: W
Marty Marion: 24/SH.1-2
Howie Pollet: K/C
Red Schoendienst: S4/G4S.2-3
Terry Moore: SB2
Terry Moore: 7

Top 8

Johnny Pesky: 9
Dom DiMaggio: S8.BX2(84)
Ted Williams: W
Rudy York: 2/FL

Bot 8

Stan Musial: 3/G
Enos Slaughter: 5/P
Whitey Kurowski: S7
Joe Garagiola: D8/OBS.1-H;BX3(865)

Top 9

Bobby Doerr: K
Pinky Higgins: S7
Rip Russell: S8.1-3
Roy Partee: K
Tom McBride: S7.3-H;1-2
Johnny Pesky: 9

Bot 9

Erv Dusak: 7
Marty Marion: K
Howie Pollet: 13/BG

Top 10

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Ted Williams: 3/FL
Rudy York: HR/7D
Bobby Doerr: S8
Earl Johnson: 46(1)/FO

Bot 10

Red Schoendienst: E6/G.B-1
Terry Moore: 14/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: 43.2-3
Enos Slaughter: 9

Notes & reviews

DiMaggio lost the ball in the sun; the third out was made before Kurowski scored, but 3B umpire Berry called obstruction on 3bman Higgins and advanced Kurowski to home since he would have scored before the third out without the obstruction

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