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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1938-08-02 · Day game · Ebbets Field · 2:24

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 6th. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win. Johnny Mize went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Roy Henshaw SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmy Brown	4	1	2	0	0	0
Don Gutteridge	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	3	1	1	1	1	0
Don Padgett	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn Myers	4	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Bremer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Henshaw	2	0	0	0	0	0
Stu Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	1	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	1	0	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Goody Rosen	4	1	2	0	1
Johnny Hudson	4	1	1	0	1
Tuck Stainback	5	0	2	1	0
Dolph Camilli	5	0	1	1	0
Cookie Lavagetto	3	2	1	0	1
Leo Durocher	3	0	0	0	1
Ernie Koy	4	1	2	2	0
Merv Shea	1	1	0	0	3
Freddie Fitzsimmons	4	0	1	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Roy Henshaw	5.2	7	5
Ray Harrell	1.1	1	1
Max Macon	1.0	2	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9.0	8	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Terry Moore: S7
Jimmy Brown: 7/F
Don Gutteridge: 2/FL
Joe Medwick: 3/L

Bot 1

Goody Rosen: 8/F
Johnny Hudson: D7/7L
Tuck Stainback: 63.2-3
Dolph Camilli: 9/F

Top 2

Johnny Mize: 8/8D/F
Don Padgett: 7/F
Lynn Myers: 31

Bot 2

Cookie Lavagetto: W
Leo Durocher: 43.1-2
Ernie Koy: S8.2-H
Merv Shea: PO1(134)
Merv Shea: 53

Top 3

Herb Bremer: 13
Roy Henshaw: 13
Terry Moore: 63

Bot 3

Freddie Fitzsimmons: 2/FL
Goody Rosen: W
Johnny Hudson: W.1-2
Tuck Stainback: S8.2-H;1-3
Dolph Camilli: 8/F.3-H
Cookie Lavagetto: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Jimmy Brown: E6/G
Don Gutteridge: 9/F
Joe Medwick: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Leo Durocher: 63
Ernie Koy: 9/FL
Merv Shea: W
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 53

Top 5

Johnny Mize: W
Don Padgett: K
Lynn Myers: 13.1-2
Herb Bremer: 7/L

Bot 5

Goody Rosen: S8
Johnny Hudson: 9/L
Tuck Stainback: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Roy Henshaw: 63
Terry Moore: W
Jimmy Brown: S9.1-2
Don Gutteridge: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Medwick: 4/L

Bot 6

Dolph Camilli: 8/F
Cookie Lavagetto: D7/7D
Leo Durocher: 43.2-3
Ernie Koy: T/78D.3-H
Merv Shea: W
Freddie Fitzsimmons: S5/BG.3-H;1-2
Goody Rosen: E3/G.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Johnny Hudson: 53

Top 7

Johnny Mize: HR/9
Don Padgett: 43
Lynn Myers: 9/F
Herb Bremer: 43

Bot 7

Tuck Stainback: 7/F
Dolph Camilli: T8/8D
Cookie Lavagetto: 53
Leo Durocher: W
Ernie Koy: 63

Top 8

Stu Martin: 4/L
Terry Moore: 7/F
Jimmy Brown: T/89D
Don Gutteridge: S7.3-H
Joe Medwick: S1.1-2
Johnny Mize: 7/F

Bot 8

Merv Shea: W
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 26(1)/FO/BG
Goody Rosen: S8/8S.1-2
Johnny Hudson: 3/P
Tuck Stainback: S/78S.2-3;1-2
Dolph Camilli: 9/F

Top 9

Don Padgett: 9/F
Lynn Myers: 63
Frenchy Bordagaray: S9
Enos Slaughter: D9/9D.1-3
Terry Moore: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

yellow baseballs were used in this game for first time, then twice more in 1939

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