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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1942-09-20 · Day game · Wrigley Field · 2:02

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 1–0. Mort Cooper earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Mort Cooper L: Lon Warneke SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Lee Ballanfant · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	3	0	1	0	0
Harry Walker	3	0	0	0	1
Enos Slaughter	3	0	0	1	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	0	1
Walker Cooper	4	0	1	0	0
Johnny Hopp	3	1	0	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	2	0	1
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	1
Mort Cooper	4	0	2	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Stan Hack	4	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	4	2	0	1
Bill Nicholson	4	0	0	2
Dom Dallessandro	4	0	0	2
Lou Novikoff	4	0	0	1
Chico Hernandez	3	0	0	1
Bobby Sturgeon	3	0	0	0
Lennie Merullo	2	1	1	1
Lon Warneke	2	1	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	4	1	9

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lon Warneke	9.0	7	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 7/F
Harry Walker: 43
Enos Slaughter: 43

Bot 1

Stan Hack: 9/F
Phil Cavarretta: S
Bill Nicholson: K
Dom Dallessandro: K

Top 2

Stan Musial: 8/F
Walker Cooper: 6E3
Johnny Hopp: 9/F
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-3
Marty Marion: K

Bot 2

Lou Novikoff: 8/F
Chico Hernandez: K
Bobby Sturgeon: 3/G

Top 3

Mort Cooper: S
Jimmy Brown: 13/SH.1-2
Harry Walker: 3/F
Enos Slaughter: W
Stan Musial: K

Bot 3

Lennie Merullo: K
Lon Warneke: K
Stan Hack: 43

Top 4

Walker Cooper: 13
Johnny Hopp: W
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-3
Marty Marion: 4/L
Mort Cooper: SBH;SB2
Mort Cooper: 23

Bot 4

Phil Cavarretta: S
Bill Nicholson: 9/F
Dom Dallessandro: E4/G.1-2
Lou Novikoff: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Chico Hernandez: PO3(15)

Top 5

Jimmy Brown: S
Harry Walker: 34/SH.1-2
Enos Slaughter: 43.2-3
Stan Musial: 63

Bot 5

Chico Hernandez: 7/F
Bobby Sturgeon: 8/F
Lennie Merullo: W
Lon Warneke: S.1-2
Stan Hack: 5/FL

Top 6

Walker Cooper: 8/F
Johnny Hopp: 43
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 6

Phil Cavarretta: K
Bill Nicholson: K
Dom Dallessandro: 43

Top 7

Marty Marion: 7/F
Mort Cooper: S
Jimmy Brown: 6/F
Harry Walker: K

Bot 7

Lou Novikoff: 63
Chico Hernandez: 6/F
Bobby Sturgeon: 43

Top 8

Enos Slaughter: 9/F
Stan Musial: T
Walker Cooper: CSH(12)
Walker Cooper: S
Johnny Hopp: 43

Bot 8

Lennie Merullo: S
Lon Warneke: 14/SH.1-2
Stan Hack: 63
Phil Cavarretta: 6/F

Top 9

Whitey Kurowski: 5/FL
Marty Marion: 7/F
Mort Cooper: 43

Bot 9

Bill Nicholson: 3/G
Dom Dallessandro: K
Lou Novikoff: K