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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1942-07-23 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 3881 · 2:30

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 3rd. Rube Melton earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Rube Melton L: Harry Gumbert SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Walker	5	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	3	0	0	0	2	1
Enos Slaughter	5	2	2	1	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ken O'Dea	5	0	1	0	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	2	0	0	0	2	0
Creepy Crespi	3	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	3	0	1	0	0	1
Harry Gumbert	1	0	1	0	0	0
Murry Dickson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pinky May	4	1	2	1	0	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	1	2	1	1	0
Stan Benjamin	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Glossop	4	0	2	2	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ernie Koy	3	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Etten	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mickey Livingston	2	1	0	0	2	1
Rube Melton	4	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Gumbert	4.0	5	3	1
Murry Dickson	3.0	2	0	2
Whitey Moore	0.0	2	1	0
Ernie White	1.0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	9.0	8	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Harry Walker: S8
Johnny Hopp: K
Enos Slaughter: T9.1-H
Stan Musial: PB.3-H#
Stan Musial: 13
Ken O'Dea: S9
Whitey Kurowski: W.1-2
Creepy Crespi: 6(1)/FO

Bot 1

Pinky May: 63
Danny Murtaugh: 63
Stan Benjamin: 53

Top 2

Marty Marion: K
Harry Gumbert: S5
Harry Walker: 8
Johnny Hopp: W.1-2
Enos Slaughter: 4

Bot 2

Al Glossop: 3/G
Danny Litwhiler: 3/FL
Ernie Koy: 63

Top 3

Stan Musial: 8/L
Ken O'Dea: K
Whitey Kurowski: 53

Bot 3

Nick Etten: S7
Mickey Livingston: W.1-2
Rube Melton: K
Pinky May: S7.2-H;1-3
Danny Murtaugh: S9.3-H;1-3(E4)
Stan Benjamin: 2/FL
Al Glossop: 63

Top 4

Creepy Crespi: 2/FL
Marty Marion: S7
Harry Gumbert: 14/SH.1-2
Harry Walker: 7

Bot 4

Danny Litwhiler: 6/L
Ernie Koy: 13
Nick Etten: D9
Mickey Livingston: IW
Rube Melton: 6/L

Top 5

Johnny Hopp: 43
Enos Slaughter: T8
Stan Musial: E4.3-H(RBI);B-1
Ken O'Dea: 4(1)/FO
Whitey Kurowski: 53

Bot 5

Pinky May: S8
Danny Murtaugh: W.1-2
Stan Benjamin: 3/SH.2-3;1-2
Al Glossop: S9.3-H;2-H
Danny Litwhiler: CS2(24)#
Danny Litwhiler: 3

Top 6

Creepy Crespi: K
Marty Marion: 9
Murry Dickson: S5
Harry Walker: 2/FL

Bot 6

Ernie Koy: 8
Nick Etten: 63
Mickey Livingston: 63

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: 7
Enos Slaughter: 43
Stan Musial: S8
Ken O'Dea: 8/L

Bot 7

Rube Melton: K
Pinky May: 43
Danny Murtaugh: D8
Stan Benjamin: K

Top 8

Whitey Kurowski: W
Creepy Crespi: 34/SH.1-2
Jimmy Brown: 8
Walker Cooper: 7

Bot 8

Al Glossop: S1
Danny Litwhiler: D7.1-3
Ernie Koy: IW
Nick Etten: 7/L
Mickey Livingston: K
Rube Melton: K

Top 9

Harry Walker: 53
Johnny Hopp: W
Enos Slaughter: 7
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Ken O'Dea: 43