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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1939-08-23 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 26292 · 2:08

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–3. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 3rd. Al Hollingsworth earned the win. Cookie Lavagetto went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Hollingsworth L: Mort Cooper SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Moran · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pepper Martin	4	0	1	1	0	2
Stu Martin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Medwick	4	1	1	1	0	0
Don Padgett	4	1	2	0	0	2
Terry Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	4	0	2	1	0	0
Lyn Lary	3	1	1	0	1	1
Mort Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Davis	1	0	1	0	0	0
Don Gutteridge	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Myers	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Pete Coscarart	5	0	0	0	0
Cookie Lavagetto	4	2	2	2	1
Dixie Walker	5	1	1	0	0
Art Parks	2	1	0	1	1
Dolph Camilli	2	1	1	1	2
Babe Phelps	3	1	1	1	0
Gene Moore	3	1	0	0	1
Leo Durocher	4	1	2	2	0
Al Hollingsworth	4	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Mort Cooper	2.1	5	3
Clyde Shoun	2.2	1	0
Bob Bowman	2.0	0	2
Tom Sunkel	1.0	2	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Hollingsworth	9.0	8	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pepper Martin: K
Stu Martin: HP
Enos Slaughter: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 8
Cookie Lavagetto: S8
Dixie Walker: S7.1-3
Art Parks: 7/SF.3-H
Dolph Camilli: T8.1-H
Babe Phelps: HP
Gene Moore: W.1-2
Leo Durocher: 9

Top 2

Joe Medwick: 63
Don Padgett: K/C
Terry Moore: 3/L

Bot 2

Al Hollingsworth: 5/FL
Pete Coscarart: 13
Cookie Lavagetto: 7

Top 3

Mickey Owen: 9
Lyn Lary: K
Mort Cooper: 163

Bot 3

Dixie Walker: 4/P
Art Parks: W
Dolph Camilli: W.1-2
Babe Phelps: S9.2-H;1-3
Gene Moore: E4/G.3-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Leo Durocher: S7.3-H;2-H(UR)
Al Hollingsworth: S8.1-2
Pete Coscarart: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 4

Pepper Martin: K
Stu Martin: 3/G
Enos Slaughter: K

Bot 4

Cookie Lavagetto: 9
Dixie Walker: E5
Art Parks: 5/P
Dolph Camilli: 43

Top 5

Joe Medwick: 13
Don Padgett: D9
Terry Moore: 5/P
Mickey Owen: 8

Bot 5

Babe Phelps: 9
Gene Moore: 1/P
Leo Durocher: 9

Top 6

Lyn Lary: S8.B-2(E8)
Curt Davis: S8.2-3
Pepper Martin: 54(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Stu Martin: 9
Enos Slaughter: 4/L

Bot 6

Al Hollingsworth: 13
Pete Coscarart: 53
Cookie Lavagetto: W
Dixie Walker: PO1(1E3).1-2
Dixie Walker: 9

Top 7

Joe Medwick: HR/7
Don Padgett: K
Terry Moore: 8
Mickey Owen: T8
Lyn Lary: 9/FL

Bot 7

Art Parks: 13
Dolph Camilli: W
Babe Phelps: 53.1-2
Gene Moore: 5/P

Top 8

Don Gutteridge: 8
Pepper Martin: S8
Stu Martin: 6/P
Enos Slaughter: 9

Bot 8

Leo Durocher: S7
Al Hollingsworth: 2/FL
Pete Coscarart: 2/FL
Cookie Lavagetto: HR/7.1-H
Dixie Walker: 53

Top 9

Joe Medwick: 6/P
Don Padgett: S8
Terry Moore: 4/P
Mickey Owen: D9.1-H
Lyn Lary: DI.2-3
Lyn Lary: W
Lynn Myers: 8

Notes & reviews

Padgett dropped ball bluffing throw while chasing Lavagetto

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