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Boston Red Sox @ St. Louis Cardinals

1946-10-15 · 1946 World Series · Game 7 of 7 ◀ Game 6 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 36143 · 2:17

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Red Sox 4–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 5th. Harry Brecheen earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Harry Brecheen L: Bob Klinger SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Moses	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Pesky	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dom DiMaggio	3	0	1	3	1	1
Ted Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy York	4	0	1	0	0	2
Bobby Doerr	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Ferriss	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Russell	1	1	1	0	0	0
George Metkovich	1	1	1	0	0	0
Roy Partee	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom McBride	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	0	2	1	0	1
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	1	0	1	0
Enos Slaughter	3	1	1	0	1	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Garagiola	3	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Walker	3	1	2	2	1	0
Marty Marion	2	0	0	0	1	0
Murry Dickson	3	1	1	1	0	1
Del Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Ferriss	4.1	7	1	2
Joe Dobson	2.2	0	2	2
Bob Klinger	0.2	2	1	0
Earl Johnson	0.1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Murry Dickson	7.0	5	1	3
Harry Brecheen	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Wally Moses: S8
Johnny Pesky: S8.1-3
Dom DiMaggio: 9.3-H
Ted Williams: 8/F8D
Rudy York: 4/P

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: S7.BX2(76)
Terry Moore: 3/P
Stan Musial: D7
Enos Slaughter: K/C

Top 2

Bobby Doerr: S5/G.B-2(E5/TH1)
Pinky Higgins: 43.2-3
Hal Wagner: 7
Dave Ferriss: 7

Bot 2

Whitey Kurowski: D7/78
Joe Garagiola: 43.2-3
Harry Walker: 7/L.3-H
Marty Marion: 43

Top 3

Wally Moses: 5/FL
Johnny Pesky: 43
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 3

Murry Dickson: K
Red Schoendienst: 63
Terry Moore: 7

Top 4

Ted Williams: 7/F8D
Rudy York: K
Bobby Doerr: 9

Bot 4

Stan Musial: W
Enos Slaughter: 6/FL
Whitey Kurowski: 9
Joe Garagiola: 43

Top 5

Pinky Higgins: 8/8XD
Hal Wagner: 5/FL
Dave Ferriss: 13

Bot 5

Harry Walker: S8
Marty Marion: 34/SH.1-2
Murry Dickson: D7.2-H
Red Schoendienst: S8.2-H
Terry Moore: S8.1-2
Stan Musial: 43.2-3;1-2
Enos Slaughter: IW
Whitey Kurowski: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Wally Moses: 3/G
Johnny Pesky: 5/L
Dom DiMaggio: W
Ted Williams: 9

Bot 6

Joe Garagiola: K
Harry Walker: W
Marty Marion: 43.1-2
Murry Dickson: 43

Top 7

Rudy York: K
Bobby Doerr: 8
Pinky Higgins: 63

Bot 7

Red Schoendienst: K
Terry Moore: 4/F
Stan Musial: 13/G1

Top 8

Rip Russell: S8
George Metkovich: D7.1-3
Wally Moses: K/C
Johnny Pesky: 9/L
Dom DiMaggio: D9/89XDW.3-H;2-H
Ted Williams: 4/P

Bot 8

Enos Slaughter: S8
Whitey Kurowski: 1/BP
Del Rice: 7
Harry Walker: D8/L78.1-H
Marty Marion: IW
Harry Brecheen: 43

Top 9

Rudy York: S7
Bobby Doerr: S7/78.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 56(1)/BG/FO.2-3
Roy Partee: 3/FL
Tom McBride: 46(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Playing extreme shift, CF Moore had to race to his *right* to straight-away CF to make running catch on Williams
Dom DiMaggio left with twisted ankle
Joe Garagiola left with split finger
This is the famous play on which Pesky was accused of freezing on the relay throw

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