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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1939-07-13 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:18

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Bees 5–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Curt Davis earned the win and Mort Cooper picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	12
BSN	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	14

W: Curt Davis L: Bill Posedel SV: Mort Cooper

Umpires — HP: Dolly Stark · 1B: Larry Goetz · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bick Campbell · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pepper Martin	5	1	2	0	0	2
Jimmy Brown	5	0	2	1	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	0	0	1	1
Johnny Mize	5	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Medwick	5	0	0	0	0	1
Don Padgett	2	0	1	0	1	0
Terry Moore	4	1	2	0	0	1
Stu Martin	3	1	3	1	0	0
Curt Davis	2	0	2	2	0	0
Mickey Owen	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lynn Myers	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mort Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Debs Garms	5	1	2	0	0	1
Buddy Hassett	5	1	5	1	0	0
Al Simmons	5	0	1	0	0	1
Max West	3	0	1	1	2	0
Tony Cuccinello	5	0	1	1	0	1
Hank Majeski	4	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Lopez	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Posedel	2	0	1	0	0	1
Otto Huber	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Davis	5.2	11	2	1
Mort Cooper	3.1	3	2	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Posedel	6.0	10	2	6
Jim Turner	1.0	0	0	0
Johnny Lanning	1.0	2	0	0
Fred Frankhouse	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pepper Martin: S9
Jimmy Brown: S7.1-2
Enos Slaughter: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Mize: 7
Joe Medwick: BK.1-2;2-3;3-H
Joe Medwick: K
Don Padgett: IW
Terry Moore: K

Bot 1

Debs Garms: S5/BG
Buddy Hassett: S8.1-2
Al Simmons: S2.1-2;2-3
Max West: 64(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Tony Cuccinello: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Hank Majeski: 53

Top 2

Stu Martin: S8
Curt Davis: 13/SH.1-2
Pepper Martin: 8
Jimmy Brown: 63

Bot 2

Eddie Miller: 9
Al Lopez: 13
Bill Posedel: S9
Debs Garms: 8

Top 3

Enos Slaughter: K/C
Johnny Mize: K
Joe Medwick: 9

Bot 3

Buddy Hassett: S8
Al Simmons: 8/L
Max West: W.1-2
Tony Cuccinello: 8
Hank Majeski: 8

Top 4

Don Padgett: 43
Terry Moore: S1/BG
Stu Martin: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Curt Davis: S7.2-H;3-H
Pepper Martin: K
Jimmy Brown: 43

Bot 4

Eddie Miller: S7
Al Lopez: 64(1)/FO
Bill Posedel: K/C
Debs Garms: 7

Top 5

Enos Slaughter: 63
Johnny Mize: 9
Joe Medwick: 9/FL

Bot 5

Buddy Hassett: S7
Al Simmons: 46(1)3/GDP
Max West: W
Tony Cuccinello: S6.1-2
Hank Majeski: 7

Top 6

Don Padgett: S4
Terry Moore: 1/BP.1-3(E1/TH)
Stu Martin: S8.3-H
Curt Davis: S7.1-3
Pepper Martin: K
Jimmy Brown: S8.1-2;3-H
Enos Slaughter: 8

Bot 6

Eddie Miller: 43
Al Lopez: S1
Otto Huber: 7/FL
Debs Garms: S/BG.1-2
Buddy Hassett: S7.1-3;2-H;B-2(TH)
Al Simmons: 31

Top 7

Johnny Mize: 43
Joe Medwick: 63
Mickey Owen: 9

Bot 7

Max West: 8/8D
Tony Cuccinello: K/C
Hank Majeski: W
Eddie Miller: D7.1-3
Al Lopez: W
Phil Masi: PO3(235)

Top 8

Terry Moore: S7
Lynn Myers: 26(1)/FO/BG
Mort Cooper: 6(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Pepper Martin: S2.2-3
Jimmy Brown: 43

Bot 8

Rabbit Warstler: 43
Debs Garms: K
Buddy Hassett: S8.BX2(84)

Top 9

Enos Slaughter: 2/FL
Johnny Mize: 8/8D
Joe Medwick: 8

Bot 9

Al Simmons: K
Max West: D3
Tony Cuccinello: 5/P/FL
Hank Majeski: 9

Notes & reviews

Great catch by Garms.
Owen picked off Lopez starting rundown and when Majeski strayed off third, Majeski was thrown out.
Caromed off the first base bag.

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