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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1939-07-15 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 4063 · 2:10

Boston Bees defeated St. Louis Cardinals 7–3. Boston Bees put up 5 in the 2nd. Milt Shoffner earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Milt Shoffner L: Bob Bowman SV: (none)

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
Don Gutteridge	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jimmy Brown	5	0	1	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	3	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Medwick	4	1	1	1	0	0
Enos Slaughter	3	0	2	1	1	1
Mickey Owen	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lynn Myers	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Sunkel	2	1	1	0	0	1
Terry Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Bremer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Davis	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Debs Garms	4	1	2	2	0	0
Buddy Hassett	5	0	1	0	0	0
Al Simmons	4	0	1	2	0	0
Max West	2	1	2	0	2	0
Tony Cuccinello	3	1	0	0	1	1
Hank Majeski	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	1	1	0	0	1
Al Lopez	3	1	1	1	1	2
Milt Shoffner	3	1	3	1	1	0
Rabbit Warstler	1	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Cooney	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Bowman	1.0	0	2	0
Bill McGee	0.2	4	1	0
Tom Sunkel	4.1	4	2	4
Paul Dean	2.0	4	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Milt Shoffner	9.0	9	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: K/C
Jimmy Brown: 5E3
Pepper Martin: CS2(24)
Pepper Martin: 63

Bot 1

Debs Garms: 5/P
Buddy Hassett: 4/P
Al Simmons: 9

Top 2

Johnny Mize: 31
Joe Medwick: 43
Enos Slaughter: K

Bot 2

Max West: W
Tony Cuccinello: W.1-2
Hank Majeski: E1/SH.1-2;2-3
Eddie Miller: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3;3-H
Al Lopez: IW
Milt Shoffner: S9.1-2;3-H
Debs Garms: S8.1-2;2-H
Buddy Hassett: S6.1-2;2-3
Al Simmons: S8.1-3(E8);2-H;3-H
Max West: W.1-2
Tony Cuccinello: 8

Top 3

Mickey Owen: 43
Lynn Myers: 9
Tom Sunkel: K

Bot 3

Hank Majeski: 13
Eddie Miller: D7
Al Lopez: K
Milt Shoffner: W
Debs Garms: S8.1-2;2-H
Buddy Hassett: 7

Top 4

Don Gutteridge: W
Jimmy Brown: 8
Pepper Martin: 8
Johnny Mize: 53

Bot 4

Al Simmons: 9/L
Max West: S9
Tony Cuccinello: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 5

Joe Medwick: 9
Enos Slaughter: W
Mickey Owen: 8/8D
Lynn Myers: 23

Bot 5

Hank Majeski: 43
Eddie Miller: K
Al Lopez: K

Top 6

Tom Sunkel: S8/8S
Don Gutteridge: 9
Jimmy Brown: S8.1-2
Pepper Martin: W.2-3;1-2
Johnny Mize: S9.1-2;2-3;3-H
Joe Medwick: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Milt Shoffner: S3
Debs Garms: 3/BG.1-1
Buddy Hassett: 26(1)/FO/BG
Al Simmons: 43

Top 7

Enos Slaughter: D8
Mickey Owen: S7.2-3
Lynn Myers: 6/P
Terry Moore: 6/P
Don Gutteridge: 8

Bot 7

Max West: S9
Tony Cuccinello: 54(1)/FO
Rabbit Warstler: S9.1-3
Eddie Miller: FC1/BG.3XH(12);1-2
Al Lopez: S7.2-H;1-2
Milt Shoffner: PB.1-2;2-3
Milt Shoffner: CSH(21)

Top 8

Jimmy Brown: 63
Pepper Martin: D9
Johnny Mize: K
Joe Medwick: D9.2-H
Enos Slaughter: T8.2-H
Herb Bremer: 53

Bot 8

Milt Shoffner: S9
Johnny Cooney: 54(1)3/GDP
Buddy Hassett: 43

Top 9

Lynn Myers: 8
Curt Davis: D9
Don Gutteridge: 53
Jimmy Brown: 8

Notes & reviews

Great stop by Miller.
Bowman injured his knee on the play.
Diving catch by Slaughter.
Bloop single.
Mize dropped Garms pop bunt on purpose and tagged Garms. Shoffner was able to get back safely to 1B foiling the DP try.
Attempted steal on short passed ball.

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