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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1941-05-31 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 10401 · 2:19

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 2nd. Johnny Vander Meer earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Vander Meer L: Lon Warneke SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Hopp	1	0	0	0	4	1
Jimmy Brown	5	0	1	0	0	2
Terry Moore	4	0	1	0	1	0
Coaker Triplett	5	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Mesner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	1	1	0	0	2
Gus Mancuso	2	0	1	1	2	0
Lon Warneke	3	0	0	1	0	1
Eddie Lake	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Craft	4	0	0	1	0	1
Lonny Frey	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	4	2	2	0	0	0
Chuck Aleno	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ernie Koy	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	1	2	1	0
Eddie Joost	3	1	1	0	1	1
Johnny Vander Meer	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lon Warneke	8.0	10	2	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	9.0	8	7	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: W
Jimmy Brown: K+CS2(26)/DP
Terry Moore: S
Coaker Triplett: 9

Bot 1

Harry Craft: 3
Lonny Frey: 7
Ival Goodman: 41

Top 2

Enos Slaughter: 13
Steve Mesner: S
Marty Marion: S.1-2
Gus Mancuso: W.2-3;1-2
Lon Warneke: 6(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Johnny Hopp: W.1-2
Jimmy Brown: 63

Bot 2

Frank McCormick: D
Chuck Aleno: S.2-3
Ernie Koy: 2
Ernie Lombardi: D.1-H;3-H
Eddie Joost: K
Johnny Vander Meer: 7

Top 3

Terry Moore: 6
Coaker Triplett: 2
Enos Slaughter: K

Bot 3

Harry Craft: 53
Lonny Frey: S
Ival Goodman: 13/SH.1-2
Frank McCormick: 2

Top 4

Steve Mesner: 5
Marty Marion: K
Gus Mancuso: W
Lon Warneke: K

Bot 4

Chuck Aleno: 6
Ernie Koy: 63
Ernie Lombardi: 63

Top 5

Johnny Hopp: W
Jimmy Brown: 54(1)/FO
Terry Moore: 5/L
Coaker Triplett: 4

Bot 5

Eddie Joost: D
Johnny Vander Meer: 54/SH.2-3
Harry Craft: 9.3-H
Lonny Frey: S
Ival Goodman: 2

Top 6

Enos Slaughter: S
Steve Mesner: S.1X3(85)
Marty Marion: 14(1)/FO
Gus Mancuso: D.1-H
Lon Warneke: 9

Bot 6

Frank McCormick: 8
Chuck Aleno: 6
Ernie Koy: D
Ernie Lombardi: W
Eddie Joost: 3

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: K
Jimmy Brown: S
Terry Moore: 16(1)/FO
Coaker Triplett: D.1-3
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 7

Johnny Vander Meer: 8
Harry Craft: K
Lonny Frey: 43

Top 8

Steve Mesner: 13
Marty Marion: K
Gus Mancuso: 7

Bot 8

Ival Goodman: K
Frank McCormick: S
Chuck Aleno: T.1-H
Ernie Koy: D.3-H
Ernie Lombardi: 3
Eddie Joost: W
Johnny Vander Meer: 53

Top 9

Eddie Lake: 53
Johnny Hopp: W
Jimmy Brown: K
Terry Moore: W.1-2
Coaker Triplett: 23