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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1939-08-26 · Day game · Shibe Park · 1:57

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 5th. Curt Davis earned the win. Joe Medwick went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Curt Davis L: Kirby Higbe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Dolly Stark · 2B: Lee Ballanfant · 3B: Bill Klem · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pepper Martin	5	1	1	0	0	0
Stu Martin	5	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	3	2	1	0	2	1
Joe Medwick	5	1	3	3	0	0
Don Padgett	5	0	3	1	0	0
Johnny Mize	2	0	2	0	2	0
Terry Moore	3	0	0	0	0	1
Lyn Lary	2	1	0	0	2	0
Curt Davis	2	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Joe Marty	4	1	0	0
Hersh Martin	3	2	1	0
Roy Hughes	4	1	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	4	0	0	1
Gus Suhr	4	2	0	0
Pinky May	4	2	0	0
George Scharein	4	0	0	0
Wally Millies	3	2	0	0
Kirby Higbe	1	0	0	1
Jack Bolling	1	0	0	0
Heinie Mueller	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Davis	9.0	10	1	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirby Higbe	5.0	6	6	1
Bill Kirksieck	3.0	1	0	2
Bud Hafey	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pepper Martin: S9
Stu Martin: 9/L
Enos Slaughter: 4
Joe Medwick: S9.1-2
Don Padgett: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Johnny Mize: IW
Terry Moore: 7/FL

Bot 1

Joe Marty: D8
Hersh Martin: W
Roy Hughes: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Morrie Arnovich: 63

Top 2

Lyn Lary: W
Curt Davis: FC/SH.1-2;B-1
Pepper Martin: 6(1)3/GDP.2-3
Stu Martin: SBH
Stu Martin: 43

Bot 2

Gus Suhr: 7
Pinky May: 7
George Scharein: 43

Top 3

Enos Slaughter: W
Joe Medwick: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Don Padgett: S8
Johnny Mize: S8.1-2
Terry Moore: K

Bot 3

Wally Millies: S7
Kirby Higbe: K
Joe Marty: 9/FL
Hersh Martin: S8.1-3
Roy Hughes: 13

Top 4

Lyn Lary: W
Curt Davis: 34/SH.1-2
Pepper Martin: 63
Stu Martin: 8

Bot 4

Morrie Arnovich: K
Gus Suhr: S9
Pinky May: S6.1-2
George Scharein: 6(B)4(1)/LDP

Top 5

Enos Slaughter: W
Joe Medwick: HR/7.1-H
Don Padgett: 43
Johnny Mize: W
Terry Moore: E3/G.1-2;B-1
Lyn Lary: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Wally Millies: 63
Jack Bolling: 43
Joe Marty: 63

Top 6

Curt Davis: K
Pepper Martin: 8
Stu Martin: 43

Bot 6

Hersh Martin: 43
Roy Hughes: S6
Morrie Arnovich: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Enos Slaughter: K
Joe Medwick: 63
Don Padgett: 9/FL

Bot 7

Gus Suhr: 13
Pinky May: S9
George Scharein: 7/FL
Wally Millies: S8.1X3(8645)

Top 8

Johnny Mize: S4
Terry Moore: 24/SH.1-2
Lyn Lary: 53
Curt Davis: 5/FL

Bot 8

Heinie Mueller: 43
Joe Marty: 9/L
Hersh Martin: S9
Roy Hughes: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Pepper Martin: 63
Stu Martin: 9
Enos Slaughter: D8
Joe Medwick: S5.2-H
Don Padgett: S7.1-2
Johnny Mize: PO2(26)

Bot 9

Morrie Arnovich: 53
Gus Suhr: S8
Pinky May: 64(1)/FO
George Scharein: 6/L