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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1940-05-04 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 2071 · 1:59

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Bees 3–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 3rd. Bill McGee earned the win. Enos Slaughter went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill McGee L: Joe Sullivan SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bama Rowell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Buddy Hassett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max West	2	0	1	0	2	0
Tony Cuccinello	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Ross	4	0	0	0	0	2
Les Scarsella	4	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Masi	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Sullivan	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lake	2	1	0	0	2	1
Don Gutteridge	3	0	0	0	1	1
Enos Slaughter	4	0	3	2	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	3	0	0	0	1	1
Terry Moore	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill McGee	2	1	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Sullivan	8.0	7	4	4

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill McGee	9.0	4	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bama Rowell: 3/FL
Buddy Hassett: 63
Max West: W
Tony Cuccinello: 8/F

Bot 1

Eddie Lake: K
Don Gutteridge: W
Enos Slaughter: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Chet Ross: 63
Les Scarsella: 7/F
Phil Masi: 8/F

Bot 2

Joe Medwick: 2/FL
Johnny Mize: K
Terry Moore: 8/F

Top 3

Eddie Miller: D7
Joe Sullivan: 3/P
Bama Rowell: 43.2-3
Buddy Hassett: 7/F

Bot 3

Marty Marion: S1/G.B-3(E1/TH)
Mickey Owen: 13
Bill McGee: S8.3-H
Eddie Lake: W.1-2
Don Gutteridge: K
Enos Slaughter: D9.2-H;1-H
Joe Medwick: 9/F

Top 4

Max West: S9
Tony Cuccinello: 9/FL
Chet Ross: E6/G.1-2
Les Scarsella: K
Phil Masi: 8/F

Bot 4

Johnny Mize: 8/F
Terry Moore: K
Marty Marion: 7/L

Top 5

Eddie Miller: 8/F
Joe Sullivan: 9/F
Bama Rowell: 8/F

Bot 5

Mickey Owen: 53
Bill McGee: 3/FL
Eddie Lake: 53

Top 6

Buddy Hassett: 43
Max West: W
Tony Cuccinello: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Don Gutteridge: 7/F
Enos Slaughter: S9
Joe Medwick: S8.1-3
Johnny Mize: IW.1-2
Terry Moore: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Chet Ross: K
Les Scarsella: 1/G
Phil Masi: 4/P

Bot 7

Marty Marion: 8/F
Mickey Owen: S8
Bill McGee: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie Lake: W
Don Gutteridge: 7/F

Top 8

Eddie Miller: D7
Joe Sullivan: 8/L
Bama Rowell: S8.2-H
Buddy Hassett: 5/FL
Max West: 5/FL

Bot 8

Enos Slaughter: S4/G
Joe Medwick: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Mize: 46(1)/FO
Terry Moore: 7/F

Top 9

Tony Cuccinello: 9/L
Chet Ross: K
Les Scarsella: 7/F