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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1939-06-07 · Night game · Ebbets Field · Att: 33299 · 2:35

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 7–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Bill McGee earned the win and Mort Cooper picked up the save. Babe Phelps went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	7	11
BRO	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	7

W: Bill McGee L: Van Mungo SV: Mort Cooper

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lynn King	5	1	2	2	1	0
Stu Martin	3	1	0	0	2	0
Jimmy Brown	5	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Mize	4	2	2	2	0	0
Don Gutteridge	5	0	1	0	0	2
Enos Slaughter	5	0	1	1	0	3
Mickey Owen	3	2	2	1	2	1
Bill McGee	5	0	0	0	0	3

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Goody Rosen	3	0	1	1	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Moore	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dolph Camilli	4	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Phelps	4	1	2	1	0	2
Ernie Koy	4	0	1	1	0	1
Johnny Hudson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	1	1	0	1	1
Van Mungo	2	0	1	0	0	1
Fred Sington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	8.1	7	1	6
Mort Cooper	0.2	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Van Mungo	5.2	7	4	6
Red Evans	1.1	3	1	2
Ira Hutchinson	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lynn King: 99
Stu Martin: W
Jimmy Brown: E3/G.1-2
Joe Medwick: 3/FL
Johnny Mize: D8/78.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Don Gutteridge: K

Bot 1

Goody Rosen: 99
Cookie Lavagetto: 99
Gene Moore: 99

Top 2

Enos Slaughter: K
Mickey Owen: T9
Bill McGee: K
Lynn King: S8.3-H
Stu Martin: W.1-2
Jimmy Brown: S/G.2-3;1-2
Joe Medwick: 8

Bot 2

Dolph Camilli: 99
Babe Phelps: S
Ernie Koy: K
Johnny Hudson: 99

Top 3

Johnny Mize: HP
Don Gutteridge: 2/P
Enos Slaughter: 4/P
Mickey Owen: D7.1-H
Bill McGee: 99

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: W
Van Mungo: K/C
Goody Rosen: 74(1)/FO
Cookie Lavagetto: 99

Top 4

Lynn King: 99
Stu Martin: 99
Jimmy Brown: 99

Bot 4

Gene Moore: 99
Dolph Camilli: K
Babe Phelps: K

Top 5

Joe Medwick: W
Johnny Mize: 99
Don Gutteridge: K
Enos Slaughter: K

Bot 5

Ernie Koy: 99
Johnny Hudson: 99
Pete Coscarart: S8
Van Mungo: S1.1-2
Goody Rosen: S6/G.2-H;1-3
Cookie Lavagetto: 13

Top 6

Mickey Owen: W
Bill McGee: SB2
Bill McGee: K/C
Lynn King: S.2-H
Stu Martin: SB2
Stu Martin: 99/G.2-3
Jimmy Brown: S.3-H
Joe Medwick: 99

Bot 6

Gene Moore: S
Dolph Camilli: 99
Babe Phelps: K/C
Ernie Koy: D8/78.1-H
Johnny Hudson: 99

Top 7

Johnny Mize: T8
Don Gutteridge: S.3-3
Enos Slaughter: S3/G.3-H;1-2
Mickey Owen: K
Bill McGee: K
Lynn King: W.2-3;1-2
Stu Martin: 99

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: 99
Fred Sington: 99
Tuck Stainback: K

Top 8

Jimmy Brown: 99
Joe Medwick: S
Johnny Mize: 99
Don Gutteridge: 99

Bot 8

Cookie Lavagetto: 99
Gene Moore: 99
Dolph Camilli: 99

Top 9

Enos Slaughter: K
Mickey Owen: W
Bill McGee: 99
Lynn King: 99

Bot 9

Babe Phelps: HR/9
Ernie Koy: 63
Johnny Hudson: 99
Pete Coscarart: K

Notes & reviews

Medwick dropped flyball but got force at 2nd
Rosen hurt his ankle sliding back into 1st on an attempted pickoff
Durocher argued Mize had to stop at 2B because fan interfered by touching the ball. Umps gathered and finally ruled triple and Dodgers protested.
McGee injured on pitch to Koy and left game

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