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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1942-05-16 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 6526 · 2:29

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 7–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 1st. Mort Cooper earned the win. Chet Ross went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mort Cooper L: Lefty Wallace SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	4	0	1	0	2	0
Terry Moore	4	2	1	0	2	0
Coaker Triplett	2	2	1	1	2	0
Enos Slaughter	2	1	0	0	2	1
Walker Cooper	5	1	1	2	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	1	2	1	0
Creepy Crespi	3	0	1	2	1	0
Marty Marion	4	1	1	0	1	1
Mort Cooper	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	3	1	3	1	2	0
Paul Waner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nanny Fernandez	3	0	0	1	1	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chet Ross	4	1	1	1	0	2
Max West	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sibby Sisti	2	1	0	0	1	0
Lefty Wallace	3	0	0	0	0	3
Frank Demaree	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	4	4	6

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lou Tost	1.2	5	2	0
Lefty Wallace	4.2	2	7	1
Johnny Sain	2.2	2	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 8
Terry Moore: S7
Coaker Triplett: WP.1-2
Coaker Triplett: W
Enos Slaughter: W.2-3;1-2
Walker Cooper: 3/P
Ray Sanders: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Creepy Crespi: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: W
Paul Waner: 46(1)/FO
Eddie Miller: 9
Nanny Fernandez: W.1-2
Clyde Kluttz: 3/G

Top 2

Marty Marion: S3/BG
Mort Cooper: 9
Jimmy Brown: S8.1-3
Terry Moore: 2/FL
Coaker Triplett: S7.3-H;1-2
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 2

Chet Ross: HR/8XD
Max West: E7.B-2
Sibby Sisti: HP
Lefty Wallace: PO2(E1).2-3;1-2
Lefty Wallace: K
Tommy Holmes: WP.3-H(UR);2-3
Tommy Holmes: D8.3-H
Paul Waner: 7
Eddie Miller: WP.2-3
Eddie Miller: K

Top 3

Walker Cooper: 7/FL
Ray Sanders: W
Creepy Crespi: 13/SH.1-2
Marty Marion: 8

Bot 3

Nanny Fernandez: 4/P
Clyde Kluttz: 9
Chet Ross: 4/FL

Top 4

Mort Cooper: 8
Jimmy Brown: 63
Terry Moore: W
Coaker Triplett: W.1-2
Enos Slaughter: W.2-3;1-2
Walker Cooper: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Ray Sanders: 43

Bot 4

Max West: 63
Sibby Sisti: 53
Lefty Wallace: K/C

Top 5

Creepy Crespi: 4/P
Marty Marion: 53
Mort Cooper: S9
Jimmy Brown: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Tommy Holmes: S7
Paul Waner: FC5.1-2(E5/TH2);B-1
Eddie Miller: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Nanny Fernandez: 9.3-H(UR)
Clyde Kluttz: 7

Top 6

Terry Moore: W
Coaker Triplett: 9
Enos Slaughter: K
Walker Cooper: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Chet Ross: K
Max West: 6/P
Sibby Sisti: W
Lefty Wallace: SB2
Lefty Wallace: K

Top 7

Ray Sanders: 43
Creepy Crespi: W
Marty Marion: W.1-2
Mort Cooper: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Jimmy Brown: IW
Terry Moore: 5(2)/FO

Bot 7

Tommy Holmes: W
Paul Waner: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie Miller: 63
Nanny Fernandez: 53

Top 8

Stan Musial: S7
Enos Slaughter: HP.1-2
Walker Cooper: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Ray Sanders: 13.2-3;1-2
Creepy Crespi: S8.3-H;2-H
Marty Marion: OA.1X1(3)

Bot 8

Clyde Kluttz: 8
Chet Ross: K
Max West: 7

Top 9

Marty Marion: K
Mort Cooper: 6/P
Jimmy Brown: W
Terry Moore: 63

Bot 9

Sibby Sisti: 7
Frank Demaree: 4/P
Tommy Holmes: D8/89
Paul Waner: E6/G
Eddie Miller: 65(2)/FO

Notes & reviews

West pulled hidden ball trick on Crespi

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